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October 09, 2005

Moving Up

I'm getting a lot of flack from family and friends about why we'd want to leave the house we live in. We love our house. No doubt about it. But it has a major drawback. The bedrooms are tiny as hell. And we're a bit land-locked, so building on really isn't an option. Building up isn't much of an option either as we're already using 4 floors of living space. You wouldn't think 3 people need so much space, but I guess we do. Especially when the hubs demands that the entire attic be devoted to his office/hangout space.

So here's the dilemma. The kitchen is UGLY and is in serious need of renovation. The cheapest quote we got came in around $35k - and that didn't include flooring, painting, etc. So should we put $35k into this house if the bedrooms will never meet our needs? Things are ok now, but if we ever had a second child, the kid will have to be stuffed into a shoebox room and sleep in a crib his whole life!

So we're just looking at houses to weigh out our options. We really don't want to move. We love our house, we love our neighborhood, we love the school district we're in, and we most expecially love our neighbor "Saint Bob" - who likes to keep himself busy by doing things like staining our deck, mulching around our house, taking care of our trash and the like. Giving all that up seems downright silly. But pouring $35k into a kitchen (and another few thousand into a much needed second bathroom renovation) - then possibly needing to move a few years down the road also seems silly.

So I'm thinking we should get it over-with right now. The hubs isn't so enthusiastic. Although if we find the house of our dreams for a price we can afford (based on the profit we can make on our current house), he'll grow enthusiastic really quick... I think!!!

Oh - and thanks everyone for your comments on the city house. You brought me back to reality. What was I thinking?

Posted by monkeygirl at October 9, 2005 01:56 PM | TrackBack




Comments

Just driving around today, I saw numerous homes for sale in Shillington and Wyomissing. I grew up in a small row home the size of a shoebox. 5 people, 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. It was tight but all I really remember was that I had a pretty good childhood. The size of the home didn't really seem to matter.

Posted by: WB at October 9, 2005 07:42 PM


GAH, you and I are in the SAME boat. We are so close to making an offer on a house, but I keep pulling back. I know that in two or three years we need to move, but now that we are in the thick of looking? I want to buy my head in the sand.

Bring me two pina coladas instead.

Posted by: JL Dropout at October 11, 2005 09:28 AM


Ack, BURY my head in the sand.

Posted by: JL Dropout at October 11, 2005 09:29 AM


hey! my name's denise and i'm new here. I think that you guys should just go for it if you guys really want to move.

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