House hunting in winter sucks. Our budget means a fixer upper, which we love, but come on! It has to be at least mostly structurally sound. Milwaukee has some ugly, ugly housing stock right now.
According to the listings, the highlight of the Wisconsin home apparently is the basement bar.
I am determined not to buy a house by the pound-- bigger is not always better, especially when it comes to Midwestern heating bills and renovations. I'd rather have a little gem that I can afford to fix up now with the best materials rather than in ten years and too cheaply. I miss the days of being able to vacuum my whole apartment without ever changing outlets. I don't want to own and maintain rooms we never use.
But every house we have seen, regardless of size, has been a trashed mess. Do people really live like this? Is this really all you get for your money?
My dreams of something "cool" with "potential" are fading. At this point, I'd settle for "not gross".