Open House

This past weekend, we looked at two open houses!

One was the Short Sale home that we really liked the location of. After seeing the open house, we came to two conclusions:

1. The Location is nice. Really nice.
2. The inside of the house needs to be gutted.

The inside of the house probably needed a good $100k worth of work. It really wasn't livable the way it was. There were cracks in the spots where the wall met the ceiling, the carpets were held together with duct tape in some places, and the entire house had the overall smell of "old books". Which Mr. Cap assured me was mildew. :P

Still, I have to say I'm sad we don't have the type of money needed to renovate that house because the location is seriously THAT GOOD. You could see the pond from multiple windows in the house, and over all it was just a calm and beautiful area. I'm sure once that house is fixed up it'll sell for around $400k. Mr. Cap and I assured ourselves that one day, we'll find a location to live in that's as nice as this one.

The other place we looked at was a condo. It was good size, and very nicely kept up (with granite counters and everything). However, our main issue was the fact that it was all carpeted (which we'd have to pull out), and there is a limitation on size of dogs allowed at the complex. I'm of the mindset that I'd like a good-sized pup once we find the right place. So the changing of the flooring + the inability of housing a dog over 25lbs was something of a dealbreaker. Also, for the price of the place (and the condo fee), I'd expect a lot more out of the deal. So although the location was closer to work for the both of us, we'll be passing on that house as well.

Hopefully we'll start seeing more houses soon, and be able to make more decisions on what we do and don't like.