Although we contacted the owner of our rental property about the possibility of buying the house, we haven't received a response. The holes and water stains on the ceiling and walls remain unfixed, although two more contractors paraded through in the past six days and took pictures. Jim and I are exploding with frustration and have kicked our house-hunting into high gear.
I've always enjoyed looking for houses. In part, it's the fascination of peering into other people's architectural and interior design choices: Why is that dining room decorated to look like a cave? Why did someone add a tacky, lean-to sun room with 70s-style green indoor/outdoor carpeting onto a large, otherwise attractive home? Why are so many fireplaces stuck in a corner of the family room, rather than centered on the wall? Why does the master bathroom, rather than the master bedroom, have the best view of the lake? When you've spent tens of thousands to update a kitchen and put in hardwood floors in your home, why do all the bedroom closets sport metal folding doors circa the 1960s? Or how about that 14-year-old house in an upscale area in which none of the floors on the western side of the house are level? (I jokingly told our realtor that I'd had only one glass of wine the night before, so I knew that it wasn't a hangover causing everything to tilt.)
There's also something psychologically intriguing about house-hunting. Why, especially in a buyer's market, do some sellers meticulously stage the house and yard, while others seem to care less about how their property (their PRODUCT, from a marketing standpoint) looks? For example, I went through a fairly expensive house the very first day it went on the market. Although it had a spacious back yard--at least by Denver metro area standards--the yard was full of dog poop. Why didn't the owners clean it up before putting the house on the market? What were they thinking?
I've always enjoyed looking for houses. In part, it's the fascination of peering into other people's architectural and interior design choices: Why is that dining room decorated to look like a cave? Why did someone add a tacky, lean-to sun room with 70s-style green indoor/outdoor carpeting onto a large, otherwise attractive home? Why are so many fireplaces stuck in a corner of the family room, rather than centered on the wall? Why does the master bathroom, rather than the master bedroom, have the best view of the lake? When you've spent tens of thousands to update a kitchen and put in hardwood floors in your home, why do all the bedroom closets sport metal folding doors circa the 1960s? Or how about that 14-year-old house in an upscale area in which none of the floors on the western side of the house are level? (I jokingly told our realtor that I'd had only one glass of wine the night before, so I knew that it wasn't a hangover causing everything to tilt.)
There's also something psychologically intriguing about house-hunting. Why, especially in a buyer's market, do some sellers meticulously stage the house and yard, while others seem to care less about how their property (their PRODUCT, from a marketing standpoint) looks? For example, I went through a fairly expensive house the very first day it went on the market. Although it had a spacious back yard--at least by Denver metro area standards--the yard was full of dog poop. Why didn't the owners clean it up before putting the house on the market? What were they thinking?
2 comments:
Kate, you need to go on HGTV'S "HOUSE HUNTERS"!
If we weren't on a tight time frame for moving, I would definitely apply for "House Hunters." I love that show, although I wouldn't always make the same selections as the featured house hunters do.
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