Holy Wow, House Hunting is Crazy!! Part 2

Welcome back for another edition of house hunting is crazy!  We've searched on Saturdays, Sundays, and weeknights; had our own private appointments and gone to open houses.  I prefer Saturdays and private appts - what do you prefer when house hunting?

Our second house hunting adventure was on a Sunday and included an Open House and some private appointments.  We've been so lucky that everyday we've looked at a house(s), it's been sunny out, but has followed some rain storms so we can check out the basement for wet spots;)

Today started with this awesome yard...which had a house on it too:)

I think we would have put an offer on this house if 1.  the living room was functional/front door was moved a bit and 2.  and 2 nothing!  The living room was a huge deal breaker.  The kitchen was brand new, had a covered porch out back, huge yard, and wonderful baths/bedrooms with walk in closets.  But the doorway/living room.  When you walked in the door - which if you look at the above picture is to the left of the window on the right - you walked down a small hallway, and then there was a very large opening to the LR.  This made positioning the living room furniture, and TV, almost impossible.  If they had just positioned the doorway all the way to the right w/out that long hallway, it would've been a great house for us!  Here are some more pics:

Aww, it's still too bad - you saw in my last post about my worries in backing out a driveway onto the street - this one had a very long driveway shaped in a U - no worries there.  Darn living room.

Next we moved onto this house:

Our second love, after the red house with the cows across the street.  This house was amazing - on a quiet street, but close to amenities, like Papa Ginos which the husband loves;)  Heated work area above the attached garage, big enough yard, sunken living room, huge kitchen, amazing bathroom with a skylight, and a basement already sectioned into rooms - what more could you ask for!?!?

So since we loved it so much, what did we do?  We went to our next appointment as scheduled

In a town that has great schools, but holy wow did this house need work - hence the price.  If we wanted to do a lot of work, or were very handy ourselves, this would've been a great project - lots of space, pool in the backyard, but a funny neighborhood with a school, nursing home, and houses.  To me, strange.  So we hurried hurried hurried back to our realtor's office and made an offer on house #2!!  Guess what, so did some other people!  Not surprising because the house was great.  Not a 2-story, which is what is optimal of course, but was an amazing ranch.  Guess what - we didn't get it:(  Our first house hunting disappointment.  How did you feel after putting an offer on a house and not getting it?  Did it break your spirit?  We just kept trucking along...check back for the next installment to see what happened during the next time out:)