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Although this post is technically going to pop up under the Piedmont news in the house hunting section, it really has very little to do with the Piedmont... although maybe not entirely.

What with the endless delays around the Piedmont (updated completion date is now not until sometime in either Jan or Feb of next year... at the earliest!), I have moved on. In addition to that, it looks like I am not looking for just myself. Miss Cammy aka the Fuzzballs, needs a larger house and Angel will be following along to take care of her! Yup, I am now looking at buying a house with Angel! Gone is the bachelor pad at the Piedmont, here comes the 3-bedroom townhouse with the girlfriend! WHHHOOOAAAAHHHHH NEEELLLLYY! :p

The long weekend was spent house hunting (except for when I showed the world how not to play golf!). 17 houses later, and we have a top 2, with a potential 2 backups.

That being said, this whole expidition was kicked off when we saw the Feagan Casitas and decided to try and go for one (http://www.feagancasitas.com). We even went as far as signing a contract with an offer... but the offer has been pushed back. We are not completely giving up hope, but after an extensive search, we may be able to find something bigger and potentially better within the same price range, if not cheaper.

Below are the current top 4, with the first 2 being the top two...

	http://search.har.com/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=5798059 1333 Fairview Nice, relatively new townhouse, middle unit, with bags and bags of space... and not an inch of carpet anywhere in the house!!!
	http://search.har.com/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=1930887 2436 Bissonnet Another newish townhome, this time right next to Rice Village... great house, great location, corner unit... but has some carpet (you getting the idea that we don't want carpet???
	http://search.har.com/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=9482420 1717 W Webster Carpet only in one bedroom, otherwise an extremely open plan loft style house. Good view of downtown from the decking area... although it is obscured by a new fancy development from an evil company called Innerloop Condos (Yeah, it is the Vistas, the big, ugly sister of the Piedmont!).
	http://search.har.com/engine/indexdetail.cfm?mlnum=6665833 1819 Matthews This one does has some carpet, but only in some of the bedrooms I think. Fantastic view of downtown from the fantastic rooftop decking area where you could host a fantastic party. Nice house, floor plan maybe not the best and the area certainly not the best (it is also just a couple of blocks - 10ish - closer to downtown than the Vistas and the house on Webster