Jeremy Turous and Harper Luke loved their 12 months collectively in Japan. They traveled throughout the nation, studied the language and took enjoyable journeys across the area, together with one to Thailand, the place they bought engaged.
The couple went overseas for a short lived project for Mr. Turous’s job as a design engineer within the auto business. When the time got here to return to the US, they knew it will be to Columbus, Ohio, town the place they’d met and had a robust community of pals. Ms. Luke had household within the space, and the U.S. workplace of Mr. Turous’s firm was close by.
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There was one main complication: In the event that they wished to have a home prepared for them after they returned, it will imply looking from 6,500 miles away.
“We have been each nervous about shopping for a home that we hadn’t seen in individual,” mentioned Ms. Luke, 32, who works in advertising and marketing.
To make it occur, they must depend on on-line photographs and their agent’s recommendation, together with cross-time-zone consultations about when to make a suggestion.
Early on, Ms. Luke’s members of the family tagged alongside for among the showings, however that proved logistically difficult. “I believe in a short time, we realized this isn’t possible,” Mr. Turous mentioned. “Between the open home and the time when the supply is due, there’s not sufficient time for this.”
Their agent, Andy Malone of SCOUT Columbus, had earned Ms. Luke’s belief just a few years earlier when she labored with him to purchase her first house.
“With how rapidly the market strikes out right here, it was troublesome simply to say, ‘OK, let’s recover from there, get some movies,’” Mr. Malone mentioned. “So there have been numerous late-night telephone requires them.”
The couple wished an older house with character close to Columbus’s community of motorcycle trails. The perfect wager was Clintonville, a neighborhood north of downtown with well-kept homes, a vigorous vibe and domestically owned eating places.
With a funds of round $400,000, which they might stretch to $450,000, they wished a move-in-ready place with three bedrooms, two bogs and a storage. A giant yard could be a bonus, and about 1,500 sq. ft appeared perfect. They have been particularly fascinated by houses constructed within the Craftsman or Arts and Crafts types that retained some unique particulars.
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