We bought a house and moved in over the past weekend. The big stuff has yet to be moved, and some of the floors need to be redone, but we are pretty thrilled. For many years we crammed into a tiny house in California - which we loved, but outgrew. Then job-change forced us to relocate, then again, then again...in just a year.
I work about 60 hours/week so I don't have a great deal of spare time to work on a home, so we bought a six year old place that was a former show home - still in immaculate condition. Three story walkout of about 3200sf, 4BR/3.5BA. The laundry room is bigger than our California living room. I won't talk price but to say it was less than 1/3 what we would have paid in Cali, maybe even 1/5. It's suite (sic!)!!!
My girls, who at first wanted to live in an even fancier neighborhood, are so thrilled they camped out there last night and slept on the floor.
That put smile on my face.