outing number one...

Well...we went and saw 3 houses. 2 in Costa De Mesa and 1 in Orange. Lucky Cotter we'd be neighbors...he he he We really liked the Orange one but it's at the top of our price range and still needs some work to it. True for all of them though, they all need new flooring and little things here and there to make it livable. I loooved the windows in the kitchen looking out over the trees and NOT into anyones house. Not too crazy about the closets but there is a second balcony off the master bedroom. Def something I could see us in.

We found one in Costa De Mesa that was 3 bedroom $40,000 below the others and in a good neighborhood...needed a little more work then the others BUT if we are under budget we have room to upgrade. Downside is, it's on leased land and it's near impossible to get a loan from the bank. Our "guy" said he wouldn't buy this property which says a lot. I'm absolutely in love with the other Costa De Mesa condo! 2 bedroom, 2 bath...has a HUGE master bedroom with room to add. High ceilings and a mostly upgraded kitchen-it's almost as if they started the upgrade and ran out of money. Nothing that we couldn't fix and fairly inexpensively. My favorite part of that house is the patio. It's a little patio that opens up to a stream running through it. We even saw a family of ducks swimming by, awww i'm in love. I can just picture us out there, drinking some ice tea, doing homework or reading a book just enjoying the sunrise or even the sunset. awww...it actually inspired me to use our patio here at 3400. I mean I hear the noise of Sunflower, the washer/dryer and the neighbors but hey it's FINALLY a nice night.

so we've decided to keep looking. we don't want to jump the gun too soon and get a house that we really like when we could find one we both love. this whole process is soo weird though. i mean we won't really even know if we for sure have the place we do finally decided for what can be months. i'm soo worried we'll fall in love with the "perfect" home and not get it. i know it's out of our hands and he'll find us the best place but anxious me wants it all!

we are filling out the loan paperwork so when we do find "the one" we are ready to go. I'll keep all 5 of you posted on what haps next. ; ]