House Lust and our Marriage

photo credit: Hamed Saber

I got it bad! Everyday I search real estate listings looking at McMansions. I know that we don’t plan to be here for very long, but, my husband wants to be in Upstate NY upon our next move. I on the other hand wouldn’t mind staying here in the DC/MD/VA area.

I don’t necessarily feel that great a tie to NY, whereas he does because he has family there. I do too but I still love the DC metro area! I wouldn’t say that it’s a sore topic for us but let’s just say we’ve learned to debate pros and cons in a civil manner.

The truth is I see the sparkle in his eyes at the prospect of moving back there and I don’t want to be the one that stands in the way of his dream. We’ve been here since 2003/2004 and I think we’ll be ready in a few years. Say 3-5.

*hush*

But something changed my mind tonight, well my interest has peaked.

I’ll preface this by saying I LOVE new construction homes but part of the turn off around buying something in NY was that you get some tiny little box for 500k that’s 20+ years old. I am not a fan. After buying our first home last year I already have a list of things that we want in our next home. I think being first time home buyers we were so eager to get into our home. And, we were limited by our price point, we aren’t stacking it like that just yet.

Anyhoo, while searching the Westchester, NY real estate listings I saw this house and fell in love!

Aint she perty? I have been here ooohing and aaahing for the last 30 minutes, scheming on how we will afford this house! Of course he saw it and started with the “I told you so!”. Yada yada yada LOL!

Indulge me for a few minutes.

So the other house I’ve been looking at here is this one in Cameron Station. This is one of the better master planned communities in Alexandria, VA that I am still in love with after a few years. I’m not sure of the date of their most recent settlement but I do know that as of last Spring they were still settling on new condos. Well, if we bought there I would only take an end unit town home OR a single family home. If we bought there last year we would have gotten a

Here’s the other one we debated tonight, LOL! Yea I know, as if we haven’t only been in our present home for 8 months, but we’re looking forward to what the future will hold.

The only thing that upsets me about this house is the lack of a backyard. Folks, this is a patio, not a lush green backyard where kids can run and play. *sigh* Why is it that you can pay 1 million + and STILL not have a backyard? Madness.

The verdict?

In a few years we will be moving back to NY. I don’t think I could with good conscience force us to stay here because he would be so unhappy. Until then I’m satisfied with my daily dose of house lust! *snicker*