Yesterday I may have come across as a little… wound up. Well I still am, but I’m also trying to relax so we can make a clear headed decision. This weekend it seemed we may have two houses to choose from, and then we had one. And then we flip flopped back to the other one. And now we have neither? Who knows… maybe tomorrow we’ll be back to considering both.
The problem is that Austin is suffering from growing pains. Excellent schools are probably being closed due to budgetary constraints. New schools may be built elsewhere.
Traffic has been rerouted to flow through neighborhoods we like, and a giant highway flyover may be constructed right behind one of the houses we fell in love with. Or maybe it won’t. Should we gamble?
Thanks for listening, dudes. And for chiming in with your comments. Can I just tell you that I’m emotionally drained?
Right now this is all I dream of. Curling up in a fluffy white cloud and reading a classic novel — perhaps some Anna Karenina — would definitely put things into perspective for me.
At least none of the houses we’re considering are near a train.
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Ha! Isn’t it amazing the masterpieces that arise from stress and strife?
This is hilarious.
Trite as this may sound, give it some time, these things tend to fall into place just the way they should.
Now breathe….
Alcira
nerochronicles.com
Decision, decisions.
There are good deals to be had in my neighborhood. No trains, highways in the immediate vicinity. Good schools. Not to complicate matters, just saying. ;0)
That’s a tough one. You love the house but don’t want the highway. I say keep looking. Don’t take the chance on future construction nonsense in your back yard!
Anna Karenina is on my summer reading list.
Oh man. All I can say is don’t act until you have a good feeling in your gut.
I’m surprised good schools are hard to come by!? School over highway, but preferably you can have your cake and eat it too.
PS, We got some great schools up north. But I bet our housing prices are more painful too
Of course a house purchase is an investment… in a neighborhood, a school district, in views or privacy, in all sorts of things location-related. But it’s also your home. You have to love it. You can’t control whether or not something does or doesn’t get built nearby to corral traffic, and you can’t control whether or not the school you’re hoping to send your little one to gets closed down. You can only listen to your emotions, and make choices based on everything piled into one giant, steaming heap. I think we can sometimes get caught up in the return-on-investment, and the business aspects of home purchasing. You mustn’t forget it’s where you’ll make memories, where you’ll laugh, love and cry. And the spot on earth that should help you forget everything and just be. Not unlike that dreamy bedroom. I wish you endless calm, luck and patience as you embark on this journey. xoxo
My neighbor is about to put her house on the market…
Hang in there…it’s such a huge stressful process and it was supposed to be fun..right? I was you, in a city I’d barely ever been to almost 3 years ago, and I don’t envy you.
Do you know how much I love you ladies? Y’all are all so very awesome. For seriously.
Oy mama. This is stupid! Yuck! How can you ever decide when the things you base a decision on are as sure-footed as Charlie Sheen?? I have no words of wisdom to offer, unless having a cocktail is a word of wisdom
xoxo your perf little mansion will show itself soo right? it has to.