What is it with GOLF??!!

We met Chris again today at Eagle Glen to look at another house. This one backs up to the first hole of the course just like the one we looked at the other day. It's a few doors closer to the tee. This is one of the first ones we've looked at that had a configuration we might be able to live with, and the price seems right, though it's not perfect. But first....what is the obsession people have with golf? I think this is the third house we've looked at with some goofy golf mural on one of the walls.

And there's just golf stuff everywhere: statues, pictures, paintings, posters. I get that this subdivision is built with a golf course, but wow. Over the weekend we visited some relatives in Louisville (also to see their house) and the entire basement was all about golf. Golf people sure do love golf. I have my obsessions too, but you don't see me painting murals of guitars and synthesizers on my walls. I don't even have a picture of Kobe or Roger Staubach displayed anywhere in my house. Whew.

Other than the entire decor having to go this house is a serious contender. But there are quite a few compromises. For starters I figure we'd have to spend an additional $30k to $50k to get all of the remodeling done we'd want to do. And though that along with the purchase price is likely considerably less than building there would still several compromises we'd have to live with. There just isn't quite enough room. The bathroom would never be able to have the type of shower I'd really like. The master closet is too small, with no easy way to make it big enough....a problem we've seen in almost every house we've visited. The laundry room is in the basement, rather than on the floor with the bedrooms. No screened porch, although it looks like there is a place to add one. Kitchen would have to be completely redone from the ground up, and even then is still smaller than ideal. Most of the space we'd really use isn't much bigger than what we have now. But given all that we do like the general layout and if it turns out to be a big enough savings we might consider it.

Still need to find out what it will really cost to build before we can compare.