House hunter-2/23

We are in the process of obtaining a new home. It has yet to be determined if we are going to be buying or building. We are fortunate enough that we are living with family right now and don’t have to rush the process. If you have never bought a home let me tell you that the process can be exhausting at times. There are always new things going on the market. Houses will come and go before you even know it sometimes you don’t. For example my husband went to look at a home, I had to work and was not able to see it, and the next day someone looked at it and put in an offer. Sometimes, depending on how picky you are there are many different options. You can go with a nice move in ready home, a fixer-upper, or a house that is in the process of being built.

I can’t tell you how many hours you end up spending looking online and driving around to view the ones you’ve looked at only to find other possibilities as you find yourself driving all around the neighborhood. The same thing goes with lots for building a home. It really is no small undertaking although some people are fortunate enough to find a house right away, but we are not those people. We are having trouble finding the quality that we want for the price we want. Sometimes you get amazed at how little you get for the price. We have our “wish list” if you will and it’s nothing out of the ordinary or too spectacular. Luckily we have a relative you builds homes for a living. We have kept our options open because some of the houses we have looked at there is no way he can build it for the same price per square foot. Now the upside to building a home is that we have the luxury of taking our time, getting what we want and knowing we are getting great quality. The downfall is it happens to be the same family member we currently live with. Things could get let’s say interesting. Not only will we be living with this person but we will be building a home with them too. So when things so wrong or they are having a bad day, or we disagree on something there is no escape. We all come home to the same place. I don’t know about you but although I have never done it, I have seen how stressful building your home can be and well I don’t know if I want to take that on with the added stress of having (and living with) the relative.

I just don’t know what the future has in store, our lives are once again-as they have been for several years now, up in the air. I just wish we knew which way we were going so that we at least have a start and forward motion in terms of progress. It would just feel nice to know but we will have to wait and see when that day comes, hopefully soon-very soon.