[speaker001:] and have you lived in Garland long
[speaker002:] um yeah we're going about six years yeah
[speaker001:] about six years tell me your name again I'm sorry Carol okay um are you in a new area or old
[speaker002:] Carol um-hum um well it's about six years old we've lived here as long as the house has been built so I guess it is new in some way although we're learning it's falling apart
[speaker001:] yeah yeah oh really
[speaker002:] no that's exaggeration but we had some problems yesterday so
[speaker001:] oh no leakage or
[speaker002:] um some plumbing problems
[speaker001:] oh not
[speaker002:] so and it damaged the carpet and we're going to have to do something we're not sure call insurance or something so
[speaker001:] I'm not sure what to do well our house is about um twelve years old I guess we've been in it for about two years and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I guess there's advantages advantages and disadvantages to moving into a new or old house um one thing it had all of the window treatments you know so we didn't have to redo that and it had been updated but
[speaker002:] right  uh-huh
[speaker001:] their roof is old was old so uh last year we covered the wood shingles with uh that composition
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and that was cost a fortune and uh
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] now we're we're in the process of uh repainting the interior because we didn't paint when we first moved in and uh you know when you shop for houses you don't notice all the little things you think oh this is beautiful and everything and then you find out that it's
[speaker002:] yeah uh I wouldn't think about the painting
[speaker001:] you know that it's not as great well there's just a lot of uh I mean it has that well the family before us raised three kids and a dog and cats and and so there's just wear wear and tear on the house but you don't notice
[speaker002:] uh-huh yeah yeah
[speaker001:] until you live in it and have to clean it and you know you you find scratch marks on the wood or
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] you know places were the dog chewed or I don't know things like that
[speaker002:] yeah yeah because we're kind of thinking of uh trying to find a used home and uh the ones we've looked at have been really nice um but you know there's some things you don't really think about looking at in a pre owned home that that you do in a new home so
[speaker001:] I would say uh you know that uh who is it the inspector you know that you use just um they have a list of things they go over but
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] you know I think we had maybe a list on top of that that some friends had of ours had told us to go through and just things that they might not normally look for and and go around with them and even if you're kind of on their you know looking over their shoulder or whatever um
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum
[speaker001:] because there's lots of things that furniture hides and you know we have a place we have picture frame paneling in our living room and it is in beautiful condition it's uh it's a custom home but there's just areas that they skimped on and uh but the
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] the uh picture frame paneling for the most part is beautiful and and they had this big arrangement on the mantel and it and I think one thing about the house that made us fall in love with it was their decorating you know their furniture once you move in your furniture into the house it's kind of it doesn't have quite the same look but um
[speaker002:] oh really  yeah yeah
[speaker001:] because we're um you know we haven't been married we've been married for almost four years and
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] uh anyway but there's a piece of paneling behind that's above the mantel that has
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] um it's right above the fireplace and I think they there must have been some water running down the chimney behind there because there is some water damage and it's warped and with it being picture frame I don't know how to
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] how to replace that one piece without having to tear it all down because it's one of the inset pieces so there's a lot of things to you know to look for and um
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh yeah yeah yeah
[speaker001:] but I guess new homes are like that to they probably have things that are constantly
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] needing fixed or at least you probably have to I don't know did did you all did the builder provide the mini blinds and stuff like that or did you all yeah you had to go purchase all that
[speaker002:] oh no no huh-uh yeah yeah from scratch everything but we're trying to look for a bigger home right now and and
[speaker001:] what size what size home are you in now
[speaker002:] right now we're in um seventeen hundred square feet so it's were looking for something a lot bigger because we have two kids
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh but I like Garland I love Garland I really really want to stay in Garland if I can but uh you know there's there's other places too like Sachse and that and that area place area out there which is really nice I've been to some friend's house out there and there's just uh there there's some really nice homes out there
[speaker001:] I'm not really familiar with the homes in Garland I guess I know um I tried