Adventures in House Hunting

So, I promised I would update you all on how our house hunting went. We saw 5 houses.. The first one was a dump (that's putting it nicely). It had an ILLEGAL efficiency where the garage should be and a lot of water damage everywhere. The kitchen was all torn out. Lovely. House #2 There were renters living there and they slammed the door in our faces. House #3 had another illegal efficiency and was the second house in from a busy street. It was decent and with a little TLC could be a very nice house. DH didn't like the noisy street being right there. House #4 was incredible!!!! It was almost too perfect. The house looked like a model. The only problem is we are not quite ready to make an offer and by the time we got home and the real estate lady's housband (who is a mortgage broker) called us to tell us we were pre approved there were already 2 offers for house #4. House #5 had a drifter living in it. He wasn't there when we got there but all of his stuff was and there was a car in the driveway. How do we know he's a drifter? Well, the house is bank owned and the front door had been broken into. All in all we had fun. It was quite an eye-opening experience!! LOL. So, we have 10 more houses we are interested in seeing. I am sooo happy that we are pre-approved for the amount we thought we would get! Woohoo!!!

Next weekend we will be in Pennsylvania. No house hunting until the following weekend.. So, I hope everyone is enjoying your weekend!