Saturday, April 17, 2004
Today, Jeff, Parker and I went traipsing around town looking at houses (the Parade of Homes) we couldn't afford simply to look, dream and critique. It was actually a lot of fun, and if Parker weren't exhausted about half-way through, and not allowed to run through the houses with wild abandon, it would have been perfectly delightful. There were several houses that were much larger than ours but that seemed so poorly laid out that even us, with our minimal requirements, would never have even considered it. There was one house we really, really liked, and it cost $275K (they claimed they could duplicate the house on a different land plot (closer to 1 acre than the 1.4 acre plot this house was on) for about $222K. The most expensive house we saw was $889K ... you needed about $222K IN CASH just to close!! Granted, it was almost 5000 square feet, was gorgeous, had a media room with a dumb waiter, had 3 balconies, a sun room, living room, family room, eat-in kitchen, dining room, study, and 4 bedrooms, but who's counting!!
It sure is fun to dream big sometimes .
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