1. We don't want what we thought we wanted, or in the place we wanted it.
2. Getting burned out on house projects to get our house on the market completely tainted our view of fixer-uppers. We just don't have it in us. And I think this is really God protecting our marriage and finances.
3. An ongoing feeling of disconnect in our current community, school and church in various ways made us realize we want our next house, school and community to come complete with friends we know and love. Lots of them. We've been longing for this, but didn't realize how much until we started our house hunt. And I think this is God leading us to Webster Groves.
4. People have very different ideas of how much space they "need" for their family.
5. Don't even try to make sense out of what people think their houses are worth.
6. You can "polish a terd," as Steve likes to say. We've seen it. More than once.
7. Taking some or all of our children along to tour houses helped me visualize how our family could operate in the space. Touring more than 2 houses on any given day was a recipe for disaster.
8. If we put an offer on a house, another better house will come on the market the next day and make me question everything. For instance, what looks like the most perfect house just came on the market in Richmond Heights today....
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Stick to Webster...I doubt you'll be disappointed! Unless we leave of course :)
ReplyDelete#4 is becoming more and more interesting to us every year, especially what "kind" of space.
ReplyDelete#6 is funny. I can see Steve saying that.
And sliding back to #3 - Webster or her cousin Glendale will do just nicely! We're just a mile up the road...