Seeing the vision

Not sure if anyone reading this watches HGTV but YOU MUST START (especially if you're looking to buy or renovate a home).  Since we started this process our TV has been on HGTV I'd say 98% of the time; House Hunters, Property Brothers, Property Virgins, Income Property, Holmes on Homes...you name it we were watching it.  So of course we (obviously i mean me) started acting as if we were on House Hunters.  We made the must have lists, the practical wish list and the I want a parking spot underneath my unit with a roof deck list.  We judged each property according to the lists, things to do around the condo, proximity to a park (ahem for the dog) and how close we were to PS Gourmet. **Note to all future Southie residents you must choose a coffee loyalty and PS is the way to go!!  Anywho we were having trouble finding a place and were getting nervous that we were going to have to go with our contingency plan of moving in with the good ole' rents since our lease was up in June. And I mean as much as I would have LOVED to move home and have 5 people with one shower and a crazy dog...having a new home to move into at the end of our lease sounded like a much better plan.

Enter phone call from Realtor (ie mom) saying to be open minded and come see a property...not in Southie. To humor her we said yes, but lets be real I had already written it off since it didn't have a 02127 zip code. Now add night time, rain and the following pictures...can you see the vision?

After looking these over..the pictures don't even begin to show the rough shape it was in. But trust me...not a SINGLE doorknob worked...they all came out of the door when you tried to use them, bathroom shower wall was completely rotted, every door needed to be sanded and re-painted, trash bags over the windows...you name it we saw it. The only saving grace...waterfront property. Although you never would have known it because they had dark red curtains covering ALL the windows.

We went home and shocker Whitney was already on to the next condo and Chris loved it.  It wasn't in Southie, it wasn't move in ready, it wasn't functioning, it wasn't renovated...but it was waterfront and Chris had the vision. I will say this once...in writing...Chris was right. Deciding to go with this condo, even with all the work that was required, was the BEST decision we have ever made.