My mom sent me an Instagram post from our real estate agent, advertising a house on "almost an acre," and it was a surprisingly affordable price.
Not surprising when you look at the location. It was only a few minutes away from where we live, but not toward the outside of town.
I ended up really liking the place. It was a charming, dated, kind of farm-house sort of building. The bedrooms were bigger (+), there were stairs (-), and Auntie, Matthew's sister who lives with us, would probably have to claim the modest sized family room in the basement as a large sized bedroom. She'd get her own close 3/4 bathroom (+), but we wouldn't have the large play area in the basement like current (-).
The lot was lovely. A bunch of mature trees, places to roam and explore, more open places to maybe put a garden in. It was just sandwiched between a residential road to the north, a busy, faster road to the south, just west of another busy road. And not fenced in. And if we fenced it in, how would we get the cars in an out?
I think both Matthew and I were more tempted than we were expecting. But if I hate being one house down from a busy road (think, always have to wait to cross, then often book it) and I currently have a safe, private, fenced in back yard, then this would end up being a serious downgrade.
Keep looking. I honestly don't expect to find anything, given the current insane housing market. But who knows? If it's meant to be, then God is on my side. And if it's not... I don't need to move.
