Dear DC,
Kyle and I have been looking for a house in DC for a little while now. With our relatively low budget and our stubborn unwillingness to commute 50+ miles (quality of life anyone?), even in the housing "crisis" it's slim pickings!
Unless of course, you love the type of house that doesn't have a kitchen, but does have plenty of mold and perhaps has a ceiling caving in. If you like those kind of houses, then DC is your oyster!
Unfortunately, I wouldn't exactly describe myself (or Kyle) as experienced in home repair, or even especially handy. We would really prefer an ugly house that we can just move in and "fix-up" cosmetically as we live there.
As one real estate agent told us, "HAH! Good luck!"
After several weeks of hunting and hunting and hunting, we found our dream home! It didn't have any mold, the floors only sloped a little bit and no one had been murdered in the area for at least 12 months. What a find!
Ok, it was better than it sounds! So we made an offer on the house. It had been sitting on the market for 8 months but just our luck, a competing offer came in on the same day for $5K higher...and we didn't get the house.
We had to move on with minimal tears but shattered hopes...
There was one house we saw on our first day of hunting and kept coming back to it as a place that we could make-do with if we had the misfortune of of not finding anything better.
Well, last week we put in an offer on that house.
Actually I'm pretty thrilled about it and I have already claimed a room that I get to decorate without any input from Kyle...and yes, he gets a similar room. Although the decor in my head changes constantly, mine will be an urban Parisian-themed guest room/my dressing room/hair and make-up room (the bathroom is tiny). Kyle's will be an "office."
We just barely received the counter-offer yesterday so it might be a while before the contract is finalized and even longer before we can close and move in.
So, DON'T hold your breath, but DO cross your fingers!!!
With Home Sweet Home? Love,
Julia
belly up
10 years ago
3 comments:
Do you ever think it's odd that you guys are old enough to be home owners? I do.
Good luck. Buying your first house (or any house, really) can be so nerve wracking! Of course, if you want to buy a nice little farm-house in western Colorado instead, I know of a great find...(we have also been trying to sell our house for 8 months.)
Tiff - We aren't old enough...I still don't know how we convinced someone to give hundreds of thousands of dollars to a couple of kids.
Erynn - Sounds tempting but that might be a long commute to DC!
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