I was not prepared for the Home Hunting experience. I had been in training for 10 years as a HGTV "House Hunters" junkie and a voracious reader of anything real estate.
This was my first home purchase and I wanted to be prepared-I didn't want to get caught with my wallet open. Well, lets just say my education was a bit lacking.
It took me 16 years to get my husband to even look at another house. He's very loyal.
We've lived in our current home 16+ years, its a beautiful 1957, Mid-Century Modern Gem. I love it , but I was ready for a Home of my Own. My good hub purchased it before we married-so it has always been a bit of "his" house for me. It is also located on a high traffic street which for a country girl doesn't really work.
As we began our search, a pattern developed as many of the homes we saw or viewed on the internet acquired a nickname. Right out of the gate, I knew I was not having the TV experience:
The first house we looked at: The Very Scary House-empty but occupied by 2 squatters and 2 very big, mean German Shepherd dogs. Ohhh---not so good.
The Wood House- nice home, but when it rained you had to run home and turn something so the sewer didn't back up into the basement? No thanks.
The Forget-About-It House- Bad, bad vibe + a very confusing floor plan. I don't think I want to know what really happened in or to the house. It's still on the market.
Others: The Lake House, The Window House, The Mayflower House, The Country House, The Sunflower House, The Purple (yes) House and The Plunger House (you can draw your own conclusions)...
The WOW House: The eventual winner-When I first saw the virtual tour of this most unusual courtyard house on the Internet, I couldn't stop saying WOW! My poor daughter was shocked. The house had strikes against it-it needed work and it needed more work and it had a minuscule master bath...but when I saw it -it was a TV moment.
I'm not a person who goes around with a "dream house" image in my head-I just didn't have one. But, when I saw that house-I knew. The WOW house is a piece of art.
But, since being cautious is my middle name, those strikes against it were big. I kept looking. But the WOW House never left the top of the list. Every other house was compared and fell short against it.
After much self-induced drama I decided it really was the one. I think my hub and daughter had known for a while, but they gave me time to think it was my idea.
So its ours, signed sealed and delivered which is A Real Life Moment!
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