Taking the plunge (again)

We are taking the plunge again. We went out with our realtor last night to check out houses. Our first (and turns out only) stop* was a house that CP and I had seen previously through an open house. It is located on the same street as the house we offered on last week (and thus the same great neighborhood). I discounted it after seeing it because it is a cape- which means that it has two bedrooms on the second floor, one bedroom on the first floor.

My thought was that despite the fact that cape houses are popular in the Northeast, I was worried about the layout. CP and I are planning on two kids. I thought that we would have to have both of them upstairs, with our bedroom also located upstairs in case there was a problem. So despite thinking that the kitchen was beautiful, the yard weirdly-shaped but nice and big enough for a garden, more square footage than that last place and two full bathrooms as opposed to one, I was not interested.

CP kept talking about the place, and I decided to ask my parents and others if there was a problem with the layout. Friends, parents and even our realtor said that it wasn’t a big deal. Of course you are not going to have an infant located on a different floor from you, but for the most part as the older kid ages, you might want to be a bit farther away from their room for some space.

After our walk through yesterday, I had officially changed my mind. An open house is scheduled for this Sunday, so we felt like we needed to pull the trigger. The house is empty so we put in a bid with a shorter closing date (beginning of August) in hopes that they will take it, even though it is a little less than their asking price.

I am sick of looking at houses and really want this one to go through. *crossing fingers*


*Supposedly, our realtor had scheduled another showing last night but it’s possible that she wasn’t even planning on going to it. CP secretly emailed our realtor on Saturday telling her that he was pretty sure that we were going to put a bid on this place after seeing it again. After checking the place out, I asked the realtor if she happened to bring along neighborhood comparables and she replied, “Actually I do. Sometimes I have my act together.” CP was laughing inside because our realtor made it seem as if she was reading our minds ahead of time, when really he had alerted her to the probability of the offer.

I have to give it to him. I had no idea and he waited until I brought up making an offer. He then waited to tell me about the email until we got into the car to head home. SNEAKY CP!!!!