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The House Hunt Has Ended

Chad and Nicole are so lucky!  One, they have me in their life!  🙂  Seriously, when they were looking for a place in Nevada, everything we had looked at was just horrible.  When I say horrible, I mean . . we wanted to race out of there and take a shower.  Then they found the place they ended up renting and it is so nice — clean, with nice kitchen appliances, good carpet, right next to the police station and a park, a wonderful screened in porch with a porch swing . . just a really nice place.

With their upcoming move, we’ve all been checking Craig’s List and the classified ads looking for a place.  Chad had already seen a couple of places down there and he really liked one of them.  He, Nicole, Adalina and I went down last week to look at it and Nicole kept saying she was ok with it but I didn’t like it at all.  As Vince was quick to point out . . I’m not the one living there!  Maybe . . maybe not!  🙂 I can’t even say what I didn’t like about it but I didn’t like it.  Nicole said she wasn’t crazy about the kitchen because she knows how much Chad likes having a large kitchen with lots of countertop and it hardly had any counter space.  Chad was getting a bit “man” and I could tell he wanted to say “I found a place.  I like it.  If you don’t like it, YOU find something else.”  So . . we did!  Nicole and I had been searching and calling every possible lead.

We found one house that sounded so good — everything was new and re-done.  The house itself would have been great but the neighborhood was unbelievably bad!  Terrible!

When we were down there Friday, we passed a little house that had a “For Rent” sign out front.  Nicole said “I LOVE that one!” and we tried to call the number but it was an office number and the owner had already gone home.  We called him Monday and it was in their price range so we made arrangements to see it and two more today.

We saw it first and both of us fell in love.  We went ahead and saw the second house and it was not good.  The third house was good.  It was being totally re-done.  New tile in the kitchen, new appliances, all new paint, new toilet, new bath tub, new garage door with a new garage door opener.  It was a little bigger and the rent was $100/month more but Nicole went with the first house.  The first one is just so darned cute and has so much character!

The driveway is on the left side and there are no steps if you go onto the front porch from that side.  Don’t ask me what that thing is by the air conditioner that looks like a dinosaur.  We never noticed that when we were there.  It has that cute little front porch that goes all the way across the front and across one side.

Here’s one side.  There’s a little back porch too.  The yard is huge.  If I know Chad and Nicole, they’ll have a garden of some kind next year.

Nicole checking out the front porch.  See how nice it is?

This will be either the dining room or family room.  There’s another room, maybe a little larger . . just not sure which room they will use for what.  Both rooms have the beautiful hardwood floors.  I love the almost floor to ceiling windows.

The kitchen is just perfect!  Brand new dishwasher!  Nice, deep sink!  Almost new stove . . though it’s electric, thank goodness it isn’t glass top.

Nicole has already claimed this little corner as Cookie Baking Central!

In another corner is a nice pantry and where their fridge will be.  It’s such a neat little house.  I know Nicole loves it and I hope Chad will too!

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  1. LOVE the house, so darn cute. They are lucky to have you in their liveswhispering don’t give up yet and setltle, keep looking. You did good.

  5. What a charming house! I can see a baby crawling on those beautiful floors. Good luck to them.

  7. That is a very cute house! My eye spied the porch right away. What charm and character. I’m sure you feel very good about it, Judy.

  11. What a nice way to start their life as a family! And yes, they are lucky to have you!

  12. Judy, I’m so happy that Chad and Nicole found a nice place. I k now how much you’d worry about where there were moving to, Good luck to them all!!

  14. While I might not enjoy cooking with all those red cabinets and cupboards (I hated cooking in my place that came with orange cabinets and cupboards), I absolutely love that house. The porch and the windows are absolutely wonderful–as are the hardwood floors!

  15. What a darling house. I could live there! So happy things seem to be falling into place for them. Enjoy your visit.

  16. Very nice house! What character! What state? I want to move where there are porches like that!!!! I love the kitchen the floors etc!

  18. awww what a cute house! Love the hardwood floors and who wouldn’t love a porch like that!

  19. What a great little family home. I adore those red cabinets and those floors. Good job Grams for helping with the house hunt.

  20. Well I am one who loves the red cupboards. And the rest of the place too.. Really nice.

  21. I’m so glad that you gave them the benefit of your experience. My son & DIL wanted a dog so they moved to a newly renovated house with a huge yard. I was so happy for them until I walked thru it. Uneven floors, remodeled bath with a toilet that backs up constantly, plumbing in kitchen was “unprofessional” according to my journeyman plumber son. I kept my mouth shut not wanting to criticize their choice. Drunk noisy neighbors kept DIL up all night and then rang their doorbell at 4:30 AM and ran off. Then they found a scorpion in the living room and spiders in the boys bedroom. The owner flipped it – there is no way that it would pass an inspection so he rented it, lucky for my son,without a lease. After 45 days, they will be moving this weekend into a safer and larger home with a smaller yard. With all the foreclosures in California, some folks rent out their houses but stop paying the mortgage. The first time the renter knows about it is when the sheriff bangs on the door to evict them. The renter loses his house and deposit. I had a property management guy verify this new house is not one of those. I believe when our kids grow up, parents still have a responsibility to share their experience. It’s just hard to know when it’s OK to open your mouth.

    • Linda, if I moved every time I saw a scorpion, I’d have been in about my 50th house in the past year! 🙂 I know what you mean about the unscrupulous landlords. That’s one of the reasons I encouraged them to rent from a reputable owner. Their current landlord is a local realtor whose dad is the City Attorney. He’s been an excellent landlord. Their new landlord owns the title company there and has quite a few rental properties and he mentioned that his reputation is important to him. I think it shows from the quality of rentals he showed us. You do have to be careful when renting and often, the houses that are in the lower priced range . . that most young couples can afford, are the ones that are in poor neighborhoods and the houses lack quality. I will never forget how happy we all were when we found their first place and Nicole and I felt that same way with the cute little gray house. Chad will love it too when he sees it.

  23. That house is sooooooooooo cute! I just love it! Chad and Nicole are so lucky to have you! I still remember one particular house – where the stuff that was SUPPOSED to come with it (stove,, refrig, kitchen cabinets) DIDN’T – and in addition, despite assurances that there would be no problem with the downstairs neighbour when my dd was playing, ended with the downstairs neighbour continually creating problems because I had a child.. VERY toxic situation!

  25. You had me at the porch! So when we move, will you be available to hire? Super cute house with lots of charm for the kids! You may have missed your calling or perhaps more correctly: you are simply a woman of many talents! 🙂

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