fancytalk | The house

At RTL's work they are having some kind of Polaroid contest and she asked me to find a good picture to show "what moves you". I've been going through disks and the pictures stored on the computer and did find a good one of her on the deck of the ferry from Barcelona to Italy. It's a great Titanic moment. But I digress. In looking for a good picture, I've gone through all the pictures we've taken of the house. My goodness, this house was really crappy looking. I'm looking at the pictures and I'm wondering why we weren't having second thoughts about putting in a bid.

It's all about location and bones. This was one of the few houses that we looked at in our price range that wasn't surrounded by security fences. We're a couple of blocks from central Berkeley. We've got 3 elementary schools and the high school within walking distance. We're on the bicycle boulevard. All in all, an excellent location. But the house looked really bad. And doesn't account for the foundation work that we still have to do. There is definitely no curb appeal. I'm working on that with the frickin' juniper. Eventually we'll be able to put a coat of paint on the exterior. I'm looking at the pictures and I realize how far we've gotten in the progress from crappy looking to someone can actually live here.

Good work. I'm going to give myself a pat on the back.