Saturday was the big house hunting extravaganza. The realtor and myself went on a whirlwind tour of nine townhouses all over Grayslake. The whole thing lasted a little over three hours.
It was half interesting, half fun, and half scary.
The interesting thing was learning that most townhouses are the same - split-level entrance, living area on the 1st floor, bedrooms and baths on the second, and an english basement (50%-plus above ground) in most. While they all share these similarities, they're all different. My favorite two right now are identical layouts and everything, but one has hardwood floors while the other has full carpeting and tile floors in the kitchen and bath.
It was fun to walk through houses and see how I might be able to live there. Everywhere I looked I always asked the same question - "Where will the TV go?" Yeah... you can see where my priorities are. ;-)
The scary thing is that some of these houses were frightening to walk through. One family decided to be do-it-yourselfers... and failed miserably. Who ever said that wallpaper had to follow a specific design pattern. Just throw it up on the wall and see where it sticks!
Overall I'm very happy with our options... and we'll have plenty of room for people to visit! Granted, the views aren't comparable to those 23-floors up in downtown Chicago, but my car and sanity will LOVE the shorter commute to work!
One thing I learned - I need a new digital camera. My computer doesn't like my current one (had to reboot 3 times to load pics from the camera to the hard drive), the picture quality leaves something to be desired, and you're lucky if the battery lasts two hours.
Posted by Austin at June 15, 2003 12:50 AMhalf plus half plus half equals one-and-one-half.
Posted by: D on June 15, 2003 07:48 PMWell, real estate does appreciate... ;-)
Posted by: Austin on June 15, 2003 09:31 PM