Ready, Set, Go......time to start house hunting.

Jimmy and I have started our house hunting extravaganza. We saw 5 houses yesterday and liked one. Of course the one we liked is at the upper edge of our price range. I guess that's how it goes....it was the prettiest of all.

The rejects:
House Number 1: Sad Little House
One house, the one I was most excited about seeing was a little bungalow style home near campus. Let's just say it was well lived in. It needed a major overhaul including gutting the kitchen, knocking down walls and creating a bedroom where a bathroom use to be and creating a bathroom where the basement is. Oh daddy dearest.....can you come live with us for about a year, Jimmy and I know nothing about handy work.

If you had the time, sweat, tears and of course money this house is for you. Setting all things aside it would be a huge investment. For you Raleigh people it would be like living at Cameron Village, Dixie Trail or the rose garden part of Raleigh.....huge money potential if you could fix it up.

House Number 2: There's a Story of a Lovely Lady
Another house that we saw was just like walking onto the set of the Brady Bunch show. This house was immaculate but very mod and retro. Pink carpet with flowers, textured wallpaper from 1950, bright yellow leather sofa and chairs. It was a bit much. The house was huge and in a nice part of town too. Setting all things aside it was priced way to high but we wanted to look at it anyway. The inside was very nice despite the furnishing and with alot of work you could rip down the wallpaper and pull up the carpet. BUT do we really want to do that?

House Number 3: Its Not Easy Being Green
This house we will call Kermit's house. It is very green. Dark green and light green on the exterior with white trim and a green deck in the back. The owner must being having a hard time selling it because he is offering the buyer a credit for a new paint job. Much to our surprise the inside had green bathrooms and trim.....yay more green. This house did not impress, too small.

The other house we saw was okay so I won't make fun of it.

These are the houses we didn't like. I am going to wait on describing the house that we liked so I don't get attached to it. The more I talk about it, the more I like it. So for now it will be a secret.

If you have any house hunting advice please share.