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Today, I go look at houses.
Jun. 7th, 2009 10:37 amMy realtor, having previous experience house-shopping with me, scheduled 17 houses for a three hour stint. I house shop just like I shop for everything else except groceries - in, around, out, with a quick and definitive yes or no. (Groceries, for some reason, set off my OCD and I must go up and down every. fucking. aisle. It drives me nuts to leave a food store unless I've gone through the whole thing.)
I suspect most of the houses are going to be a quick 'no'. Most of them are split levels. That was apparently the thing to build 20 years ago in the city I'm looking in. On an amusing note, if I find one of these I like, I'll be within biking/walking distance of That Guy. That wasn't a factor when choosing towns, though. It just happens that the town he lives in has pretty much all gone bankrupt and are selling really huge houses dirt cheap right now.
I want a nice large rambler with a full basement, and a huge fenced-in yard. In a city that allows chickens and is no more than 30 minutes from work. And while I'm at it, I'd like peace on earth, goodwill toward man, my own library, a pony and a juicebox.
I suspect most of the houses are going to be a quick 'no'. Most of them are split levels. That was apparently the thing to build 20 years ago in the city I'm looking in. On an amusing note, if I find one of these I like, I'll be within biking/walking distance of That Guy. That wasn't a factor when choosing towns, though. It just happens that the town he lives in has pretty much all gone bankrupt and are selling really huge houses dirt cheap right now.
I want a nice large rambler with a full basement, and a huge fenced-in yard. In a city that allows chickens and is no more than 30 minutes from work. And while I'm at it, I'd like peace on earth, goodwill toward man, my own library, a pony and a juicebox.