We got an offer on our house accepted this Saturday. It happened so quickly. One day we see it on Zillow, then we go see it, then we put an offer in. Totally change our entire plan in a span of 2 days. But I am very excited and relieved. Although it isn’t cheap, I don’t feel like it was an overpay and we were able to get it with a financed offer which was virtually impossible in Boise this year (hopefully not a sign of a market dip). It also provides much less unknowns than our current residence, which needs its lot split and also needs an addition to be a good home for us long term.
The house was built in 1975 and has a Mansard roof. Also known as a French roof, these were used in France to skirt taxes. Houses were taxed by how many stories they had and the Mansard roof allowed the topmost floors (sometimes even 3 or 4) to be considered part of the roof/attic space. I also think this feature is one of the main reasons we didn’t have to overpay for this house. The same house in the same area without a mansard roof gets sold day 3 for 30-50k over asking. I love ugly.