I agree that a house is a house, but a home is made and it can be the settling cement in a relationship. I’ve owned homes before and done renovations. He never has, and, to his credit, he is wary to buy a ‘fixer-upper’ because he knows his own limits. Location is playing a large part in this, as we both have jobs that don’t play a huge role as to where we are. In fact, given the right property and space, I can increase my income. We’re starting to look at rural properties and it’s getting a bit scary. Their either too far out, too dilapidated, or too expensive. It’s frustrating, and a bit of a roller-coaster ride, but we are agreeing 99% of the time. When we look at properties together, we have the same comments and impressions, we just can’t find one… sniff sniff and I’m wondering how much we will need to change our criteria and if that is going to effect how well we are agreeing at the moment. We feel a clock ticking as well, because our rental lease is up on the 1st of January and our landlord told us on the 24th of November he’s not renewing it. (we have had renewals in the past and he gave us no indication that he wouldn’t renew again.) I only want to move once, but we don’t want to make a rush decision either.
Anyway, thanks again, folks for listening to me ramble.