M and I are looking to buy some property, preferably in New England. We want a detached house in good working order, 3 or 4 bedrooms, minimum 2 bathrooms, a large kitchen/pantry, at least one fireplace, wood floors and a good bit of land for beauty and privacy. It can’t be located in a flood zone or somewhere that has a high risk of drought or fire.
Oh, and it can’t cost an arm and a leg.
We’ve been looking for two years now and while we’ve found some wonderful properties, none of them have worked out. So, our search continues — mostly on Redfin and Zillow. We favorite the places that most appeal to us and discuss them in great detail during the times when we’re both awake. If one of us is sleeping, the other will leave short notes to describe why a place will or will not work.
Here are some typical notes we’ve exchanged:
“Nope, nope, nope. Flooding.”
“Has some nice features (back from the road, overall design, greenhouse). However, the kitchen is small and the laundry is in the basement. Zestimate says it’s worth about half of what they’re asking though Redfin agrees with their price.”
“Not as much land as we’d hoped but it’s on a dead end and the views are gorgeous.”
“Lovely home but oh my god, that kitchen is bloody awful. So small!”
“The kitchen looks decent. I really like the look of some of these rooms. Looks too expensive and probably too big for us but nice!”
And then there’s the tidbit I wrote last week:
“I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I want to move to Detroit. This place is amazing. And also, I believe haunted.”
