The Auldridges

To catch you up, we did go and see the house I mentioned a few days back, and then we saw another a couple days later.

I had already told you how I thought the first one was over priced, and now that I see it I know it is. I will correct myself, though–I said it was 3BR and it is currently 4 with the possibility of being 5. I also said it was 2.5BA, but it is only 2. Regardless, it has not been touched cosmetically since the early 70’s. Nor have the appliances or mechanics been updated. So I would estimate it needs 20-30k worth of work. We are considering making a very low offer that would allow us to do to this house what it needs.

The second house isn’t really worth mentioning, except that it was built in 1820 and the listing was written in a manner that made me feel like I had to at least give it a look. But it has issues of both needing updating, and not appearing to be real structurally sound.

Other than the possibility of low-balling an offer on the first house, the market doesn’t look real agreeable to us. So I believe it is probably time to go ahead and start getting estimates on a remodel/addition to our current home. We can at least see what some companies think it will take, and begin planning for it if we so choose. As I stead on the issue before, though, I don’t know how realistic it is to do the remodel and fix things I want fixed.

I guess the only way to come to a decision is continue looking at and analyzing each option, and to pray.

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