We bought a house in the hood!

this last month has been a stressful blur! And I forgot to take a million pictures of everything that has happened. We are now out of the rental that served us well but was small and very much a temporary home and felt very much like a rental, especial when it was time to move. Even though we liked it there and felt at home we are happy to be out and done. We are trying hard to make this hose a home and a nice one at that so we shall have to see how that turns out, we have 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bedrooms! In order for us to score this amazing deal on rooms, not to mention the 4 bathrooms, we had to move to a less desirable part of town. HOWEVER! wiki calls our neighborhood a hidden gem of north Sacramento so it can't be all bad. We do not have to go many blocks in any given direction to find reminders as to why this is an area that people typically do not tell their real estate agent they want to move to BUT at the same time the streets sprawl with beautifully tall trees of all different kinds and flowers are basically falling over the fences and trying to take over the road. The houses vary in age and majority of them are taken care of well and are bursting at the seams with personality and history, and it is really quite lovely here. The first house, build in the 30's, that I fell in love with and wanted to buy, is one the same street a few blocks east. The people who did get it are really making it shine and heaven knows I'm bold enough so one day I might just go knock on the door and tell them all about how lucky they are and hopefully they will let me see a little of what they have done to it, because that house was so fun! When it was first started this was actually a very nice area , build on an old horse ranch. Then sometime mid last century the city of North Sacramento had a heated election where they close to become part of Sacramento and ever since then they have become a neglected part of the greater Sacramento area. There are now efforts being made to reverse the effect but it is not going to happen quickly. We are not really sure how long we will stay here, but the house has the possibility to become a long term place for us if we end up choosing to. We would love to build up equity sell it and then get a place that is more in line with what we've been wanting when we sit down and talk of the dream home. Bigger kitchen, more living space, bigger yard, 3 acres at least! But who knows! It depends on the housing market, Jed's job situation and many other things.
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