Finding the Right House - Part VIII: The Weekend to Think

I liked it... the problem for me was that I wanted to see MANY more homes.

The pressure was on for this house. The new house the sellers were buying hit the market on 10/26/04, they were under contract on it by 11/02/04. They put their house on the market on the same day. We were the first people to see it on 11/4/04.

The seller's were already under contract with their new house and they needed to sell ASAP. Therefore they priced the house to sell. They were having a realtor's open house on Saturday and with it being priced so well and being in such good shape, it would certainly sell REAL soon.

While it met many of our requirements, it didn't meet them all. Here's the list from the Introduction....

What we are looking for...
Priced from $180,000 to $220,000 - $204,900
No Older than the Mid to Late 1980's - 1993
Move in Condition (or close) - YES
At least 3 bedrooms - 3 BEDROOMS
At least 2 bathrooms (with a Master Bathroom) - 2.5 BATHS
Separate Living & Family Rooms - YES
Decent sized Bedrooms - COULD BE LARGER
Decent sized Kitchen - COULD BE LARGER
Basement - For storage and my Office - A LOWER LEVEL, NOT REALLY A BASEMENT
Large Back Yard - YES
2 Car Garage - 2.5 CAR GARAGE
Nice area to live - YES
Low Crime Rate - YES
Great School System - YES
Near to Parks - YES
Near to Major Shopping areas - CRYSTAL LAKE SHOPPING DISTRICT 2.5 MILES AWAY

Pluses...
Fully Fenced in yard - YES
Deck - YES
Formal Dining Room - NO
Walk-in Closets - NO
Fireplace - NO
3 Season room - NO
Pool - NO

That weekend we hand wrote a "Pro's and Con's" list. There were 19 Pro's and only 6 Con's.

I would have a real hard time wiring up a house with a finished basement. It was well & septic and we have no experience with either.

But when I got honest with myself... I didn't think we'd find a house this nice, this close to work in our price range... Hell... it's 13 MILES closer than the Aspen house!. It would be stupid to pass it up.

Valerie and I finally agreed we would submit an offer on Monday.

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