whoa! It's been a week almost and our excitement is still building! The more we see it the more we like it! Several other condos are coming on the market now in the same area, and this one seems the best, and for slightly less money. We did the home inspection Saturday and didn't find much at all wrong with it, aside from a couple minor things. Yippee!

So more about it... it's on the 3rd floor (only drawback, really), actually has a separate dining room (only dining room we've seen in our search), has a fireplace, a tiny bathroom (circa 1950s they were all small!), two bedrooms, both with large closets, including one large closet along the wall in the second bedroom with sliding doors - perfect to hide/store my wooly stuff. Kitchen's got new appliance, and the rest is in good shape, though we'll likely replace the oldish cabnets and formica countertop and the linoleum. And washer and dryer! (the main requirement.) Windows are on the front and back of the building, so light should be around much of the day. And there's a pool outside the back of the place! Woohoo!



What we really like about it, though, is that it's a neighborhood of youngish people like us. There's a little strip of shops nearby with a couple restaurants, a deli, an organic food coop, a bike shop, and a gym. The place is right next to Rock Creek Park, so there'll be even less of an excuse to not get out there and run and bike and hike! It's on the bus line and about a mile's walk to metro and food/shopping/movies.

We're ecstatic!  ¶ 12:19