indecision

We've officially re-started our house hunt and went to see a cheap little house on 12 acres near the village of Oxford - blueberry capital of Nova Scotia!


The place was cluttered with junk, knick-knacks, garbage, and other refuse. This is the second place we've seen that has exposed sub-floor on the second floor. Wood paneling adorned many a wall, and the master bedroom boasted pink paint with a flowered wallpaper border. That's all easily fixed though - the real problems are the leaking roof and the 60-amp power.


I am torn. We knew that since the place was cheap it wouldn't be perfect. We are deliberately looking at cheap places, as a matter of fact. But is it good enough? We love the fact that it's 12 acres and borders on a beautiful river in a serene farming community. But the point is to buy a place we can re-sell again, and this place is nowhere near any sizable towns.


There's lots and lots to fix up, but once we sink money into fixing it, will we ever be able to sell it in the future once we build our perfect place?

...

or should we stick to our self-imposed rules?

Eeek!

We had a quiet drive home and then discussed the matter. And by discussing it, I really mean that we sat there silently, and every now and again one of us would say "Idunno, what do you think?" and then we'd stare at each other blankly.

We've decided that we need to look at a few more places in one of our "target" areas - the Annapolis Valley. If all goes well we'll see a few places there this weekend, in the midst of Hurricane Hannah. If we decide we do like the more isolated place on 12 acres more, we can only hope it doesn't get bought by someone else in the meantime. The agent mentioned numerous times that somebody was scheduled to look at it on Saturday but I refuse to be pressured into making a quick decision.