Property Virgins

I don't have the initiative to look through old posts and see if I'd mentioned this one already, so I'll mention it again: David and I are starting out our quest for home ownership. We took a very official step this afternoon and toured our Very First Potential House. Words can't adequately express how freaking awesome and indicative-of-grown-up-ness this is.

And also a little scary. But mostly awesome and indicative-of-grown-up-ness.

The house we viewed today was huge. Way too huge for what we should be able to afford with our budget, quite honestly. It didn't seem to make sense as to why that was, seeing as how the house was (a) on a nice piece of land in a (b) veryvery nice neighborhood with (c) a heck of a lot of square footage. Upon touring the place, we learned that, while it's not a total fixer-upper, there's a lot of cosmetic damage that needs looking at. The house hasn't been lived in in over a year, so I imagine it needs a bit more love than it's getting at present.

We're not saying "no" to the house just yet, but we know we can get more ready-to-go houses that are just as nice (if not better) for well within our price range. And let's be honest, the whole notion of home hunting is just plain exciting. I'm most content with touring more homes for the simple reason that it's just plain fun to do so.

Needless to say, I'm giving myself the task of watching as many episodes of House Hunters and Property Virgins that I can in order to prepare for the rest of our search.

Oh, and: HGTV does a lot of its production in the Atlanta area. So, y'know, HGTV, if you're keen on saving some gas money, you've got a sweet, attractive husband and wife that would just love if you assisted them with their home search. Thanks much. XOXO