Hunting for a home

May 16, 2006 08:49

On Saturday, Jeff and I went out for our Microsoft-sponsored home tour, which included both apartments and houses. We weren't sure prior to the tour which we'd be most interested in ( Read more... )

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nickjong May 16 2006, 19:34:31 UTC
What are your primary requirements? I'm sorry to hear your hunt did not get off to a good start.

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jonobie May 16 2006, 20:01:25 UTC
Well, for apartments, we had pretty firm requirements:
  • A 10 minute commute to Microsoft during normal commute times (or possibly a longer commute but on a bus line)
  • Three bedroom, or two bedroom and an office area (den, office nook, whatever)
  • Price less than or equal to 1.5*our Austin apartment
  • Bikeable or walkable to "stuff", where "stuff" is somewhat loosely defined, but generally means I could get to a grocery store without requiring a car

Houses have similar requirements, although we're willing to do house payments of much higher than 1.5*our Austin rent and we're looking at 3 and 4 bedrooms. We're also trying to find a compromise between Jeff's love of space and my aversion to having a house that I deem to be "too big" (a concept that seems extremely bizarre to Jeff :-).

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