First visit

December 2013-We took a trip to look at the house we ended up buying and a few other houses. The house pictured below was really pretty from the outside and had most of the original wood detailing but had extensive fire damage in the attic. It would be way too expensive to restore.  The floors were unstable when we walked through, I didn't feel it was safe to enter.  It was depressing to know that this really pretty house was probably going to crumble to dust.

Warning: its cute, but you may not come out alive.

The third place we looked at was in pretty good shape but too small, on a road that was too busy, and was on a triangular lot. I sounded like a spoiled brat when I told a friend, "If I leave New York, I kinda want it all."

Once we saw the Really Big House there was no comparison. We found an inspector and made an appointment for January.

Actually, I expected this to be much worse....

November 2013-After considering leaving New York for a few years, my husband called me from work and asked me once again if I wanted to move. He sent me a posting for a house for sale on Trulia.com. 2900 square feet on a  1/2 acre plot.

Kind of an eyesore, but I thought of all that space, and how beautiful it would look once it was restored.