House Hunters. Us?

Day 1: an interview at your current residence along with footage of you doing activities around the house, showing how important it is to find another home. We're thinking showing Greta trying to run around the gravel patio that is our backyard. Maybe we'll all try to brush our teeth in our teeny bathroom at the same time. A shot of Chris on the elliptical, while I am trying to sleep.  Or maybe even us throwing endless amounts of money out of the window symbolic of the rent we pay each month.
Day 2: you and your agent will tour the first of 3 houses. We will often do an interview with your realtor this day as well. 
Day 3: you and your agent will tour the second of 3 houses. Often times we will combine our “making the offer” shoot on this day. 

What is the style of your current home (modern, spanish, traditional, etc.)? Please explain what that style means for you (traditional can mean a LOT of different home styles, so give as many details as you can).

We live in a basement apartment, so our current style is...basement-ish.  Although there are lots of big windows and we have done our best to decorate with lots of DIY art adding a more cozy, eclectic-modern feel, nothing cuts into that more than hearing footsteps upstairs.  I (the wifey) studied art in college, so we are definitely leaving this apartment better than we found it.  New Benjamin Moore paint on the walls (Whitestone) and a better idea of how future tenants can arrange their furniture in possibly the weirdest layout known to man.

Are there any special features about your current home?


We are the special features.  I think that is true of anyone's home.  There may be something really old or vintage that gives a home a lot of character, but ultimately (and we know this first hand after looking at 90+ houses) the people in it, and the care that they give the house is what makes it special and a home.

Who is in your household?

Chris (aka Chris-baby, hubby, daddy), Julia (aka Jules-a-bug, babe, mommy), Greta (aka Greta-the great, the cutest one year old)

Why do you want to move?

We are quickly running out of room and we are ready to buy.  We have totally enjoyed living in this apartment for the last year and a half, but since then we have had a baby, thrown a lot of money in rent out the window, and our baby turned one.  There is no grassy back yard for her to run around in and we are definitely ready for our elliptical and desk to find their OWN ROOM!!!

When do you plan to move?


March 31st we close.  Eeeeekkss.  Hope that's not too soon.  The seller wanted a quick closing and after looking at over 90 houses in 8 months--we are READY to be done and settled in a home.

Description of the type home you would like to buy:

Throughout this whole process we have been looking for a fixer-upper.  We are DIYers!  We love to paint, and repurpose and add our own ideas and flare to things.  However, "fixer-upper" can be interpreted lots of different ways and we have seen them all (bleh!).  We were NOT looking for something that needed completely gutted and possibly burned down and rebuilt from the ground up.  On the other hand, we knew we didn't want something brand new with every upgrade there is (although we saw those, too and they were tempting).  We found a multi-level, 1995 home with yellow and green and white and beige paint.  One room even has black paint splattered all over the wall! Some rooms have maroon carpet and the old school chandelier in the dining room is worth mentioning, too.  We fell in love.   It’s exactly what we were looking for the entire time.

How did you find this web page (which search engine or website, from the show credits, etc.)?

Good ol' HGTV.com

The golden application picture

Hopefully, we'll be breaking legs in no time (I have no idea if I used that phrase correctly), but if not,  no big.  We bought a house! Two weeks can't come soon enough!!