well i think im putting in an offer on another house...
im such a glutton for punishment.
this ones on 4 1/2 acres, in "town" (town consists of a post office a convenience store and a bank... and aproximatly 300 people lol)
no restrictions acording to the agent and owner (though my agent is tripple checking that one)
the house is itsy bitsy, its 950sqft but that includes the covered carport and little laundry room...the actual house is about 625sqft lol. not much bigger than my apartment now..but thats ok.
the house has new windows, new roof, new car port new laundry room, new plumbing, new water heater, some updated electrics, new carpet, (i think the kitchen has carpet, that would need to be remidied lol.)hardwood in the living and bathroom, its painted and ready to move in. id have to supply a fridge and a washer/dryer it has a cooker. water and cooking are electric, heat is natural gas. (id probably eventually have gas piped into the kitchen)
one bedroom doesnt have a closet, that would be the guest/craft room, the master is small but has a nice sized closet (right now i dont hav any closet so even a small one would be nice lol)
i figure i can replace the window in the livingroom with a single door and screen off the carport to expand the livingspace since where i come from cars live outside lol.
the land itself is a square with the house sitting in the top left corner, close to the property line and the next door neighbor...BuT that also means theres someone right there in an emergency firstly and secondly the land i wuold be keeping potentially noisy animals has no houses backing up to it, just trees and empty land.
the land itslef is relitivly flat according to the topo map, and about 3/4 an acre of it cleared the rest trees and brush...
which means plenty of space to put in a yard for the dogs, get the orchard started and lay out space for my kitchen garden, then i can clear the rest as i go via goats lol.
its about 30 minutes to 2 large towns and 45 mins to a small "city" so all conveniences are close at hand.
its small, kinda builder basic, but definatly has the potential to be a very cute little cottage with some planting outside and paint inside
and there is more than enough room at the back of the house to expand back if i ever need to add space (ie a bigger kitchen) lol.
the downsides are it is very small, the kitchen has about 5sqft of space thats usable for something other than a sink...and not much room to expand further...
so im thinking i might go "boat" on this one...get a nice beice of butcher block and add a large sturdy hinge to it and a sturdy leg on one end also hinged. the leg will be solid and painted with blackboard paint and the whole thing can fold up against the wall next to the fridge...i can drop it and use it as couterspace or a kitchen table, and when its up its a functionng chalk board.
im also thinking of getting a small chest freezer and attatching some kind of cutting board ontop of the lid to act as more counter space...
the little laundry room is also probably jsut about large enough if i go wiht a stackable washer/dryer to add shelves and have a small pantry out there.
so yeah...
now i get to sign the offer, send off the earnest money and hope...if everything goes well wed plan to close the second week of august
Good luck!
Costs less to heat and cool, less to clean, less roof to be replaced, etc etc 
