The Search is On

We're looking for a house. Fed up with apartment life, cramped spaces, only 1 bathroom. Two weekends ago, we looked at 3 in our area. At first showing, one really stood out. It was investor owned, had new carpet, linoleum, fresh paint. Halfway decent yard: some level some slope. Two bathrooms. We were ready to put an offer on it today, took a look at it again. Found water damage & mold in the basement behind the bathroom. Numerous patches in the ceiling & walls of basement. The dishwasher was old, even though the stove & fridge looked nice. It also went under contract yesterday. Looked at another, similar lay out, better maintained, also under contract, but available for back-up contracts. Found some leaks there too. :( But they'd recently replaced the water heater, it was an older couple & they probably hadn't gotten around to repairing drywall damage to the utility room. The back yard sucked. It was about as wide as the house, and sloped steeply up in the back, inviting more water to run off into the basement windows. Looked at one more that popped up last night. Big house, lower price, same area we've been looking in, we were hopeful. It was a forclosure, stating that it needed repairs & updates. What they forgot to mention was that it needed interior walls & new flooring, and outlets, and power, and lights, and....walls! So, we're still looking. Maybe someday we'll find a house.