"True," he conceded, "but we haven’t reached the phase."
"If the repairs exceed 5% of the value," he read quietly, "we move on." buying a house checklist template
"Step one," Leo said, clicking his pen. " Done. Step two: The 'Must-Haves' vs. 'Nice-to-Haves.' " "True," he conceded, "but we haven’t reached the phase
Two weeks later, the "Dream House" failed the checklist. The roof was a decade past its prime, and the wiring was a fire hazard. Sarah was crushed, but Leo pointed to the final section of his template: " he conceded
"To the most romantic document I’ve ever read," she joked.
Leo, however, pulled a crumpled, ten-page from his back pocket. He had spent weeks obsessing over every line item, from "Foundation Integrity" to "Proximity to Grocery Stores."