The Round Hill House

In the rush to compile the last post, I skipped over a bit of material that might help you understand what came next. If you remember, the house was posted on Zillow on a Tuesday morning and my wife and I drove up to see it on Friday. Life did not happen as normal in … More Housing Journey Part 5: The Leap and Landing

As many of you know, we had previously made an offer on a house in Pittsburgh in 2017 so my wife and I thought we understood the process. We would make an offer, we would hear back in the next 24 hours, and then go from there. The offer on house #3 was submitted on … More Housing Journey Part 4: Best Laid Plans

After being forced to withdraw an offer on a home in Pittsburgh during the winter of 2017, my wife and I did not tour a single house until September of 2018 (more on that later). I hadn’t realized how long of a span that was until I started writing this post. For years we had … More Housing Journey Part 3: From the Ashes

It was January 2017. I was traveling for work in Hartford, CT when I first saw the Zillow listing for 311 Highland Terrace. I was blown away. The staircase, the stained glass, the woodwork, the fireplaces, the architecture, the HISTORY! I called my wife who was back at our small 800 square foot apartment in … More Housing Journey Part 2: The False Finish

In 2016, I got married in Pittsburgh to my girlified of 5 years. Although we lived in New York City, she was from Pittsburgh, we had met in Pittsburgh several years prior, and we were interested in moving back. When we had first met, housing stock in Pittsburgh was cheap, especially for the older homes … More Housing Journey Part 1: The Early Search