June 12, 2003

• HOUSES, HOUSES, and MORE HOUSES!

  
  

  Well we looked at #4...as soon as we pulled into the driveway I said "nope, don't want it." and then we looked inside and...NOPE! didn't want it.  The construction wasn't the best, but some guy named Ed built it, he also "Cuts women's hair and stuff, ya know?" As told to us by the VERY COUNTRY/SOUTHERN teenage son that was in the house.  Not that I don't like country/southern people...I hope to live among the countriest/southernist of them all...but just to get a feel for how that moment sounded...

  
  

  We then went and had lunch and the realtor gave me some listings when we first arrived at her office, before going to see the house.  And The Mom and I poured over them while at the diner.  We found one that we both really wanted to go see, so I called the realtor back and asked her if we could go look at one more house.  One turned into two more...Here's a run down of each house, then a link to their pictures...

  
  

  House #1- This was the one that I REALLY wanted to see, but the land was in poor shape and there were houses all around..no thanks. PICTURES

  
  

  House #2- BRAND SPANKIN' NEW! And really pretty.  The rooms are a little small, but we figured we could ask the builder to knock down the wall between the family room and the formal living room and just have one big family room.  The bedrooms however, are HUGE..that was a nice plus.  It's on 15 acres a BIG rectangular 15 acres actually.  And 99% of that is wooded...it was nice to walk around taking pictures listening to well over 40 different bird calls..just AWESOME!! Nature EVERYWHERE!! AND NO PEOPLE!!!! PICTURES

  
  

  House #3- HAUNTED.  I swear it was.  The rooms were HUGE and ok.  It needs a complete renovation though.  When I walked through the closet to take a picture of the attic (that we thought could be turned into a playroom, for the boys).  As soon as I got to the door I got an uneasy feeling.  I opened the door and got the feeling of "Get the fuck out, don't buy this." I mumbled "don't worry, I'm not buying just taking a picture, I'll leave now." Heard a knock above my head in the door frame. Closed the door, heard another knock.  Then walked downstairs..quickly.  It was also a little disconcerning that the previous owners left some things still in the house, like in the basement an entire closet was full of Christmas wrapping.  I think they knew it was haunted and they got the fuck out, QUICKLY!   PICTURES

  
  

  So all in all, House #2 is on the top of our list, as it stands now.  We have 3 more in that area we want to look at and I have 3 in another area (with our 2nd realtor, yes we're covering a huge area and need 2 realtors) that we'll look at when we get back from FL.  I'm tired and want to just sleep for about 3 days..wake me when we're in FL.

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