When my husband and I set out on our househunting expedition several months ago, we have several things in mind that we definately needed to have in a home:
1. At least 2 bathrooms
2. At least 2 bedrooms with space for an office
3. A kitchen that we wouldn't be tripping over each other in
4. A large enough yard to entertain in or at least enough space for guests to park their cars on.
We wanted something in an established neighborhood at least 20 years ago--can't trust the quality of homes that are thrown up in two weeks.
We finally, after much looking, stumbled upon a gem of a house that had a few correctable quirks. Sure, the grass in the yard was unmowed and the plant life was untended, but not all sellers are master gardeners. I believe I called it "charming" when the realtor showed it to us. It has wood floors, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room AND living room, but currently it's lacking a few things, namely, oh...shall I say it? RELIABILITY?
When we were schlepping our stuff in on move-in day, wouldn't you know it problems surfaced--big, nasty, gnarly ugly ones that reared their atrocious heads AFTER we had the place inspected. Oh well, fix it and get over it? Sure, can do, but what's next?
Over the next several months I'll be posting my home renovation progress up here and otherwise griping about the new problems that surface. Wait and see, I bet next I'll fall through a hole in the floor. If you don't hear from me, call the paramedics and tell my grandma I love her.
Posted by Tiffany at October 10, 2003 03:08 PM