Well as some of you know we are moving this month. I hate moving but I always seem to do it. This time it was not really by choice but rather for necessity. The high gas prices and higher costs of food have had an impact on our family. We have decided to cut back on our expenses and hopefully be able to save some money to buy a house again in the next few years. It just seems like with the cost of buying a house in this day and age how does one come up with the unbelievable amount of capital needed to buy a house? We hope by cutting back our expenses we'll be able to make that dream a reality BEFORE the housing market comes back to life.
When we sold our house in Lake Elsinore we were lucky to walk away free and clear. We were luckier than most as we sold our house just in time for the housing market to tank... and it has especially in that area. Our house which we bought for $436K is now going for the lower $300K's. We still get the shivers when we think about how we most likely would have been one of the poor souls boarding up our doors and walking away from a dream.
Anyway, since we rented this house a year ago in May we have fallen in love with it. There are a few things that we don't like. For instance, the family room is a bit dark and could use a bigger window and the kitchen is a little small for my liking. But, the best part of this house is the backyard. It's beautiful! It's so kid friendly and has a park like appeal to it. The kids love it and Michael and his friends spend a lot of time out there searching for bugs and playing hide and seek. Our new house which is less than a mile away is a bit smaller and although the back yard is nicely landscaped and pretty it doesn't hold a candle to the one we have here. There is at least a small patch of grass where we will put the climber for Hayden and hopefully we'll find a good spot for the kiddie pool... but we will definitely miss spending our summer in this house.
So, we have one more weekend to enjoy our yard and then it's time to say good bye. I hope we have as good of a time on our new journey... it might only be a mile away but it will seem a bit farther away to us.
Well as some of you know we are moving this month. I hate moving but I always seem to do it. This time it was not really by choice but rather for necessity. The high gas prices and higher costs of food have had an impact on our family. We have decided to cut back on our expenses and hopefully be able to save some money to buy a house again in the next few years. It just seems like with the cost of buying a house in this day and age how does one come up with the unbelievable amount of capital needed to buy a house? We hope by cutting back our expenses we'll be able to make that dream a reality BEFORE the housing market comes back to life.
When we sold our house in Lake Elsinore we were lucky to walk away free and clear. We were luckier than most as we sold our house just in time for the housing market to tank... and it has especially in that area. Our house which we bought for $436K is now going for the lower $300K's. We still get the shivers when we think about how we most likely would have been one of the poor souls boarding up our doors and walking away from a dream.
Anyway, since we rented this house a year ago in May we have fallen in love with it. There are a few things that we don't like. For instance, the family room is a bit dark and could use a bigger window and the kitchen is a little small for my liking. But, the best part of this house is the backyard. It's beautiful! It's so kid friendly and has a park like appeal to it. The kids love it and Michael and his friends spend a lot of time out there searching for bugs and playing hide and seek. Our new house which is less than a mile away is a bit smaller and although the back yard is nicely landscaped and pretty it doesn't hold a candle to the one we have here. There is at least a small patch of grass where we will put the climber for Hayden and hopefully we'll find a good spot for the kiddie pool... but we will definitely miss spending our summer in this house. 
So, we have one more weekend to enjoy our yard and then it's time to say good bye. I hope we have as good of a time on our new journey... it might only be a mile away but it will seem a bit farther away to us.
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