This is an update on our househunt in Colorado. To date, we have seen approximately 60+ houses, all of them located in Littleton and Highlands Ranch.

In Littleton we are finding very old homes and neighborhoods. Some of them very nice, but due to their age, we're finding issues with ceiling heights and need for extensive remodeling! Most basements are completely useless for Paul as he would have to duck in all of them.

The houses in Highlands Ranch are a little closer to what we're looking for. Newer homes with open layouts. However, the density of homes in that area is a real turn-off. In many places, I feel like one could go roof-hopping with ease. On the East Coast, we were used to seeing homes close to one another. In many planned communities, there was a huge advantage to this style of living, where all of your necessities are within walking distance, promoting a healthier and convenient way of life. However, in Highlands Ranch, it's obvious the planners just wanted to cram as many homes on the land as possible. Nice homes are built there, but nothing that really piqued our interest as every neighborhood held a different set of cookie-cutter homes.

We have forayed out to the eastern side of Colorado to see what we can find and our first stop at Lone Tree turned up a couple of real possibilities, so we'll wait and see...

The Clarksburg house has passed home inspection (nothing was found that required fixing) and the appraisal is complete. The relocation company has received all the information required today and will be officially buying our house tomorrow. By the end of the week, we should have all of our equity money to put down on a new house. If only we can find one we like enough to write an offer.