If you've been a follower or have read my 'about me' blurb, you know that Mr. NW&TOH and I have been saving diligentily to buy our 'OUR House'. The [not so] Newlyweds are officially in the market!! With a down payment saved up and rental ads posted for 'The Old House', we are on our way to being homeowners, thrice (You did not think I could sell her did you? And his former house is also a rental.) The Old House and I have been together since 1998. I fell in love with her almost instantly, for various and sundry reasons, including...
...stained glass windows, 
...her huge master bath,
...the creative artistic features added to some of the rooms,
the large rooms, high ceilings. But mostly, I could see the HUGE potential she had, even through ALL the work she needed. For now, the time has come for us to part ways at least as far as us living together. I hope she knows I will still be here to take care of her and I hope her our new tenants will love her and call her home the way I have for the last 13 years.
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We (or in some cases "I") have looked at 9 houses in the past 2 months and will see 5 on Sunday. We've really liked 3 of them. We were not really prepared to make an offer on the 1st two we saw (hadn't pre-qualified & hadn't prepared our rental listing). We did make an offer on the last one we've seen together but we lowballed it (it'd been on the market for 85 days) and asked for closing costs. However, another offer came in when our did and we REFUSE to get into a bidding war in the this market.
I'm a little sad. The house had a pool and was in a great neighborhood but it had no garage and was 300 square feet smaller than our smallest SF criteria. Oh well. So about the only luck we've had is for the sellers. If you're a seller in the Richmond market, you should invite us to see your home. If we like it, it seems to sell before we can do anything about it.
On the other hand, if you know anyone in the Richmond area looking to rent, send them over here. Here are the websites where they can find the listing:
http://www.findmyroof.com/ad/82179
http://www.forrentbyowner.com/?showpage=/classifieds/detail/&i=514666
http://www.realrentals.com/house-for-rent/?list_id=052418474
http://richmond.craigslist.org/apa/2332325260.html
Good luck with the house hunt! I know it's frustrating when the homes you like the most magically disappear(try being the agent), but you just have to trust that you will end up with the house that's right for you. Email me if you need to vent or if you wanna share photos of favorites. Happy House Hunting!
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House hunting is something that should be done with proper care and patience. All the best to all those who are doing the same.
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