House Hunting!

So, we went house looking again today! We looked at 8 houses plus the house that we thought we liked. We asked my dad, who is really good at bidding construction jobs, adding up costs, etc., to come look at the house that we liked. So this house that we did like, when we were looking at it all he said was, "There is a lot of work here, a lot of money." So obviously that didn't go as well as we thought! For example, we knew that the back deck needed work but my dad was worried about walking on it and suggested that we use it to fuel our fireplace this winter! Doh! So this is the first house, isn't it cute?

Then, we went and looked at this house. (Yes, that is a aquamarine fence) This one is on a huge lot, has a cute garage, seems nicely cared for, and has a beautiful front door! Then we went inside. The smell and the dirtiness was over whelming. First of all, the people who live there were in the house. Sitting there. Staring at us. There was food sitting out. Then we went downstairs and there was another dirty kitchen and beds everywhere. There were pay laundry facilities in the basement. So Justin and I think that the people who were living there were renting out the basement to a bunch of people. It was super yucky! So here we are me envisioning scrubbing walls for the rest of my life and coats and coats of paint.



So we looked at this one, think swiss chalet:



So after houses with holes in the walls, broken glass, razor blades in the back yard, exposed wires, and scary basements we were feeling somewhat um, disheartened. Low on energy, then we get to the last two and the second to the last one we TOTALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH! We are love this house and we are putting in an offer. Hopefully if all goes well, we will have a new house soon. So it has all been redone, new windows, new siding, new roof, new landscaping, new carpet, new everything. We just love it! It is tiny, about 200 - 300 square feet less than the rest we were looking at, but so cute!! Wish us luck, here are the pics: