Stuff we want(ed) in a house

When Phil and I first started looking for a house, we sat down and wrote a list of stuff we both wanted in a house. Here is that list:

1. Single family homes in neighborhood
2. Not too close together
3. Close to highway
4. Close to stuff (Library)
5. 1/4+ acre
6. 1000 ft square of living space
7. Garage
8. 3 Bedrooms
9. 2 Bathrooms
10. Electric washer + dryer hookups (we have both of these already and didn’t want the extra expense)
11. Eat in kitchen/open concept
12. No homeowners association/ or one that isn’t too strict
13. Not too close to a main road (sound, child safety, privacy)
14. Good schools
15. Not on a hill, potential flood area
16. Basement
17. Utility room on the first floor
18. Type of heat (we really wanted gas heat)
19. Gas stove/ gas available

Phil and I had been trying to not talk about the house until we knew that we were getting the house. (Basically we have not thought about it until we closed on it.) Because of this, we haven’t talked too much about this list or even referred back to it until I was putting all of the papers for the house together. It is incredible to see what God did to get us to this point. Let me show you.

As of now, we did not get #8 or #9 which were 3 Bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Instead we got 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. But we do have the ability to add an additional 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom on the second floor. (More than before and reason for this blog)

We sort of have #11 or eat in kitchen, open concept. If we want, we can really do this by knocking down a wall and putting in a beam. Who knows, maybe a future post?

You could argue about #14 with good schools. But we are not pregnant, so we don’t have to worry about this right now or in the near future.

We are on a hill (#15), but we are at the top of the hill. We just have to worry about a flooded basement which, hopefully is easy to fix…

#17 The utility room is in the basement. I am fine with this, except for the possible flooding situation (See #15). Besides, I need the exercise that going up and down stairs offers. Can’t call me lazy now.

#19 We didn’t get a gas stove, but the stove seems like a really good stove. If we don’t like it, we can put gas in if we really want.

Most of the things we didn’t get are easily fixable. The only 2 things that are a bit difficult are the good schools and the utility room on the first floor. For a children story a few months ago, our pastor told the story of when he and his wife bought a house. I can’t remember the specifics, but they found a perfect home for them that was also situated on Cross St. He tells that he thought that was a perfect street name for a pastor and they put in an offer. A few days later, the deal fell through and they were really discouraged. They thought that that was were God wanted them. He says that when they finally settled on a house, God blessed them by having them live on Church Street. (and the house had more than the other one) Phil and I are pretty excited that we had a similar experience to this.

Did you notice that I get to live near a library?

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