moving out of the basement

after a year and a half of living in my parent's basement, we're moving out! we just had our offer accepted on a house near the "downtown" part of our city.

the good parts: 4400 3600 sq ft

(the appraisal shows the listing was wrong)

extremely affordable

newly renovated

in a good elementary district

within (supervised) walking distance of a huge park

the not as good parts:

no garage

no fence (we'll put one up as soon as we can)

electric stove (i'd rather have a gas oven)

a slightly sketchy block

this renovation was part of a neighborhood revitalization project, aimed at raising up the level of the area. there are some blocks of this street that are completely fixed up and have lots of curb appeal and others that are in need of some tlc. it's really random and there's not much rhyme or reason to which blocks are great and which ones aren't. but we'll make our yard as cute as possible!