Well my dears - looks like we have ourselves a house. A true suburban abode right in the midst of
northern Atlanta's neighborhoodacropolis.
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About two days after our heartbreaker (Loosing a Bidding War) we went to the other side of suburbia to check out a new
listing. The price was the same as the
heartbreaker as was most of the finishes and square footage. The yard of the new one was nicer, but it
felt a lot more like a typical neighborhood kind of house - Mr. Suburbia. Less character than the one we loved. So...we decided to keep on a-lookin'. Then an interesting prospect out near the
heartbreaker came on the market. A four
side brick ranch with a partial unfinished basement, a pool and a 1 acre fairly
private lot. We went, we saw, we liked,
we offered. I barely slept that
night. I woke up wondering if we made a
horrible mistake. We loved everything
about the house, but it was rather tiny.
At about 1800 square feet and only 3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms we wondered
how we were going to have two kids + my home office + room for in-laws to come
stay. The unfortunate reality was - we
wouldn't. Sure people do it
all the time. The kids have to bunk together
a few days while the grandparents squeeze into a full size bed in the other kid
room. But where does my office go? I need space for all the drawing storage...However,
this house was the exact same price as Mr. Suburbia on the other side of
town. And Mr. Suburbia had 6 bedrooms
and 3.5 bathrooms and no pool or septic tank to have to maintain. Crap...now what do we do?
