House Hunting - Part 1

Mark and I actually went house hunting the last week in April and boy was it an adventure in itself. Day 1 included looking in the city of Seattle for homes. After looking at about 20 homes we had it narrowed down to 2 - one I loved and Mark hated and one he loved and I hated. Hmmm...how did we end up married. Needless to say, we had disagreements throughout the day and by the end we weren't talking. At least I got to watch the finale of Big Brother in peace.

Day 2 proved more fruitful (borrowing a word from my Aunt Chelle) and we both agreed that we loved the suburb of Edmonds, WA. Of course, it ended with me loving one house and Mark loving another. At least this time we didn't end up hating the other one's favorite. We were feeling better about life and celebrated the day with a visit to Rory's bar in Edmonds so we could get a feel for the locals. We ended up meeting 4 wonderful people who raved about the area and all it had to offer. We we're feeling confident that we had made the right decision.

Day 3 was our day to narrow down the homes. We were going to revisit the 2 in the city, but before we could, the house I loved went "Subject to Inspection" meaning the sellers had accepted an offer and it was subject to passing the inspection. So, it went off the list and I immediately told Mark that it was because the house I liked was so much better than his. I did give his house a second chance, but we both decided it was too expensive and still needed a new kitchen. On to Edmonds.... We revisited the 2 homes in Edmonds and after conceeding, we made an offer on the "grey" house.

Unfortunately, it doesn't end there. To celebrate our offer, we decided to go down to a restaurant on the waterfront and have a drink. This is when doubt began to creep in to my mind. We walked in and we were the youngest patrons of the restaurant with the average age being 65 and only because two youngsters (us) walked in to lower it from 75. I know I'm exagerating, but we then started to learn that Edmonds has an older population.

To make a long story short, the grey house went subject to inspection and did not pass. Two major things were wrong and the sellers would not fix them or come down on the price. Mark and I decided to walk away.... back to square 1. House Hunting - Part 2