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Yesterday I went around to look at houses with my realtor. It was an interesting experience. I saw a total of 6 houses and I think that out of those 6 I can really only see myself living in two of them.

The first one we saw was the largest square footage wise, but it was right on Forrest Hill, and getting out of that driveway was a chore. So that kinda jaded that whole house for me. It was decent inside though.

The second house was on a much quieter street on a corner lot. Apparently a little old lady used to live the and the house just got to big for her. So as my girlfriend aptly put it. "It smelled like old lady in there." But it wasn't a bad house, could really use some landscaping work, and a little bit of work on the inside, but overall not to bad.

The third was my favorite, and I'm tempted to go ahead and put in contract on this one. It was a smaller house, 3 bed 1 bath but it was cozy. But the big seller for me was the yard and the garage. A huge lot with a garden and plenty of room for a dog. And the garage was great too. Two car and very deep. Could easily fit the bike as well as my boxing stuff in there with plenty of room to spare. Loved it.

The fourth was pretty good too, very nice inside, but no yard. It would take me 10 minutes to mow both the front and the back. But very well maintained inside.

The fifth and sixth were in the same neighborhood, and both were very similar construction. But I wasn't really a fan of either one for a variety of aesthetic reasons, so I won't even bother with describing the others. I'd be even more surprised if anyone is actually reading this far in.

Well I suppose that is it right now. Maybe I will talk to my realtor today and ask if we can sit and start talking about a contract for that house. I'm not gonna post pics yet, gonna wait till the house is under contract just to make sure someone doesn't steal it away.

Labels: house search

posted by Tom Becker at 4/04/2008