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December 19, 2004
House Hunting, the Revenge...
Well, we went back to Bainbridge Island with our Realtor this afternoon - caught the 12:20 ferry over with a plan to see 7 properties. The idea was that unless we saw something "amazing" we'd probably go after one of the two we found yesterday on the mainland...
The first house was nothing special - older, a bit smaller, needed some TLC - but fairly inexpensive, so we'd have the money left over to pour some into it.
The next house was, well, amazing. It's great - it's in our price range, and we saw no fewer than three other Realtors doing showings (no, not all at the same time). I suspect it's going to go for at least asking price. We'll likely put in an offer, but I'm not interested in a bidding war. It's relatively close (2.5 miles) to the ferry, on a small lot but backed up to a wooded area, nice layout, great kitchen, and only 2 years old (new is nice).
I didn't think we could top that one - but it was close. All in all, of the 7 properties we saw today, 5 of them were serious contenders. All of them were nicer than we'd seen on the mainland.
Which means we're back to pulling our hair out (and speaking in the royal we) over the idea of living on the island...
Posted by dberger at December 19, 2004 6:10 PM