2/8/16 Exploring Options

Today Heidi and I went with Diane to check out two ends of the spectrum of possible houses. The first is priced lower than what we've looked at before. It has five bedrooms and 2 baths and roughly the square feet of our two current places combined. It also needs a lot of work. The carpet needs to be redone, drawers in the kitchen don't close right and some of the wood on the eaves has clear water damage. The ad suggests that the current owner acknowledges the issues and has lowered the price accordingly. On paper this could work but it also needs a lot of work.
The other house we saw is at the nose bleed top of our affordability spectrum. In contrast to the first house everything looks recently fixed up and painted. This house has plenty of square feet. It has many of the things on our list. At this price point it kind of needs to because buying it wouldn't leave much left for upgrades.
The cool part about these two houses is that they are both in our stake. The first is even in our ward. Both houses are clear maybe's. We'll keep them on our radar. New houses keep coming online.
Aside from the hunt life goes on. Joseph restarted preschool with Sister Lowis. We are glad to have her back in school. Joseph has learned a lot from his time with her. Rebecca and Sarah had Activity Days, Bradley had Cub Scouts and Lauren, Anthony and David had Mutual. We are very blessed.