So after years of moving from place to place, and renting here and there, we decided to buy a house.

Our first step was to figure out how big a loan we could get. If we could even get one at all--we have a lot of student debt.

We set an appointment with our bank, and were approved for about 65k. This was good, because liveable houses start at about 60k in this town. Anything less and you'll end up spending the difference to make it liveable!

The search began, and long story short, we bought a house in our price range. Its a double barrel duplex that was converted to a single family. The main part was built ca. 1887, the kitchen/bath/laundry was added in '33, and the "addition" was added in '98. It was converted to a SFH in the early 60's. The left side has the living room, dining, kitchen and addition. The right has two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a laundry room. Upstairs are two additional rooms, one which is nearly finished, the other which is...not.