So we went house hunting today. Redford Area. About 15 minutes (max) away from where Kevin's working right now. The first house we looked at was gorgeous! 3 setbacks on it tho (besides the fact it's at the top of our budget) are that there's no formal dining room, the kitchen isn't open to the rest of the house and there's no central air. No A/C at all as far as we could tell. That would be a problem in MI in the summer. The 2nd house was nasty nasty nasty! The neighborhood wasn't as nice as the first house and it needed so much work it wasn't even funny! And the kitchen was attrocious... but it did have a full bath in the basement. The 3rd house was so adorable on the outside. Such a pretty pretty blue with grey and burgundy accents, a nice big front porch, a cute 1 car garage in back...but when we walked in omg it was so tiny! I felt claustrophobic. And the kitchen didn't have a dishwasher, but the kitchen tile was fabulous! So was the bathroom wallpaper and it had a pedestal sink in there. There was no closet space to speak of tho.
So I'm calling our realtor back again tomorrow to set up the last 3 houses to look at wednesday morning. We'll see. *crosses fingers*