Favorite Townhouses Revisited!
Bamboo House: We are much more nit-picky the second time around....
Here are some photos from the Bamboo House - outside looks kind of boring (it actually almost kept us from seeing it, because we thought it was so blah). The street isn't great, but it's not as unsafe as Adam had thought. Second photo is the kitchen - we don't like the color of the cabinets, and Ad doesn't like the color of the granite counter top. He's also not a big fan of the kitchen table being in the kitchen, (as opposed to most other townhouseseplaces that have more of an open layout with the kitchen table in the open family room). The next two photos were taken standing by the front door. There is a small sitting area, with a fireplace -- You can look straight into the kitchen and the backdoor.
The backyard isn't much too look at - we would like to put down some nice tile and grow some ivy to cover the unattractive stucco walls. The next photo is the guest bathroom on the 2nd floor. Not bad, not great. The Master closet is huge - big fan! The master bathroom is nice (photo with Ad in it). Nice tub, seperate shower, two sinks.
What's weird about this house is that it seems as if the developer just ran out of steam and didn't finish the job in the basement. The walls are studded, but there is no sheetrock down there. Also, there's no washer/dryer, which is unusual. If we bought this house, I think the basement is the first thing we would do. Put down some nice tile, get some sheetrock up... make it a useable room -- I told Ad we would call it "the Man room".
There was another couple in the house when we got there, with a set of parents in tow, so this house may not be on the market for much longer.
Parrish House (Adam's favorite):
Most of these photos I swiped from the realtor webpage, so I hope you can see them OK. The house is a two-story and is much cuter from the outside, on a much nicer block. No question about that. The second photo is the view from the front entrance - gorgeous. The next photo was taken standing in the doorway to the kitchen and looking back. The kitchen is gorgeous - We love the first floor of this house!!! Through the door in the kitchen is the backyard, the washer, dryer, and a half bath.
The three bedrooms and (one!) full bath are on the second floor. My biggest problem with this house used to be the closet space issue, but now my biggest problem is the small master bedroom, which is so small, there isn't really a good space to put our bed and two endtables (the only nice furniture we have).
Ideally, we would take the first floor of this house, and combine it with the nice, spacious bedroom/bathroom/closet layout of some of the newer places. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work like that. Such a bummer!
Now What?: It looks like we are in a holding pattern. We are in no rush to buy, and don't feel like we have found "our" place yet. Hopefully, we will walk into a place and both "know" that it should be our new home. I didn't believe people when they made the same kind of comment about wedding dress shopping and it was true, so we'll just have to wait and see. We both believe that more houses will come on the market in Spring (March-timeframe). So we are just going to be patient (not exactly one of my strengths).
