Thursday, January 26, 2012

Horror movie

So, when I'm in a house, and JJ and the realtor are droning on to each other about how great the garage is (even though the rest of the house is a lime green wallpapered hole), sometimes I like to think about movies... and how there are so many horror movies that begin with an optimistic young couple starting out in their first house....

and then....

strange things start happening... one might say.... paranormal activities....

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN......

I think something important to consider is will there be super murdery evil spirits haunting the house? Does the house have that feeling? Is it TOO historic?

Also, something I've long wondered is why, when shit starts moving around on its own, you wouldn't just put the house on the market, prominently describing its "historic charm," and GET THE HELL OUT.

Seriously people, don't try to videotape evil. The evil will win.

We are going to see two more houses on Monday. I'll let you know how it goes.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Welcome!

So, JJ and I are looking for a house. We don't have a set-in-stone timeline for buying, we're just trying to get familiar with the different neighborhoods and areas of Noogville right now. We've been to 6 or 7 houses so far, and I've noticed something rather amusing. Although the vast majority of houses look pretty similar in the online profiles (somewhere in the mediocre to fairly decent range), the realities of what you actually find when you go into the houses can be radically different. So now, for your reading pleasure, I will chronicle the rest of our house looking/buying adventure.

I won't be too specific, because I don't want to get sued.

So far, a few of the exciting real estate nuggets have included:

* a used condom on the ground outside a house. I accidentally stepped on it. vomit.
* a basement straight out of austin powers, including orange shag carpeting... it was totally the kind of place a teenager could get to second base in
* a charming craftsman bungalow with a sink  and a bathtub in the unfinished basement.... actually it wasn't a bathtub so much as severe flooding
* belligerent homeowners, so angry about being foreclosed upon that they took the garbage disposal out of the kitchen sink when they left
* a bathroom so artfully photographed that you couldn't tell that the only finished part of the tile job was the section in the photo....

Oh yes, I can already tell that it is going to be a fabulous journey. There will be pictures and commentary. I know you are all so excited for this adventure to get underway!