After church and breakfast and pedi's and fountain sodas yesterday I took on a few open houses with the Holtgrewe's. Please before you call/text/email me I am in no way, shape or form looking for a home I was just along for the ride and wanted something fun to do on a Sunday afternoon. Anyway can I just say what an over/underwhelming process the home hunt is going to be? I kind of wish I was not one with an eye for design because seriously I can already tell I am going to be super picky. Quick rundown of the over and under's of the day.
OVERWHELMING
- Options you get with a builder, mainly freaked out by words like "bonus room", "granite" or hearing the Realtor say "we can do that".
- The price tags associated with the above phrases
- Location, location, LOCATION! (I have no idea where to even start, I feel like I should start considering it now)
- Furnished model homes
UNDERWHELMING
- 10'x10' decks
- Ridiculously hilarious layouts and their complete disregard to spatial planning
- Light floors and trim with dark cabinets
- 0 attention to detail (like the light fixture 6 inches to the left of the sink, hello center it)
- What you get for your money
- Pure lack of trees
- Wait, the boat doesn't come with the house?
- 0 character
- Realtors. No I'm not working with anyone and I'm certainly not working with you and your electric blue eyeshadow and if I'm dropping a pretty penny on this place don't be a bitch to me and please know the square footage of the bedrooms, which aren't even going to accommodate my full size bed.
- Tiny bathtubs
All in all it was fun though. Something I've never done before and cruising through WDM in neighborhoods I've never seen lusting after amazing decks thinking about what could lie ahead was fab. Now back to my Pottery Barn mag ....
it was fun looking at all those homes with you. and really who wants a tiny bathtub. ;)
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