House Hunting Stories

We have loved our apartment since day one. (Especially sharing recipes with our cute little neighbor downstairs!) However, since June, we have been on "the house hunt". This is quite the process! With the market being the way it is, and us not having a home to sell, we've been looking at a lot of great deals....unfortunately, everyone else thinks they're great deals too! We've been to about 20 showings, and so far we have had one house get "swiped" 10 hours before us, 3 others that got "swiped" before we made it to the showing, and another that we just put an offer on (but so did the other 2 people that saw it last week!).

Another unique part of house hunting is the, shall we say, extras that we encounter in each of these homes. Our favorite example: as we were wandering around one house we headed down to the basement. Much to our surprise, there was a strange man lying on a mattress in the middle of the basement living room. He was watching a battery operated TV (because of course there's no power in the house), had a month's worth of non-perishable food lined up around the room (because of course he can't use a fridge or a stove), and just sat and watched us look around the basement. YIKES! When asked if he knew there was a showing scheduled, his response was, "Uh yeah. They said somethin' 'bout that, but I didn't know when people were comin' so I thought I'd just stay here". WOW!

Needless to say, we've really enjoyed the house hunting so far, and are learning a LOT! We're also getting some very good lessons in communication and patience as this process continues. We'll keep you up to date as the process continues...