The First of Many!

So much can happen in a week!

On Sunday we decided to drive by some houses to get a feel if we would be interested in looking at them or not. We did pretty well, crossed a few off the list because of location, and put a few in the we-want-to-see pile. There was one in particular that we really liked just from the outside so we decided to start scheduling showings right away.

Blake had the day off on Monday so he got in touch with his uncle and set up some times for us to look at houses. Unfortunately the house that we really liked had an offer accepted over the weekend. First lesson of house hunting: Don’t get attached. It was a bit disappointing but I know that it will all work out the way it should in the end. We did end up looking at two houses though, one in DeWitt and another in Bath. The DeWitt house is on 7 acres but needs a lot of work. Definitely not move in ready, but still a really nice house with good potential. The house in Bath was not so impressive. Just a weird layout and weird spaces and… well, weird. Plus it was in town which isn’t ideal, but we’re keeping our options open. I had a dream about the DeWitt house that night… kinda scary considering the amount of work we would have to put in, but I still haven’t figured out how to control my dreams…

Tuesday we had two more showings scheduled for houses in Perry. The first one wasn’t too impressive from the outside but had a great layout and a pretty big yard for being in town. It became a possibility, but not the most ideal choice, due to location and distance away from family. The second house looked really cute from the outside but the layout was weird, appliances were old, and it wasn’t nearly as nice as the first house. That one was pretty much out before we got back into the car.

Thursday night we went out to look at one more house. It’s in Shaftsburg which is a teeny town to the west of Perry which is a bit closer to family and only gives Blake a 15 minute drive to work. We drove by it on Sunday, even though it didn’t show up on MapQuest, and it’s a cute little house. Surprisingly it’s equally as cute on the inside! Very open layout, great kitchen, garage connected to the house with a breezeway, and a pretty large yard even though it’s not completely isolated from other houses. Drawbacks? Well… the bedrooms are a little on the small side which also means small closets and it is close to the Railroad tracks. Regardless of all of that though, it definitely moved to the top of our list. We were only left to wonder why it had been on the market for almost a year and a half…

This house hunting thing is not so easy. Not that we thought it would be, but there’s so much to think about! Trying to figure out how many houses to look at before we make an offer and when to make an offer so that we don’t pass up a house that we like and making sure that we don’t take on more than we can handle… I know that we’ll figure it out and find a house and I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, but that doesn’t mean the journey won’t be complicated!