We've been scouting for almost two years. We've been praying, fasting, and going to open houses. We've searched the listings over and over. We've been saving our pennies.
Sometimes, I feel discouraged. When I pray about it, I feel peace. I feel amazing assurance, and then I have to lay my doubts aside. Someday we will buy a house. In the meantime, we are doing what we can. Faith is a principle of action.
Last weekend I plotted the best matches from the real estate listings on a map, and Ritchie and I went around Victoria and Saanich seeing their locations and lots. Most were definitely priced lower for a reason - bad location. However, one house intrigued us: on a beautiful, big lot in Broadmead, this house was 4700 sq ft. We had a walk through that afternoon. Such a place!! It's worth recounting.
The center of the house was an indoor swimming pool. Yikes! The house was built in the early 70s and almost everything was original - it needed new carpets, paint, etc. My favorite oddity - as if the pool being the focal point of the entire house wasn't weird enough - was the shower in the master bathroom. It was low in the ground like a baptismal font with three steps down in the dark hole, and tiled with the same brown that they use in old-school McDonald's. Okay, so that house is a no-go. But I do not regret getting to experience it! Just don't want to take on the project of making it livable, and then beautiful. Especially since it already cost $750,000. Just so you don't think we're totally crazy, my disclaimer: this was by far the most eccentric house we've looked at.
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