The first house we looked at was actually a very decent house with pretty good sized rooms. However, before we even got in the door, the smell in the air hit you - it was terrible and strong. Not far away there was some mineral refinery or something and the smell was heavy in the air. As if that wasn't bad enough, two-sides of the property were fenced off and on the other side of that fencing? An off ramp for a major highway. Yea, not the place for us... It was really much further than I thought too.
The next house we headed to again had nice-sized rooms and what appeared to be a back porch that was enclosed into a neat room you stepped down into off the kitchen. One side of the property though was a ramp up to Rt 295 and planes passed over close by - coming down to land in Philly. Our vision-impaired (hearing sensitive) dog would never go outside if we lived there, unfortunately. Oh and there was a funny factor with this house too: I've seen places were residents have covered their furniture in plastic, but this house had light-colored carpet and the home-owner had paths of plastic on the floor.
The next house we went to I really had hope for - good location, good schools, good amount of property... but walking up to the house, the whole concrete slab that lead to the front door was tilted towards the home and one of the glass panels on the front door looked like someone had attempted to pop it off to get into the house. Ugh... Walking in, the house was just all water-damaged and there was a lot of mold. Such a shame ... it had really nice-sized rooms and a decent lay out too, but it was all ruined.
I told Matt repeatedly that the fourth house we were going to look at needed work and was small, but the property was a nice size. The house needed to be updated and it was definitely small - I don't think you could even fit a bed in the "second bedroom". To add insult to injury (at the fourth house on our unsuccessful hunt that day), there was a big picture window at the front of the tiny house that looked out to this across the street. I told Matt that I just couldn't see living in that house and having to look at that gorgeous one all day - just not fair LOL
