Balls and Walnuts
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Househunting
Oddly enough, it’s a seller’s market here in Bakersfield (if our agent can be trusted). People are getting their asking prices. I can believe it, because three or four of the homes we wanted to see — homes which were still on the market a week ago — are now in the process of being sold.
We looked at six homes today, I think. Maybe three or four left for tomorrow, and that’s it for homes in the right school district & price range. We saw two we liked, one of which is very affordable, and inevitably we saw one nightmare: a place that smelled of dog and was more tear-down than “home,” a place that made me want to shake the seller and say, “What are you thinking?” Even in a seller’s market, that place ain’t gonna move.
None of them is perfect. The one we liked best still needs some work in the kitchen — I need my gas range with the big fat powerful hood. And all of these homes had way too much carpeting . . . but in Bakersfield, people seem to like the tile/carpet combo.
I wish we could do one of those homes-to-be-built. They have ’em in our price range, but it takes forever to build a house. If we can avoid it, we would prefer not to move twice.
Tomorrow: a few more homes to see, and then we make our way home. Quick trip.
D.
Dr.Hoffman……Its Jeannie,from Sutter!!!!!! How are you???? We miss you and wish you’d come home. OR is slow these days.New OBGYN starting in June. Locums General just signed a contract and will be ours in Aug. I lost my precious grandaughter Feb 13. my heart is still trying to recover but I doubt that it ever will. I was very excited to find your blog and to see that you are still writing.I would love to hear from you. Miss you,
Jeannie
You could always remodel.
I’ve stopped counting the number of times I’ve seen someone install a new ‘feature’ in their home in order to fetch a better price only to have the next owner start by ripping it out.