January 2012 Weddings
ImperiumWife
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I think we found the house!
I am in love with it. It has a few problems, but one could say they are problems in the correct direction. Let me know if you would let these sway you.
Problems:
1. The house is sold by our realtor.
2. It is a little more than we wanted to spend. It isn't out of our price range, just above what we would have liked to do.
3. There are no improvements to make to it, so we can't gain any equity through diy work.
Oh... and it is the house that my MIL was in love with....
Re: I think we found the house!
I had to crack up laughing when I read the last line of your post. Of all the ones you listed, I think that might be the most drama filled and slightly funny.
I've never done the whole house buying thing, DH had ours when I met him. So I'm not sure if your realtor being the seller is necessarily a problem. Does that mean you would have to find another realtor to buy it?
As for the price, maybe you could get them to come down a little? If not, I guess I would just really crunch the numbers. If it's in your price range and you are comfortable with it, then I wouldn't let it hold you back.
For me the home improvements not being needed isn't a bad thing. Unless you don't plan to stay in the home for more than a few years, you'll slowly build up equity just living there. We recently refinanced for a lower monthly payment. It puts us back at "square one" where equity is concerned, but we probably won't be moving for a few more years anyway.
Thanks. The last one is actually less of a turn off and more of a reason to want it! That way I would kind of win! haha!
We were only planning on staying for about 5 -7 years. We would like to have somewhere to live now, and then build our own house, designed on our house with no neighbors in the middle of the woods. So we would have liked something that we could have improved the value on. But at the same time, I kind of have the feeling that J won't want to work on the house much anyway, and much will fall to me.
As far as the realtor, he just represents both sides then, and can't be fully looking out for us.
The best thing about the kitchen is it looks directly into the family room with out being a traditional "great room"
All in all, it's fantastic
Married the love of my life on 1-21-12. Our princess arrived on 5-28-13.