2 kinds of houses

So, we are looking at possibly, maybe buying a new house. This would only happen if our house can sell and sell for a relatively good price. So, have you seen the housing market? We don't expect much.....but we are praying about it, and we'll see what God has planned.

Of course, this sort of thinking leads to only one end:  looking at new houses! Isn't it fun!!?? And addicting....yeah. We are actually trying to curb our interest for now. But, our main question that we always come down to is this:  which of the two kinds of houses do we want?

The two "types" of houses that WE are mainly looking at are these:
1. something new(er) and in a neighborhood/development
2. something old(er) and in a neighborhood/street/country type setting

Each type of house comes with its pro's and con's. A newer house just looks nicer, inside and out. It's more "move in ready"(usually). It may include nicer sidewalks, safer streets to play, a neighborhood swimming pool or park. Hopefully there would be less to fix and repair in the next few years.

The newer house is also usually in a nicer, or more desirable area, and therefore it's more expensive. Many times it's smaller than the older, cheaper house, and very few newer houses (in our price range) sport more than a small plot of grass as a "yard". This means no playing out back, no shooting arrows, no gardens, no hanging laundry. Nothing like that.

The second kind of house that we are looking at is, in general, bigger and has more rooms/space. It usually has a nice big yard, with a place to play and set-up a swing set and shed. Some of these older houses are in nice quiet areas that are a little out of the way, and that's definitely something we miss about the PA countryside.

Of course, many of these homes need some fixing-up, they have less of an open floor plan, and they have some re-modeling still needing to be done. Many of these houses are much cheaper, but they also might be harder to re-sell. Plus, in the South, many of the older "nice" neighborhoods are turning into not-so-nice neighborhoods as the older people leave.

The point is, #1, we aren't buying a house yet and we are no where close to it. And, #2, it really just comes down to what's most important to us in a house. The problem is, we just haven't figured that out yet.