We have been exploring housing options off and on for a few months. Last week, all the money we need for a down payment came together, so we picked it up again. Over the wekeend, we found a house. Actually, we found 3 houses. We had a terrible time deciding which one to put an offer on. Stephen loved this house, I loved that house, we both liked this house...

After asking for advice from various places, we ended up going with the one we both liked. It seemed to be the best compromise. We offered asking price if they paid closing costs. They counter-offered us $1000 over asking price and up to $3000 closing costs. Apparently they are very strapped for cash and need a certain amount of money from the sale. After another tortuous decision-making time, we decided to take the counter-offer.

Then we got the paperwork for the roof, and found out it's a 10-year roof that has been there for 17 years. (We were told it was a 25-year roof and had been on there for 5 years... >:-/ ) Stephen got cold feet and wanted to back out, but our realtor convinced him to do the inspections and find out what exactly we're dealing with. So we have two roof inspectors coming next week who can also quote us the cost of replacing it if necessary, in addition to the general house inspection later that week.

And that's where we're at. I called this House Saga 1 because there will probably be more.

The house is a 3-bedroom, 2 bath house built in the 70s with a great-sized, totally fenced, private back yard. The kitchen is really nice and the house has overall been kept in really good shape. The bedrooms are kind of small. The big detractor is that the roof is flat. Well, it slopes up a little and then is flat. Not a great choice for a place where it rains half the year. Those 60s/70s homebuilders... Sometimes I just wonder what was going on in their heads. BUT other than the roof, it's a nice house.

The other thing about the house is that it is a 40+ minute commute to Stephen's work. Right now he has a 25-minute commute. This is going to be a problem with any of the houses we are looking at; we got priced out of the big metropolitan hub. Stephen is looking for jobs closer, but we may just have to deal with the long commute, which means I have to deal with even LONGER days with Micah, and Stephen will probably not see Micah the days he works. :( I wish there was an easier solution, but there just isn't.

Who knows what will happen next? I suppose God will find the best solution for us. In the meantime, we'll just be putting one foot in front of the other.

-Stephanie

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