What do I really want?
Is it a small little cottage in a residential neighborhood, a lush backyard and daily maintenance? Mowing the lawn, fixing the roof, and worrying about the 80 year old foundation in an earthquake zone?
Is it the so-new-it’s-not-even-finished downtown loft, with cherry floors, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and a separate street-level office… far less maintenance, but an expensive condo fee?
Is it the regular condo, with the gorgeous kitchen but no patio and in a less interesting part of town?
Why can’t I find a place that is a combination of all of these? Why do I keep changing my mind every few minutes, and why am I so terrified of making a choice?
15 years ago when searching for a house to buy my real estate agent (and friend) asked me “What do you really want”
I said one large open space with a small space off to the side. (I bought a 900sf two bedroom house and lived there for 12 years.)
Now I’m in Seattle and and live in a commercial space and it just dawned on me. I have two rooms. The main studio is 40×40 and I have an office off to the side that is 10×15
It is without a doubt the best space I have ever lived in and I was so right so many years ago.
Being a commercial space I have no lawn, no condo dues, no kids next door and plenty of parking.
I love every minute of it
Go with your gut feeling, its generally right
I’d go with the small cottage. As you get older you’ll appreciate the quiet and solitude. But that’s just me.
The downtown route would be cool for a few years, but then get old and headacheie.