So we went up to Stevens Point and were able to view 3 houses. We loved the first one, the second one had no character and they were asking too much (the realtor said it's been on the market for awhile so they were probably willing to go down. All I can say is I would hope so!!!) and the third was straight out of a horror movie.

I'll tell you about the bad ones first.

The one with no character and too high was 103 years old. The basement stairs were really steep and the sump well was full to the brim and ready to leak over. The carpets were spongy, the front portch gave you vertigo because it pitched forward so bad, all the walls had paneling, the one bedroom didn't have a closet in it.

Plus the shower was in a seperate room from the rest of the bathroom. Now I pride myself on being able to see how to change houses into great places to live. And my Mom, who came with is even better at it, but both of us agreed the place sucked!!!

Now the horror movie place. It had two acres of land (which was very nice) and a really long driveway which led you to the land in the middle of nowhere.

The "house" was 2 mobile homes next to each other with a porch running the length of them. There was log pillars that held up the porch, which were also very nice.

But all the appliances, broken down car, garbage, and the fact you couldn't even walk into the second mobile home because it was falling apart so bad, led me to think of some great horror movie scenerios!!!

We went inside the other mobile home, thinking okay, so we clear up the trash outside and the other mobile home. But once inside the livable home (and I use that term loosely) there was a huge hole in the living room ceiling, clothes and trash were piled everywhere. It was disgusting.

And the really sad part was I think kids were living there since there were coloring books and crayons and other kid stuff.

Really very scary.

Now for the house we liked. It's old, 93. But the chance that wood floors are hiding under the carpet are very likely!!
There is a little porch with pillars that could be extended the lenght of the front of the house.

The living room is decent sized with a gas furnace that heats the hole house. We are thinking of putting stone on the wall behind the furnace and tile on the floor underneath it.

The kitchen I fell in love with. It's on the smaller side, but the cabinetry is a huge built in hutch around the sink. I can't even begin to describe it, it's just gorgeous. Plus there is a low window in the kitchen that you can just pitcure having a single vase on it with one wild flower, and a cat gazing outside.

The bathroom has a low door, which I think is charming, but Spyros will whack his head if he doesn't duck. The tile in there is very nice. And a bigger sink cabinet could be added.

There is another porch on the back of the house that is enclosed and is where the washer and dryer would go. We would insulate it and turn it into a 3 seasons porch.

The first bedroom would be the one we use. And the second bedroom, which is off the first and has a step down to it would be the office. It is long enough for both of our desks and 4 bookcases, plus whatever else we would need for the office.

The garage is for one car with an extra room on the back for bikes and storage. We have paired down our stuff enough that I think the only things we would need for storage is the five totes of Holiday decorations and our tools.

There is already a very sturdy 5 line clothes line on one side of the house. Along with rhubarb.

On the otherside is a swing set, that would be taken down and as long as enough sun shone, we would put a garden there.

The 3rd side is very spacious, with a walkway up to the backdoor. We would just add some flowers and other landscaping stuff here. And have an outdoor table.

It's small enough that I think it could be well air-conditioned with one large window unit.

And the location is great. 4 blocks from the co-op, and close to downtown so we could walk or ride bikes to a lot of the places we would go, including the library. We're 4 miles from Mom and Joe which is nice. I have a good realtionship with them and so does Spyros so we don't mind being close to them. Plus we when lived in Point before they would drop by from time to time after shopping with a goody for us, and I'm sure they would do so again!!!

The negative parts where the counter space in the kitchen and there really is no place to put a table to eat at. And we really like eating at a table. So we could put a small butcher's block in there (most likely) that we could eat at and use for additional counter space.) Put if we had company we would have to eat in the living room.

There is no basement, which isn't the worst thing, but it can be difficult if we need to get to any electrical, etc... if it's under the house.

So hopefully it's still available when we are. And yes I'm keeping in mind that we don't want to show how much we like it so we can drop the price, I don't want to get my hopes up in case it sells before we sell our house.