House and Home

We went out looking at real estate again on the weekend. Sadly, it was a big disappointment.

The one that looked most promising, a split-level with a one bedroom suite, had some weird proportions and the suite was a hovel in which I wouldn’t want anyone actually living. Add to that a small yard and its location just off a main road on a small cul-de-sac that included at least 5 “Residential Parking ONLY” signs and we decided it was a “pass.”

Another home we looked at was one that I’d actually lived in — well, the suite anyway — circa 1992-1994. The suite had only had one upgrade, a gas heater, but it was still a nice large, well laid out suite. The upstairs was another story. While Kiddo fell in love with the attic rooms, we noticed a stack of floor fans in the corner that immediately set off “it gets HOT up here” warning bells. In addition, the main floor was awkward and it would be a trade across for entertaining (as in, people would trip over each other and there was not enough room for more than 4 to eat at a table.

A third open house revealed a rather nice split level on an odd lot that, as Mike pointed out would be hell to get in and out of (big tree, hill, blind corner, uuugh).

I should note that we are not yet “seriously” looking — we haven’t talked to our broker about what we’d qualify for (and I think most of what we looked at would be out of our range) or our Realtor — and we still keep bandying about other possibilities like renos, a garden suite, building new, or looking outside the CRD. There’s a lot of options right now and there are a few too many variables to make a final decision just yet… but soon. I think.