Wednesday~ What we're looking for in a home!

 What are we looking for?

Even though this will be the first home we buy, we don't plan to (have to) ever move again. Been there, done that. We've moved 8 or 9 times in 15 years, we've been in Tennessee for 13 years and here for 4 (as of March).

My mom is going to move with us, and pay rent so we need something with a somewhat separate living space, ideally she'd like to have (at least)  her own Bedroom, Living space, and Bath. So garage apartment, basement, etc would work perfectly for her and her 2 dogs.

We would like to have 3bd, 2ba (though one bath is ok) of our own. (Bedroom, Office, Guest/My office. I currently share an office with hubby, and always have, but he's to messy/cluttered for me, so It'd be nice to be able to shut the door on his space and not have to look at it.) Style of home doesn't matter to us, nor does it matter if it's needing a little bit of work.

We also have a dog, so we need enough space for Mom's dogs to play and ours to have her own little space. Anywhere between .25 and 2 acres is on the list. I garden and can (food) a little, but other than that and space for the dogs, we don't want a ton of acreage to keep up with.

We'd like a 2 car garage, but are fine with none. It'd be nice to keep the car(s) out of the heat /cold, but we've never had a garage, so it's not like we'd miss not having it.

At this point we've driven by, and eliminated to many to count. We've also now looked at 9 in person, it seems like each one is worse than the last. We've now expanded our area to include all 3 nearby towns, instead of just the 2 closest to the city (where we currently live). Still nothing.

We have one to go look at on Friday, I don't really like it from pictures, but we will see. It's 3 bd 2 ba, 2 car garage, and 2ac and the last house on a dead end road (of 4 homes). Other than that there is only one more on the list we'd like to see.

House hunting isn't so much fun anymore....


Have a great day,
~CraftinWife