The Hunt for the Perfect House

Okay, so we've really only been looking for a little itty bitty bit. A couple weeks. We went to some open houses around last weekend -- 2, one in West Allis, one in Tosa -- and they were okay. West Allis = v. big, but lots of work needed. Tosa = v. small, no work needed. No basement or garage however.

Today, we went to look at five houses. The first was just in the City of Milwaukee (i know, i know), but it was okay. It was HUGE! and needed some updates, but had a basement, and it was okay. There was a sold sign on it, so that was confusing to say the least. Not a favorite. The next was in Tosa, was v. updated and nice, but again, was v. big and had NO driveway and only ONE freakin parking space! One. Unbelievable. And you can't park on the street in Tosa like in the Eau C. So, that was the end of that one. The next was a total fix-er-upper and was total crap. the only place I didn't feel dirty was the basement. And I HATE basements for the most part.

The next two were in West Allis. The first was one with no basement, but a garage. It was pretty sizable, and included some applicances as well as only really needing cosmetic updates for the most part. Painting, some new carpet in a room and what not. Had a HUGE backyard. Huge. We really were liking it. We saw one more, which was weird, because the whole house had a slant to it. And there was no basement to look at the problem.

So, after we were done and our real estate agent went home, Jake pretty much decided that he wanted to put an offer down on it, so we had the agent do it and email us the paperwork and we signed it and we're sending her over to the other agent tomorrow morning. It's very exciting. We've requested an April closing date so we don't have double payments to a house and rent. We'll see what happens. I hope we get it. It's very exciting.