Let the insanity begin!
So Holy Shit.
We bid on a house like a month or more ago and now our offer has maybe been accepted which, everyone tells me means NOTHING on a short sale. It’s all dire predictions and projected hassle. But WHAT ISN’T? I ask you….
The house is OLD. The bathrooms are a bit weird. Water pressure? Who knows. Foundation? Needs to be replaced pronto.
But, the house is cute and big for around here. It has lovely heard wood floors with inlay, a secret passage, and an updated and not hideous kitchen.
You would not believe the weird ass houses we have looked at. all the decent sized ones have been turned into janky duplexes. which makes sense because the only way people could afford their massive mortgages was to rent out 550 sq ft as a crappy basement apartment.
Anyway, I’m nervous. Real estate around here is scary and I don’t really get half of what is going on. I would love to have that house despite some of the things that are weird about. We could make a nice and cozy home out of it.
Although last week I started fretting about where I would put all my books. I need a book solution that is not getting rid of all of them and that is not cluttery and ugly looking. I am trolling blogs and magazines for ideas.
Also, the price is on the higher end for us. it’s a great house. but it would be sucky to have a stressful mortgage. i don’t want us to be overly stressed…
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October 8, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Good luck with the house. Short sales can be tricky and can take a while to process… It’s so much easier dealing with people than banks. Secret passage? AWESOME.
Liked your sea lion heart, too, by the way. It’s nice to look at quiet ones. I worked in a mall that had sea lions. I often had to ask people to repeat themselves on the phone because I couldn’t hear them over the barking. Sometimes, in the dead of night, I can still hear them…..
October 8, 2009 at 5:08 pm
i would have big simply based on the secret passage.
October 9, 2009 at 8:18 pm
secret passage? man, sounds awsome. we have an old-ish house (100 or so years) which needs kind of constant maintenence, but I love it and all its idiosyncracies. we stayed at an apartment hotel on wednesday and I got all depressed thjnking about some people spend their entire lives in those horible soulless brick boxes…. proudly.
good luck. I’d google ‘short sale’, except i’m trying to pacify patrick and ollie at the same time.
October 12, 2009 at 12:03 am
i bought “antique” armoires: pre-wwII wardrobes shipped over from england to a local antique store, and the guy fixed them up with shelves. I can (and do) layer books three deep in them, and then close the doors. Some even have mirrors on them, which increases the space in room, visually, anyway. they’re excellent for the purpose.