I know the feeling. When we bought a house six years ago we put an offer in on a house that needed A LOT of work. It was rejected completely without even a counter-offer. We really, really liked the property but the house needed tens of thousands of dollars of work just to be habitable.
In the end, we got a really good house in a much better neighborhood (kids the same age as our kids). The lesson for us: In the end, you'll get the house you want.
16 posted on 01/17/2006 5:21:06 PM PST by SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)