Housing Hunting

in Rockford

Lately, my life is starting to try to get into the mode of "finality". Trying to talk little old Michael into that ring, you know... and maybe that's a bad approach. I've recently decided to let him make that decision for himself. However we have done a lot of house hunting lately, which is a promising idea. But Mike and I have always had very different tastes and finding something that meets all of our wants is... tricky...

For starters, although I love living nearby work in Kentwood, Mike is dead set on living in his good old Rockford. Okay, not a problem. Although I love that short commute, Rockford has great schools and it's got lots of great photo locations, not to mention close to downtown GR, so I'm cool with that. Price of course is an issue. And the fact that Mike still has his house makes it tricky. And then there's the loan type... if we can stay under $150,000, I think we'll make it. Also, I want a house that doesn't need a lot of work done to it. Mostly, I want to be able to move in and feel at home. Not be stuck in a construction zone for God knows how long. Little fixes and painting, no worries, but nothing too extensive, especially since that'll add to the money we have to shell out for it.

The biggest issue is that Mike wants some property so he can hunt. But there is nothing within a reasonable driving distance of work. The only one we found was too highly priced and needed a lot of work on the house. Mike's kind of not into that one anymore, but it's so tricky to find the amount of property with the right landscape for this. I don't know if he can compromise on this, and I don't really want him to. But my lease is up at the end of July...

Anyway, what I am getting at with this post is that I am hopeful. Our realtor, Scott, has eight houses he's working on getting us into at 11am on Saturday. A lot of them I picked, and there's a few Mike wanted to see. So wish us luck, maybe we'll find a DREAM HOUSE this weekend!