going for the big fridge

so whappen?

well.

after spending most of the day fretting and going back and forth over all the different options, we were ready to make an offer on the incredibly gorgeous glenview craftsman house, despite it not having a dishwasher. or really room for a refrigerator. and having small closets. and a furnace from the depression era that might go at any minute. but then we looked at the disclosure which told us about some pest and drainage and foundation work that would cost about $40k. which is fine, because we thought it might go for $50k over asking, meaning that we would just factor that in and maybe bid $10k over.

but it all added up to be too much. it was gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS, but maybe that was the caveat that broke the camel’s back.

plus it turned out that the upper rockridge house hadn’t had any offers yet. which was weird, because we were all sure that it was the most desirable of them all and was sure to go immediately. so we threw in a lowball on it and we’ll see what happens.

this way, if by some miracle it does get accepted, even if we’re here for a couple of years and not in lost angels, we’ll feel like we got a great deal in a really great neighborhood. and we can move away just as the squidlet is about to start school, making sure we miss out on the best part of the house. because we’re stupid that way. maybe.

now we’ll just wait and see, but we should know by noon.