How this Story Begins.....

So, you might wonder why I decided to buy the house you see at the top of the page. Well, for starters I was tired of driving 45 Mins to work each day when Kari only had to drive 5. I started looking around in the Alamo Heights (AH) / Terrell Hills (TH) area of San Antonio for a new house. For those of you that know anything about that area its EXPENSIVE. About 6 Months ago I found a home in AH that needed some major renovations, I ended up passing on the home because we wouldn't be able to live in it for the six months months it would take me to remodel the inside. Just to give you an idea of prices, the AH house was on the market for $250K, it sold for $225K and needed $100K worth of renovations. I would end up into this house for at least $350K and the houses nearby were going for $350K - $375K. And by the way, this house was only 1400 sqft.



On a recent trip to see what was going on with the AH house, I took a trip though Terrell Hills down Morningside Drive, I found a few houses that looked like they had already been renovated and I also found one house that was a cool contemporary look. That's what Kari and I like! Heres a pic..... I went home and pulled up everything on Morningside that was forsale, found this house that I really liked. Guess what the price was.... $1.6 MILLION!!! That scared me a little. I kept looking down the page and at the very, very bottom (the price was so low it was almost at the end of the internet) I found 937 Morningside. Our new House. Kari and I went to look at it as soon as we could make an appointment to meet with the realtor. We loved it, that weekend we left for Flordia to our friends wedding. My agent drafted the offer emailed it to me in Florida, and after a few drinks I signed it. The sellers countered in less than 30 Mins and we accepted. Let the story begin.......