House hunting sucks!

Re: House hunting sucks!

• bucklebunny1 member

  October 2011

  I am waiting for a live connection. I know I'll regret it if I settle.

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• bucklebunny1 member

  October 2011

  Also, I guess it depends on how much you're settling. I'd it's something like wall color or appliances that are easily changed, that's not a big deal but a floor plan or too few bed or bathrooms is a dealbreaker IMO.

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• buckeyebrat

  October 2011

  Scout2005:

  I agree w/ PP that it depends on what you mean by settling.

  We redid our kitchen counters and appliances, repainted the whole house, replaced light fixtures in bathrooms, etc. 

  I don't consider that settling - those things are easily changed and it would be frankly idiotic to walk away from a house that otherwise meets your criteria for what are simply cosmetic changes. 

  What I did not settle on were floor plan or location. One is very difficult to change and the other impossible. I liked our lot and the layout of the backyard, the neighborhood itself, and the proximity to family, highways and mass transit to the city. 

  There are still things I would like to change, but they are generally speaking just more cosmetic things - new tile in the master bath, new closet doors, things of this nature. I think it's unrealistic to expect to walk into a house and have EVERYTHING exactly the way you want it, unless you build.
  

  I agree. What I mean by settling is amount of bedrooms, floor plan, backyard space, etc...

  I do look at cosmetic, as I believe everyone does, but it's not a dealbreaker. If it's alot that I don't like or want to change, I don't want the house, but if it's just a few things as in countertops, walls (paper or paint), or carpet, etc, I would still take it into consideration.

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• kendra223

  October 2011

  With us, we knew we couldn't buy a huge/fancy house. We got all of those fantasies out of our head quick. We got pre-qualified, saw what we could afford (which gets you a decent house in this town, you can find some cute houses for that amount... but again not the "Ooooh and ahhh" types).

  We close on the 27th of this month. We found a cute 3 bdrm 1.5 bath home in a good neighborhood and one where LO will have playmates. It also has a nice patio and good backyard.

  Have you done research online (like remax.com.. that's where we went, it gives the houses in your price range and includes pics and info on the houses)? That's how we started. We then found a realtor through my hubby's co-worker who knows what she's doing. She didn't bother showing us the "clunker" houses or the ones in bad neighborhoods, those are a waste of time.

  We narrowed things down by school districts, what we could afford and the style of home we like. It didn't take us but maybe a couple times house hunting.

  It helps that hubby and I have similiar taste. We loved that house from the moment we saw it on Remax. And when we walked inside, it just felt like HOME. It's kinda like trying on wedding dresses. When you put *the* dress on, you start to cry and picture yourself walking down the isle in it. That how walking into this house felt like, I did actually tear up (but I hid that from Hubby and realtor lol) and I could just picture us living there.

  

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