What a stressfull first weekend!!!!

So, Jon and I went out on Saturday afternoon with our realtor to look at houses. But, let me preface that with this - my mom and I went on Friday night to scope out some of the nieghborhoods we were going to be seeing the next day. Am I glad we did that!! We had chosen 5 - 6 houses in one neighborhood alone - we drove in on Friday night and immediately turned around. The houses were on top of each other and while the neighorhood was okay, it was not blowing me away. So, I call our realtor and told her to not even bother making appointments for those homes. Okay - well that knocked out a significant number of homes we were supposed to look at.

Then, I am thinking - maybe we need to look at houses in a little high price range - the houses we had nixed earlier in the week! So, Saturday morning comes and Jon and I are very excited. We meet our realtor at noon and get started on our house hunt! The first neighborhood we looked at had 4 houses for us to loo at. First house - heinous and smaller than we what we wanted. Next, please! The second house was nice - loved the open kitched and great room. The backyard was awesome - private and huge!! We weren't blown away but we liked it. The next few houses Jon and I didn't agree on. The kitchen in one of them was gross. Jon's response, "We'll just tear it out and re-do it." I don't think so. I praise anyone who takes on renovations for their home but that is definitely not me. Moving on....

The next neighborhood was quite eventful. First, the house I loved and thought we were going to look at ended up being about $50K more than what we thought. Moving on, again! But, low and behold, almost the same-looking house (not on two lots with a finished basement) was for sale by owner on the same street. So, we didn't have an appointment but our realtor called the number on the sign - no answer! No worries - she ran up to the front door and rang the doorbell/knocked on the door. No answer. Okay - we can just go in. So, we walk in - yell out for anyone - not a sound. We're good to go - so we think! Downstairs is really nice and I immediately ran upstairs to check out the bedrooms, etc. Jon and our realtor are still downstairs talking about who knows what. All of the bedroom doors are open so I also called out again, just to be safe. Not a sound! I see Jon and our realtor at the bottom of the stairs. I asked if the master was on the main level - the answer was no. I tell them I didn't see it upstairs and then I notice a door is closed. Bingo - master suite. I knock on the door, completely kidding, and begin to walk in. Who do I see? Some old man thrashing around in the bed hooked up to some breathing machine or something. I immediately make a face to Jon and Amanda (who thought I was kidding) and ran downstairs in record time. I didn't even close the door behind me I was so freaked out! Meanwhile, Jon is trying to continue looking in the unfinished basement. Hello??!! I just walked in on the owner and we need to get the hell out of there - pronto! We quickly grab fliers and get the hell out of there. As we got back in the car, we all kind of sat there - shocked! It was quite timely since Jon had JUST asked our realtor before we went in what her funniest/weird house hunting story was. After that, she then informs us that we've just topped the list. Of course - leave it to the Mittelbronns. As we all looked at the flier, we noticed the main headline was, 'Seller must sell quickly." Jon's reaction, "Oh, so I guess he's about to bite the dust." We all laugh and comment that we're all going to hell.

After that fiasco, we stumble upon this beautiful house. WOW - gorgeous foyer, HUGE great room with two-story windows. My dream itchen and a keeping room off of it with a beautiful stone fireplace. Upstairs, the greatness continues. The master bedroom has a freakin sitting room and the bathroom had nice new tile, garden rub, huge walk-in closet, etc. The other bedrooms were a great size as well. Then...I look at the backyard. It's nice and level but lord, it literally backs up to the neighbors and I am not even kidding. Not only that, but there was no fence. And, even if it was, it was still not private at all. And when I say that, the neighbors could probably see me making a bundt cake in the kitchen - and they would know it was a bundt cake! Catching my drift? It's still a maybe but we'll see.....

After going to a friend's last night and unwinding from a long day, Jon and I decided to look at different areas today. So, we did and looked at Duluth and Alpharetta. Yes I know - two differeny parts of town. We had tried to stay out of Fulton county due to their supposed ridiculous taxes but we said, "screw it!" Well, we found a neighborhood in Duluth that is perfect and HUGE! We found three houses for sale that we loved - however, looks can be deceiving as we found out on Saturday. However, the houses seemed bigger, had more land and were a little cheaper. Of course, that's what happens when you move a little farther out. However, the areas is very nice and there's even a lake in the neighborhood! So, we sent them to our realtor and hope to see them ASAP. There is one that we especially loved which is beautiful!! So, stay tuned and I'll post pics very soon. We think this one house could be our dream house and is priced lower than we expected - always a good thing. So, stay tuned for more posts........