Slidell, Lousiana - looks kind of moist

Slidell, Louisana

Last night House Hunters went to Slidell, Louisiana, which is about 30 miles northeast of New Orleans. It is a whole 3 feet above sea level, which would explain why the House Hunters current home got completely ruined by Katrina. Looking at the map, you’ll see this area is a prime target for a storm surge. However the subject of House Hunters love the area except when you have wind gusts of 190 mph and a 25 foot storm surge blasting through your house.

After fixing up the house, the owners want something bigger (and presumably on higher ground which may not be possible in that area). Although the love their current master bedroom and bath, this is offset by the back that when they watch TV in their tiny living room, they have to sit about three feet from the screen.

Of course if the subject House Hunter has a dog, the people will have to focus on that (much more than the kids, who cares about them). “Little Miss Sophie” apparently likes to go for walks while sitting in a baby stroller. Of course there is no chance in hell that I would do that.

The first house was rather non-descript except that is was on a big ol’ lot and the bathroom isn’t as nice as their current house.

The second house was in LaCombe, LA, and it was much bigger, much nicer and much more expensive (never mind the fact that it was well over their budget). This was the first time ever that I heard someone say that they actually liked a gravel driveway (it made it seem more countryish). The kitchen was great especially for a house in this price range. If it was my choice, I would have picked this house. Of course that’s just my ignorance speaking, I have no idea where this thing is, what the neighborhood is like, how long the drive is to work, etc. But it was the nicest house.

Best moment around this house was around the size of the kids’ bedrooms, which seemed to be too small. In typical realtor fashion , it was suggested they could just add on to the house and make the rooms larger. The realtor was then reminded that this house was already out of their price range and there is no extra money for that kind of nonsense.

The third house was notable for the large expanse of tile that was the living room floor. Who the hell thinks that tile in the living room looks good? Not too long ago, the wife and looked at a nice house that had some tile inlay in the family room. The realtor acted like it was something special, but it looked pretty bad to me.

Overall house #3 looked rather dated. Older looking kitchen cabinets, tired looking wire shelves in the closet, torn up looking deck that hadn’t seen Thomson’s Water Seal in 3 years…. Of course this is the one the they picked! AND THEY JUST LOVE THE NEW PLACE!!!!