Needs, wants and updates

So the house I mentioned in the previous post has been sold. No big deal. We weren't crazy about the brick front of it anyways. We have found another house in Pittsford that we are waiting to get inside of. The house in Pittsford is a short sale*. I had no idea what that meant until yesterday and it means that the people that owned it owed more on it than it is worth. So the bank has the house now and it is on the market for $20,000 below assessment. So IF we like it maybe we can get it even cheaper!! Because right now the bank is just losing money on it!

When we moved into the house we are in now the big things I wanted were a master suite, 2 full baths, an eat in kitchen and a dining room. What I got was a small bedroom and 1 1/2 baths and an eat in kitchen. So.... lets try this again! This time what we NEED are
1) 3 bedrooms- preferably 4
2) Eat in Kitchen
3) Dining room- I would love this extra space for when our families are over
4) A backyard that is big enough for a pool and a swing set
5) Space that would be a playroom for the kids
6) Space that would be an office/scrapbook room for us
7) 2 full baths
8) A master bedroom -with walk in closets would be nice!
9) A spot for Ryan to park his big enclosed trailer
10) Two car garage
And it would be nice to find a house on a cul-de-sac. For some reason I just think that this would be really nice for the kids to ride their bikes and playing without worrying about too many cars. I would like for the house to be at least 2000 sq ft. And moving closer to where the kids will be going to school would be a big plus as well. Oh and a black top driveway would be heaven! Right now our house is 300 feet off the road and to blacktop the driveway from the road back to the shop would cost $10,000!!! So that never happened.

The house that we found in Pittsford has 3 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths and is in a cul-de-sac and has a backyard that is big enough for a pool and swing set. Hopefully soon we can get inside to see the rest to see if it meets our needs!

*When we bought our first house it was also foreclosed upon. We seem to have a knack for it! Our first house cost only $32,000!!! Yes, it was a steal! The house we are looking at now is $160,00 which with a down payment for our current house would put the mortgage and our living expenses with us living off of one paycheck for everything! That would be seriously awesome!

An update on my Mom. Her brain tumor has grown 2 cm in one month so it has to come out. She is scheduled for surgery on January 14th at Strong. She is a nervous wreck about it. I'm pretty sure she will be staying with us for a bit while she recovers. (She lives alone). My brother and sister in law are flying in from Hawaii on the 13th so that they can also be here while she has the surgery. So prayers please!

A hunting we will go

Ryan and I bought our house in 2003 and at the time it was just the two of us so our 1500 sq ft house with 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths seemed so big! But now we are bursting at the seams!! When Madison was born she got the big bedroom and the other bedroom was an office that we turned into a playroom for her. We then finished off the basement into an office. Then we had Cooper and the playroom became his room and the basement was refinished yet again into a playroom. Which left no space for our computers. Ryan's desk top is in our bedroom on a folding table and my laptop stays on the floor in our bedroom or on the kitchen counter. It really isn't working for me anymore. So we always said that when we needed more space we would add on.

To add a master bedroom and bathroom over the garage would cost $20,000 and that is with Ryan doing all the work himself. So it really makes the most sense financially speaking to buy a bigger house. So today we drove by 16+ houses and we only found 1 that we liked. Right now we have 7 acres so I am having a hard time with the 0.5 acre size lots!! They seem ridiculously small. But the house we found is in a neighborhood which would be great for the kids! Right now we live on a street that really doesn't have many kids so it would be great to go outside and have close neighbors with kids. That is a big plus to me. The house we found is in Perinton and is 2600 sq ft and 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. So it is much bigger than where we are now. And it would only be a 15 minute drive to Penfield for the kids school instead of a 35 minute drive! And as far as the outside goes I guess as long as there is room for a swing set and a pool that is really all we need. Oh and the best part is that I would get a scrapbooking room!!!!

I have a call into the realtor to see the inside of the house. We were hoping to go sometime this weekend to check it out and I think we are going to start by listing our house on craigslist and see how that goes. Wish us luck!!