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There comes a time, around 6 weeks worth amount of time, when you have met most of the main agents and they know you're really on the market.

The Blue Mountains is a small community, not only does everyone talk, everyone knows everyone or know someone who knows everyone. This is especially true in the real estate scene up here.

One of the earliest examples of this was during one of our very first inspections. While we were talking we mentioned we had just sold our land and just by knowing which suburb it was at he knew which block it was.

At first glace at the situation you may think it's a bit intrusive, sort of?, but in a community like the Blue Mountains everyone is happy and ready to help anyone, especially another local. I see it both online and offline.

In our case this translate to exclusive previews of properties.

Here is the one we saw yesterday afternoon.

Not yet on the market and the best house I have seen so far.

It is located on one of our new fave streets, most of the houses on this street are backing on to bush which is one of the things we love about it, that and the nice mountain view as you drive onto the street. The house is also set back which I look for and it also has this cute little front garden.

On the outside it's not much although I really like that covered front porch. Inside the house however... OMG. Was the first house to have everything I wanted.

👉 3 Bedrooms
👉 Master with walk in and ensuite
👉 Bath tub/shower combo
👉 Internal Laundry
👉 Kitchen with a view
👉 Good size lounge room. In fact it has two living spaces!
👉 Large covered deck

Even the land size was great.

BUT (sigh) we are not backing on to bush.

You could just imagine our disappointment when we saw the neighbor at the back. I know we're a bit nuts about the whole neighbors and dogs thing. But I swear to you, if you lived where we are at now, you would go through lengths to make sure this situation is avoided.

Sure, that one neighbor is a far cry from the 7 houses currently looking into our backyard at the moment, but still, we had our hearts set on backing on to bush, maybe even a nice view and our own slab of rock we can meditate on.

Cos lets be honest you guys, Steemit these days has been messing with my zen and sister needs to get her meditation on. Imagine having the pull of a natural rock formation to sit on. Surely I would be enticed to step away from the lappy then.

Hubby also wanted a brick home. He doesn't have many requirements, no where near the list I have, so I figured if he wants a brick home we should get a brick home. This is not a brick home. It has bricks, they don't match but that's about the extent of the bricks in this house.

We walked away disappointed. But at least I knew what sort of house made my heart sing. I never really thought about my requirements for inside the house, aside from having a dining room space. I had always wished for an ensuite but I never knew how much I really wanted one until I saw this house.

Well, I suppose this is why we have to keep going to inspections. Not only does it give us house hunting experience, it has also helped me get to know myself, my wants vs needs, in the process.

This is really good to know as we approach week 7 of the hunt. It's good to know it hasn't been a mammoth waste of time.

💗Arly