House Hunting

I am in a really fortunate position of being able to purchase a home! This is really the first opportunity I have to chose something that is perfectly me. I am wanting a home that is long-term, something that I love and can always come back to, even if I move away for a little while. However, as pretty much everyone knows, it is a sellers market right now. I have gone through so much heartbreak and emotional ups and downs, all while my poor parents are trying to support me.

A few months ago, I fell in love with a home. It was an old Georgian style home, was built over 100 years ago, and had been updated for the most part. The only downside was there really wasn’t a great ‘hangout’ spot. So, I went back to the drawing board. A couple of months earlier, I had seen a beautiful, historic home that was white, with dark blue shutters, and had the sweetest backyard. When the Georgian home didn’t seem like a good option, we revisited the white house as a potential option. We came to discover that there was a 24 hour kick-out clause for another potential buyer, meaning, if we came in with an offer, the other buyers had 24 hours to produce the funds to purchase the home. We settled on an offer and sat and waited to hear back. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the house…

So we moved on. I left the historic home district and began looking at other potential areas. About 2 months later, the family who owned the Georgian home sent us an offer and we countered back and forth for a while. Finally, I thought I had found my home and I was so excited. We spent over a week countering back and forth trying to come to an agreement… well, long story long, the sellers got another offer and they took that one without even giving us the opportunity to match the price. I had lost another home…

A few weeks after, I finally settled on a smaller, older home near where I live now. It has a pool and is a sweet home but it needs a lot of work… about a year or so to complete it. That was just so wild to me! But, we moved along, decided on a price, had inspections done and all seemed well on the surface but in actuality, the house had lots of issues. A couple of days later, I walked into the home. An inspector came out an I was informed that thousands would need to be invested into the home just to make it safe and livable. We were about a week out from closing and just got the biggest sinking feeling when I walked in and I just wanted to cry. This wasn’t my home… We receded the offer and now here we are… still on the hunt.

I don’t share all of this to get attention or apologies but rather to relate with those who are maybe in the midst of the home buying process as well. It’s an emotional rollercoaster and let me just say, I am pooped, dizzy, and ready to get off the ride! Hopefully I’ll find something in the coming weeks, or who knows, maybe I’ll just stay planted a little while longer. Either way, I am thankful to have a beautiful roof over my head and a nice little backyard for the pups.