Finding Our New Home (Part 2)
[South East Vancouver. 10:00 am]
Mal's POV
It was now Wednesday morning. It's time to begin the search for our home. Yesterday, we spent a good amount of time on the internet and was eventually able to get approved for a home loan for three hundred and fifty thousand. Which I'm not sure how that was possible, because we didn't think it was going to work, but it did. I believe it was meant to be. We met Kelsey on the driveway of the first house. We introduced ourselves and then Kelsey handed Evie papers describing the details of each house we'll look at.
The shape of this house didn't look too bad. It's a two story house with three bedrooms, three bathrooms with a two car garage and priced at two hundred and eighty thousand dollars. The yard was freshly graveled with a few small trees and a low white picket fence surrounding the front yard up until the driveway. However, one thing about it had already thrown me off about the house and that's the color of the house. A very unappealing yellow.
"I don't like the yellow." I whispered to Evie.
"We can easily have it painted to something else." Evie whispered back.
Right, should've known. Kelsey unlocked the front door for us and opened it for us.
"I'm going to be in my car to make a couple phone calls. When I'm done, I'll be here in the living room." Kelsey said.
"Okay." Evie said.
Kelsey closed the door behind her and left us to look around at our first home in Canada.
"Well, this isn't bad." Evie said.
"Oh god!" I exclaimed.
Orange. The living room walls was freakin' orange. And it was a bad orange too. It was so bad, I felt like the time when I saw pink in our dorm room. And that orange was not in the pictures in the listing.
"It's alright, M. Like I said, it can be easily painted. Let's look past the colors and focus on the bigger things." Evie said.
The only thing good about this living room was the size and the hardwood floors. But the living room and kitchen was not as open concept as I would like. Too much wall and you could hardly see the kitchen. We walked through the doorway that didn't have a door leading into the kitchen. But the kitchen wasn't the best either. But at least there wasn't orange in there as well.
The kitchen was outdated. A lot of old white cabinets and appliances. The countertops were white as well but with some grey. That was the only decent thing there. The floor was white tile, but it wasn't appealing either. I nodded my head in disappointment.
"Well, we looked. There's nothing here for us. Let's go." I said.
I turned around to walk back to the front door, but Evie stopped me by grabbing my shirt.
"Hold on, Mal." she said.
Evie made me face her and she gave me a small kiss on the lips.
"I know how you're feeling and what you're thinking. This isn't like the home in your dream, and I'm sorry. But we can't afford it right now. However, I'm not saying we'll never have a luxurious looking home, it's just can't be right away, that's all." Evie said.
I sighed.
"You're right, Evie. I just wish it could be that way." I said.
"I know. But for the meantime, let's look around and then look at all the other houses. There'll be things in each one we can change and make it a comfortable home for the time being. But when the time is right, we'll have our home completely remodeled to your designs."
"How much time?"
"I don't know. But I promise you, I'll work hard to make it happen as soon as possible." Evie replied.
I smiled.
"Alright." I said.
I started to feel better and held Evie's hand as we checked out the rest of the home. There were two bedrooms on the first floor, both a good size. The bathrooms were outdated, but I guess it wasn't too bad. I had a thought, if I see something I don't like, I'll compare it to the house I was living at back on the Isle. Because as bad as this house looks now, it's a hell of a lot better than my former home.
We walked up the stairs leading to the master bedroom which was a very nice size. The bathroom was big with a shower, large oval soaker tube, and a double sink, with a toilet, of course.
"This doesn't seem too bad, does it?" Evie asked.
"No, it doesn't." I replied.
Evie got in the large tub and sat down in it.
"Look at this tub. We both can easily fit in here. Imagine the baths we can take together in this thing." Evie said.
"That does sound nice." I said.
"Just picture it, it's dark in here with only a handful of candles as our light. We're sitting together in a nice bubbly bubble bath, with the sounds of romantic guitar music playing in the background."
I responded with a laugh. Evie has such an imagination sometimes. I reached my hand out for her to grab. She grabbed it and I helped her out of the tub. We looked around a bit more and saw that on also on the second floor is a bonus room and a good size laundry room. And we thought the bonus room would be perfect for Evie for her sewing. After that, we made a choice. We need to look only at the houses that have three bedrooms so Evie can have a space for her sewing and if she ever decides to start her business back up, she can. There was a small mudroom area located by the back door. I opened the door and took a peak at the yard. It was a small space. Not as big as I would like it to be, but the grass covering most of the yard was freshly cut, which made it look good.
We met back up with Kelsey at the living room and told her what we thought about the house. It wasn't bad, but we want to keep looking but we now we only want to look at home that has three bedrooms. Kelsey was happy with that and we crossed off the houses that were two bedrooms, leaving only three more houses to look at.
We followed Kelsey on the road to the next house. The home was a little smaller than the first, but not much. Listed at two hundred and fifty thousand which isn't bad. Same as before, three bedrooms, two baths, and this one also has a bonus room as well. It had nice curb appeal and was the house was grey in color which was so much nicer. We all walked inside, and this house was much better. Evie and I immediately saw the big bonus room that was to the right as you walk in.
"This is a great space." Evie said.
On the other side of the bonus room was the kitchen. And this kitchen was more open that the last house which was nice. It still looked outdated, but the openness makes up for it. And it was a good size too. This house was only one story, but the master bedroom and the other two bedrooms were complete opposite of each other. We looked at the master first, and was impressed on how it was. Nice size room and bathroom. Although it didn't have a large soaker tub, but it did have a nice big shower.
The two other bedrooms were a decent size. My only big complaint are the floors. The carpet throughout most of the house looks old and would immediately have to go. We checked out the back yard and it was big. An area of pebbles came before a large field of grass surround enclosed by a large wooden fence.
"I love this yard." I said.
"It is nice. But you would have to keep up to date with the grass." Evie said.
"No worries. We could buy one of those robotic lawn mowers." I said.
"Do those really work?"
"I don't know. But maybe one day we'll find out." I said.
We stood in silence for a moment until Evie sneezed.
"Bless you." I said.
"Thanks. So, what do you think of this one?" Evie asked.
"I like this house. I really do." I replied.
"Me too. I can see us living here. And the price is perfect. But let's look at the other two first before we make a decision." Evie said.
We headed back inside and met Kelsey in the kitchen.
"So what did you think of this home?" she asked.
"We like this a lot better than the last one." I replied.
"Yes, this one could be a possibility. We're going to keep this one in mind." Evie said.
"Okay, great! Shall we continue?" Kelsey asked.
"Yes." Evie replied.
We left and followed her to the next home. This home was about the same size as the previous one. Except the big downside to this house is this one didn't have a garage. And that is a little worrisome since it does snow in Vancouver. But, we still gave it a chance and looked around. It was alright, but not as nice as the previous one. However, this last house we will be shown will be a game changer.