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House search disappointment

In my last post I had mentioned that I found a home that I really liked. Huge backyard, garage and the like. Much to my dismay and slight disappointment, I will not be buying that house. Not because someone snaked me or that there was something wrong with this house. Nope, it was because of the location.

I tried to delude myself a little bit by saying that the neighborhood isn't bad, it is just the area's around it that are kinda bad. That's just how a lot of Richmond is. You have some of the nicest areas downtown butted up next to some pretty shady areas of town. But upon some further investigation, and looking up the crime reports in the area....wow. There were something along the lines of of 1100 crimes in the neighborhood in the past calendar year, including one at the property that I was looking at.

So needless to say I am moving on to other houses. My dreams of that home were quickly dashed against the harsh rocks of reality even before they really began. But I think it was a good move in the long run. I have now expanded my search to places on the other side of the river too. Give me a few more options on house and stuff.

So, THE SEARCH CONTINUES!

Labels: house search

posted by Tom Becker at 4/11/2008