searching for the one.

Now I will pick up where I left off. We had toured homes that were to be auctioned off in a flood buy out in the past. But we were only halfheartedly looking. There hadn't really been anything that stopped us in our tracks and made us say “THIS is our house!” And we just weren't in the right place financially. But fast forward a few years, and now we are in a different place and needing a new home. I love the area where we live, but we needed a new home. It’s not very often that homes with acreage come on the market where we live. And if they do…they are WAY out of price range.

So back to the flood homes we went. Seems like every 6 months the city of Fargo or the county auction off homes they purchased along the river. These homes are anywhere from 100 years old to just a couple years old, but a majority of them were built in the 70’s.   Many of them have been updated, and are BEAUTIFUL, while some of them haven’t been updated which makes them just as beautiful. It really surprised me that homes with original 70’s wallpaper and carpet still exist and that people can happily live with them.

Check out this carpet.

This was in the basement, and wouldn't actually come along with the house....but wowza!

And this room.

That mirror-y thing was like a built in buffet with cabinets, and that thing on the right....was a 3-D sculpture of The Last Supper that was BUILT IN to the wall!

Check these sinks out. Each bathroom had a different one!

I was in love with this sink. I could play hair dresser at home!

I hate black sinks, because you would always see spots, but it was an unusual shape!

But then there was this room.

This room was located right off the kitchen. I could picture it with some modern furniture and a flat screen tv above the fireplace. 

To be honest...I absolutely LOVED this house, it had GIANT bedrooms, and separate bathrooms attached to each one, the master had HUGE walk in closets too...But unfortunately, the bad outweighed the good. It was going to need new siding to update it, and new doors and windows, it also had asbestos that needed to be removed and the task up updating everything seemed daunting. But we could have bought the whole house for $500. Yes, $500. No one ended up buying it, and it will either be demolished or re auctioned. It just depends on what the city decides to do.

So yeah, houses were selling for $500 at the first auction we went to. Lots of them were, but the problem was, the city is VERY particular on their moving restrictions. Houses needed to be less than 32ft wide to be moved down their streets. Which meant, houses needed to have multiple cuts made. Which added up to more $$$ for whoever bough the house. 

We did kick ourselves for not buying one at that auction, considering how cheap they sold for. But none of them were "the one". Most of the houses in this auction were sold for salvage or not sold at all. The highest price for a home was $26,000. It was bought by a couple that was to have it moved to their property. It was a house that we liked, but we didn't love it. There was another auction coming up in a few weeks, so we went to go check out those houses in hopes of finding the one.