I am so tired of looking for homes. I just want to find the right one and move already!!!
Tonight we looked at one. It was L.O.V.E. Perfect in every single way. I couldn’t find one flaw. 4 bd/3 full bath, 2600 sqft plus a loft and 3 car garage on 1/4 acre landscaped yard backing up to an open field, located on a court at the end of the development with no neighbors behind and an UPSTAIRS laundry. Real hardwood floors in living room and corian in the bathrooms and showers. Beautiful cabinets through out house and newer carpet. It was amazing. The master had a closet that was as big as my laundry room. It breaks my heart just writing this. It had 2 sliding glass doors leading out to 2 different parts of the back yard. One side was going to be for Cohen and his sand box and swing set would be where he and all his friends would play. The other side for adults only!
It was priced excellent and I was sure I was going to be living the rest of my life in it… that was until we heard that on top of the mortgage and HOA fees (that we were ok paying if we could get a good price on a house) there ate mello-roos due as well. Mello-roos are basically an extra property tax to pay for things like streets, water, sewage and drainage, electricity, infrastructure, schools, parks and police protection to newly developing areas. From what I read, they only exists in California. So on top of the $115 HOA, they had a $280 mello-roo due per month as well! The mello-roos have to be paid for the next 26 years, until the cost of everything is paid off. Super stupid. So that would add to much on to the mortgage and we sadly said never mind. I actually wanted to scream and throw a tantrum like a little school girl.
Man, I now know why every other house is for sale and you can get so much house for so little cost in this development! No one wants to pay the high fees to live there. So long my dream home. It was fun imagining my life in it for all of an hour. It was such a wonderful life, too. I picked a spot for my Christmas tree and where I would hang my Autumn wreaths. I could see us teaching Cohen to ride his bike in the court and playing with the neighbor kids (aged 2 &3..we became friends) ooooo the love I had for this house…It will be hard to find another to make me feel the way this one made me feel.
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View form master….awww…no houses behind
The great loft/playroom
2 comments:
wow, it's beautiful! I'm depressed with you! Your house IS out there though, but I know it sucks big time having to wait to long to find it. I had to google mello-roos, too, I've never heard of them! Lame!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry to hear this. We have a greenbelt behind our house so there are no houses directly behind us either. It's so nice to look out the window on the second floor and just see trees, greenery, birds, etc! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you guys that you find "THE" house soon!
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