My Search for a Home

With the new year I committed to starting the process of looking for property I could purchase.

And so, my search began in my immediate neighborhood when a for rent sign on a tiny townhouse went up around the corner. After scheduling a viewing of the property I asked the owner if she would consider selling which she was open to, but after several weeks of conversations her asking price of $360,000 was far out side of my mid-western view of reasonable.

The same can be said about most all of the properties in and on the edge of the expanding Capital Hills neighborhood.

Life on the Hill

Its been five years since I moved from the big shouldered city on the shoreline of Lake Michigan (Chicago) to the southern influenced midtempo pacing of Washington DC. The transition was needed and embraced having just completed my studies in design.

I settled comfortably and without much drama into a affordable and recently renovated 12 unit apartment building in the Capital Hill neighborhood. I marvel at how fast I adjusted to the white wall apartment life after spending eight years of living in community and sharing my living space with others.

The best part of the neighborhood is the convenience of services. I love being able to walk to the market (2 blocks), the metro (3 blocks), the cleaners (1/2 block) and church (1 block)...