Wednesday, October 12, 2011

House Hunting in Houston TX!

MT and I have been busy house hunting. House hunting is fun but it's a lot of work. The hardest part for us was narrowing down a location. Before we moved to Houston we thought we would live in suburbs but after MT had a taste of Houston traffic we decided that having a shorter commute would be best for our family.

It's hard for me to explain how Houston is set up but I’ll try. The center of the city is called the inner loop because a highway called 610 circles the center of the city like a loop. In the center of the inner loop is downtown and we knew that if we lived within the loop we would be pretty close to MT’s job which is downtown. That sounds easy but the loop is quite large and full of tons of neighborhoods. However, with the help of family, friends, a good realtor, twitter and the Htownbloggers we finally decieded on a neighborhood called the Heights.

The Heights is a cute and eccentric community. It has a small town feeling even though you are in the heart of the city. It's full of craftman style bungalows and large victorian homes. Most of the homes were built in the turn of the century but there’s also new construction. The new construction homes are built to look like the older victorian homes, so they match the neighborhood. Last week we found one home really liked and put a offer on it. Wish us luck!

12 comments:

  1. Wishing you luck *fingers and toes crossed*

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  2. I love craftman style bungalows! I've always wanted to live in one, but ended up in the suburbs. I HATE the suburbs! I am a city girl through and through. But I'll be following your house journey. C-Dub and I were actually thinking about moving. Houston was on the list....

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  3. I hope you guys get it! The home buying process is so exciting, and that feeling of putting that key in the lock for the first time once it's yours....unmatched! good luck!

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  4. Location is our biggest problem too!! I think this is the main reason we haven't started looking...I mean how do you look for a house if you don't even know where the heck you want to live! (Well-we know where we want to live but it's in the loop and too expensive!!)

    Anyways-good luck girl! Happy House Hunting!

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  5. That's awesome! The Heights is such a fun area. Best of luck to y'all!! :)

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  6. Good luck! Hope yall find the perfect house!

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  7. Wishing you luck! I lived near the heights... SUCH a beautiful area!

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  8. I want to move to Houston to attend Thurogood Marshall law school. While I agree there is a lot of traffic, I like the fact there is so much to do. I'm looking forward to it. Good luck to you.

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  9. Way to go on escaping the suburbs and those houses all sound beautiful!

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  10. YEA!! I adore the Heights. I have some rental property down there & love hanging out at all the restaurants/bars there. It's got such a great community feel & neighborhood feel to it.

    Happy house hunting!

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  11. Sounds like an awesome neighborhood! Good for you!

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