It could use a ton more work but that's all stuff we would do in time. The view is still epic. I will say one thing. Winterized houses are not places you want to be if you skipped going to the bathroom because you thought you could hold it. A woman who has had two cesareans can not hold it.
Our offer was not what they were asking for. We are still going round and round about offering more. I think we have decided to take it as a sign. The house flat out needs things done to it. It has a yard but not our ideal yard. It has a front yard that would be perfect if it weren't for the hundred foot pines growing in it. A few weeks ago we went to San Diego. We visited my aunt who owns a house with a great beach view. She told us that for years she has been calling her neighbor and asking him if she can cut his tree down. She only calls once a year and offers to pay for it. This year he finally took her up on it. We secretly hope the people across from this place do the same. It would add tons of value to their place and save us tons of money. Biggest bonus, the perfect place for a sweet dream garden.
The house does have a downstairs with a kitchen. It needs carpeting ( the whole downstairs) though and a fridge. It's not completely private from the top so renting it to strangers would take a hot minute. We do have some friends though we would love to rent it to but after talking to them I realized this downstairs area was not that great of a space. It really needs work to make it worth it to people. For one, there is no place for kitchen gadgets, for preparing large meals, for eating in even. The rooms are decent but they really need decor help.
We talked about what room would be the master upstairs and realized its odd. The master bedroom has a bathroom attached but was painted this bright deep blue. There's another room that is huge, no bathroom but ultra sweet closet. It also has a normal white paint job. No view though. The third room was converted to a laundry room so we would have to fix that. The kitchen needs updating of cupboards and floor. The windows need curtain rods and possibly blinds. The chandeliers need changing out. The deck needs privacy shields installed so you can hot tub in privacy. Just little things that would make it so nice.
In the car later in the day I told James that if we don't get this place I am putting the brakes on. We started out wanting a house with a shop on acreage. What we have ended up with is a house with no acreage, no shop, and a lot of work ahead of us. Seeing all these places has steered is in a direction I am not sure we want to go in. Little by little we have conceded in accepting things we didn't want. I don't want a container garden and if we get this place it what I will have. Not completely but definitely not the garden I dreamed off. Not the yard I dreamed of. It's amazing how we shifted our values and dreams over the course of house hunting. If we don't get it we are going back to the beginning.
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