House Hunt

“All the best for your house hunt”

We first received this wish from one of my husband’s friend, when we informed him that we are going to purchase a house. We really didn’t understand the gravity of this statement our well wisher made. Being PR we are eligible to buy only houses that are at least 4-5 years of age.

Days turned to months and still we are getting the same wish from all our well wishers….and we are still on a look out for our dream home in this land which is full of houses and skyscrapers. We have indeed turned into literal hunters, and every time we go on an house hunting spree, we don’t find our kind of prey(house) at all or even if we do find one it escapes from our trap, and we stand there helpless.

Our initial enthusiasm has just become a sort of routine and has gone to an extend where, we have decided to take a break from viewings for at least another 2 weeks…

One good thing about house hunting is that; now we don’t postponed our important businesses to the weekends, since during the weekends we become nomads- Wandering around the whole of the country in search of a house with a bag with the street directory and the bus guide.

Now those who are reading this might think “you need to compromise on something”. Very valid point. But we had only one condition that there shouldn’t be a bathroom Inside the kitchen….which is a very common feature in the houses here, and we are still determined that we should not at any cost let go this condition we put.

Of course we saw few so called “renovated “ houses that met our criterion, but then unfortunately, one house has been renovated to look like a studio hotel apartment, one doesn’t have a master bedroom as it has been renovated to a walk in wardrobe. In some houses, two bedrooms had been converted into a mega huge bedroom, so eventually the house just had one bedroom. In such cases we can’t hang a “no entry overnight visitors” board in the main door of the house. Some houses had a platform with steps that led to the bed, so we being quite tall could touch the ceiling with ease.

There were houses which we liked a lot , but couldn’t justify the cost or even before we could give an offer , the house would have got sold.

Now when we hear an “all the best” , it is like we are going for an exam , and if we pass we get a house , we fail we don’t .

Our next phase of action is going on house hunt for Condominium, hope we will have luck at least this time….

“All the Best for your house hunt”