House Hunters

If some of you haven't heard, I'd like to take a moment to update you about a pivotal time in our lives which is transpiring now. We are currently shopping for a house!!! We have seen 30 houses in the last month, and 20-25 of them in the last 9 days. There are some real downers in the bunch, considering we are purposely lowering our price range to one that is reasonable, not frivolous. However, there are a few beautiful houses in the lot as well! We're really encouraged.

After some discussion and thought, we have had an interesting full-circle experience. One of the first houses we saw, when we visited Omaha before moving was in Quail Creek, Bellevue. After viewing many other houses in open house showings, and making a run with our realtor, we came right back to the Quail Creek house. Even our realtor loved it! We saw a few more open houses, and went for a showing in Happy Hollow to see older homes.

After it all, we're more than convinced we know which house is right for us. The house is perfect just as it is, and it's in a beautiful quiet neighborhood, has a huge wooded yard, and is tucked into the end of a dead end street (similar to a cul-de-sac but without the lack of parking). The house would need zero work up front, but has the potential for us to add numerous things to it, including a home theater with stadium seating in the bonus sub-basement! The floor plan is a tri-level house, which they don't make anymore, making it a fairly unique house. Combined with the customisations we've envisioned, this house could have over 2600 square (it has 2250 now), and worth considerably more than we'll end up paying for it. Not to mention, the housing market is slumping, which means cheap houses!

I'm pumped!!! See it here!