Friday, February 11, 2011

What to do???

For the past 2 nights I have not been able to sleep due to stress. Not about the baby, but about the whole house buying situation.

We found a house we both like. It is in our price range, in the school district we want, and about a mile off the highway. At the end of the street is a playground with football fields and baseball fields, and a river for fishing. The house has a big, fenced in backyard that already has a big swing set that the sellers are going to leave behind. It also has a hot tub that may or may not be staying. It has 4 bedrooms, so I would have a room to use as an office. Plus, newer kitchen appliances including a double oven. And a side door that goes from the driveway straight to the kitchen, which is one little feature I have really been wanting. The house also has a wood burning stove, which I love, and it would save on heat.
Sounds great, right? Well of course there is a problem with it. It's a Cape style. The one style of house I do not want. 2 bedrooms upstairs, and 2 bedrooms downstairs. Which means, unless the kids share a room someone will have to be on a different level from us. I do not like that idea at all. So many scenarios go through my head. Of course they could easily share a room when they're younger, but thinking about the big picture it just wouldn't work out.
So do we buy the house and deal with that situation as it arises or do we keep looking? No house will be perfect. Is this the thing we should compromise on? Right now the houses in our price range are seriously flying off the shelves. Anytime we mention a property to our realtor we find out it's under contract. We don't have time to wait. And yet, we do, because we want to close in June and that's still 4 months away. And if we do get this house it may mean we'll have to stretch our budget and pay rent + a mortgage for 1 month depending on the closing date.
So many decisions leading to my lack of sleep!
Well that and the baby who feels like he's kicking me in the sternum!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It has so much going for it - the children can share a room upstairs while they are young then they can be upstairs in the two rooms while you are downstairs.

You are never going to find a perfect house so go for it

Anonymous said...

I agree with above. It will be nice to have the kids upstairs when they are older!