After 26 Houses, Still No Luck!

We have seen a total of 26 houses in Trophy Club, Plano, Carrollton, and Grapevine. We still haven't found the "ONE". We have looked at nice ones that don't need much work and we have looked at ones that need a ton of work! One common thing I have seen in most is that the kitchens are so out dated! Most need all new things. I look at my house now. We are selling our house with a dishwasher with a stainless steel tub and a glass top stove with a convection oven. The appliances are less than 2 years old. I have yet to find anything like that. I hate having to leave my stuff behind with the house. I think I mostly hate having to buy it all again just with in a couple of years of each other. I also REALLY dislike how much these people are asking for their homes......when clearly, they are no way worth it. Most of the homes, even though "updated" (to their standards, not ours), need an additional $15,000 - $30,000 worth of work after moving in.

I really wished we could wait until after November to buy. I wonder if when the $8,000 1st buyers thing goes away if that will make a big difference in what is available. Or at least how quickly they are taken off the market. There have been about 10 homes that we have been on our way to see and they call to say we can't see them any more...someone got to them first. That's super frustrating! It may have been the "ONE".

I dunno! We have an apartment set up already. But it's so far from John's work. I LOVE the complex. They have a dog park, a kid's park, theater, pools, etc. Our apartment comes with a yard and a garage. BUT it's so far! It would cost John over $300 a month in tolls and gas. Then we have found some apartment in west Plano (much closer to John's work & right around Willowbend Mall) but they don't have the good stuff. And then John's boss remembered that they have an apartment that is so close to his work that they use for their corporate housing. Anyways, it's month to month. So If we just need an apartment for 3 months, we could rent that one. I haven't seen it, but it's so super freakin' cheap! Kim is going to take John to look at it next week for our back up.

So again, I don't know...we are just taking this house hunt one day at a time and really trying hard not to become overwhelmed, depressed, and a crabby patty (as the girls would say).

Here are some homes we saw over the last 2 days. And one we went to see 2 times.

Early Morn Drive House, Plano
Sq. Ft.: 2,324 Lot Size: 7,841 Sq. Ft.
4 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, 2 living area...detached garage
Okay, I loved this house. Having the 4 of us in it made us realize that we need a house this size! The stairs kinda scared me. Some things were off, but nothing that couldn't be fixed over time. That we know of anyways. There were some concerning foundation questions. The floor in the kitchen felt like it had a dip in it. There were some cracks in the walls and outside brick.
But I loved this house. We saw it two different days. I love it, but did not allow myself to get attached to it. Yet....

Foyer

Dining

family room, dining through that door. This room had no over head lighting. We'd have to go in a wire that.

Kitchen...needed to be gutted and redone.


Formal living

Wet bar, laundry is to the left through that door and kitchen straight ahead.

detached garage. not a big fan of that. needs a lot of work. Looks like the ceiling was going to fall in!


Master bath...the vanity was in the master bedroom. the bathroom already had a vanity and shower and toilet. Something would have to be done about that!

All the bedrooms were upstairs. That was nice, but stairs scare me. Especially since the girls still get up in the middle of the night.


OK, I have to go get some stuff done. I still have 4 houses to post.


To be continued.....