Looking For a New House

We have been looking for a house the past couple of weeks - hoping to move before the baby comes. We got preapproved for a loan, but finding a house here has proved difficult. Between our wants and the fact that really, with as much as this city is growing, it is hard to find nice property for sale.

The problem we have run into is that there are several new subdivision, but they are trying to squeeze as many houses as they can into these areas so they are not putting yards with the houses. I don't mean they are not putting grass down - I mean if you were to take your lawn mower one or two strips the width of the house - you would be done mowing your back yard. I have 4 boys and dogs - a back yard is a MUST!!!

So we found a house we loved in a subdivision we loved. We met with our realtor today for the first time and she showed us the house. We knew the house had been listed previously and had been taken off the market and relisted with a different realtor at about $6000 more than previously listed for.

We got there before the realtor and walked around the house. We noticed that we could not see any foundation on the house and the backyard seemed kind of soggy. When the realtor got there she informed us that the house had flooded several times. I thought she meant the backyard - nope - she meant the HOUSE had flooded. From the back door to the front door had flooded. All of the yards slope down into this houses yard and the water goes straight through the house. When you look at the base boards in the living room - you can tell!

Of course we did not make an offer. Go figure - Paul works with mold A LOT and once you got it getting rid of it is not easy! We decided to go look at one more subdivision where they are still building. The realtor called the builder and found out how to get in. The house is within a couple of weeks of being finished. There is no carpet down yet and they need to finish the 8 foot privacy fence in the backyard and then just cleaning the house.

A representative for the builder actually came out while we were there. It was kind of nice having him there because any questions we had about the structure etc., he could answer. IF we decide we want the house pretty quick, we will be able to pick what color carpet we want - out of there choices. It is nice because the house is close enough to being done that we don't have to wait forever, but we can still make some choices on the interior.

I am going to try to get some photos of the inside of the house tomorrow. We are meeting with the realtor again and we are going to go back to the house and take another look around. If we decide on this house we could be moving in by the end of January!! Wish us luck as we go through this headache again!!!