so far we have not sold our house, obviously not a sellers market. we have had a good offer but are not interested in a contingency since the market is so bad. we are going to do a bit of a price drop in hopes of bringing in some new activity. wanting to move to Bend we have found the options are wide open. there are so many houses for sale at rock bottom prices we see it's a great time to buy.
we did get to finally go back to the house we are trying to buy and look at it again, to make sure we like it as much as we thought we did. we also looked at some other options. it was nice to get out for a few hours over the weekend.
of course the house we really want is the most expensive of all of the options we are considering right now and it's not perfect! it feels like 'House Hunters' weighing the positives and negatives.
this would be our second choice.
it is such a close second and such a better price it makes for tough decision making. what we LOVE about this house is the neighborhood, it has an office, the master is on the main floor and the two other bedrooms are a really good sized are upstairs. it's in NW Crossing which is a very big mix community that has a market, restaurants and parks within close walking/biking distance. a lifestyle i adore! the house is stunning on the inside and brand new, not even done yet.
the negatives are the living area is pretty tight and it has a HUGE HUGE house looming directly behind it. backyard privacy is nil because of this, with a driveway and basketball court being right next to the back yard.
it is such a great option and we like it so much until we go here!
this is the home we are quite sure is meant to be ours! we have admired it for a couple of years actually and considered buying a house across the street but we always said, "but that's the house we want." we figured it had come up for sale knowing the owner's businesses had gone under... we made an offer right away and the house has been in a foreclosure/bankruptcy nightmare ever since. so we are just waiting...
what we like about this house more is, the flow. it is a very well designed space and just feels so right to us. even though it is so much smaller than our existing home it does not feel tight. it feels right! we see ourselves living in the house quite comfortably and think it would work well for entertaining, something we love to do. it has two living spaces so when the kids are all home there is room to spread. it is designed in a way the the indoor living flows into the outdoor living very well and there are even built in heaters so that the outside is more pleasant for a longer period of time.
the setting is absolutely fabulous. it is in a neighborhood but it backs up to woods very much like our house now. it has a fantastic forest view and a pebble path down to the hot tub in the woods. the setting is serene, peaceful, private and quiet.
and.... THE KITCHEN. the home was owned by a chef and his family. the kitchen is a dream.
downside is the master is upstairs along with the two somewhat small bedrooms. also there is no office space.... you can tell by the few pictures that i have taken off the website that the house has the clean lines Bill & I both love. we dream about turning into our own and making it a space worthy of Dwell magazine.
the master bath is over the top, not sure why it's designed this way... it is about the size of our present bedroom which is odd in a way because it is not an 'over the top' house (well other than that range!). the design fits and is not out of place, it's just a master bath showplace.
in the meantime of us waiting for our house to sell and this bankruptcy mess to be ironed out house prices have continued to plummet. so this house is no longer worth what it was. we are writing a new offer with the hopes of more flexibility on the selling end for us. in order to GET a buyer!
so that's the little that has been up. other than some ups and downs that are life out loud.
soak in that sun, 'tis a blessing!
x
~ leila
