About me
Join me in my house-peeping adventures!
Hi, my name is Sarah and, yes, I am addicted to houses. I’m talking CRAZY addicted, like prowling around at night (under the guise of walking my dog) just so I can get a peek into the lighted windows of houses. I have been accused of house stalking before (I’ve had co-workers tell me they noticed my car slowly rolling through their neighborhood, wondering if I was casing out the ‘hood.) I have even tip-toed inside vacant houses that were for sale – but only when the doors were left unlocked! (I’ve never broken down a door to get in a house, though a couple of times it was very tempting.)
No, I’m not a robber, or a peeping tom. I just REALLY love houses! Okay, I do tend to be a little obsessive-compulsive, neurotic, even frazzled. I am a recovering social worker, after all. To satisfy my compulsive house love, I engage in chronic house-peeping. I house peep all around my town and the state of Colorado where I have lived for the past ten years. I also house-peep on-line, via magazines, and through endless real estate listings.
Speaking of real estate, I am so crazy about houses that I have already bought (loved) and sold four of them by the age of 35! My current “fix” is an 1870′s Gothic Revival brick home that I purchased in 2010 and have slowly been working on. No doubt to sell sometime soon so that I can move on to my next house obsession!
I live in a small town in Colorado with my two young kids (husband works out-of-town so I am free to be house crazy without his reality check – most of the time). I am also the published author of two fiction novels, and though they are not specifically about houses, they do prominently feature houses.
I have been known to go on cross-country house-hunting trips, and even north-of-the-border house-hunting trips (as I am originally from Canada). Feel free to join me on my descent into pure and utter house madness as I frantically document my every fix on my blog: House Crazy!
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disclaimer: this blog utilizes a tongue-in-cheek format, so it is not meant to be taken too seriously
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Hi Sarah,
A great blog for house crazy folk.
Rory
Hilarious! I’m glad not to be alone! I’ve always felt like the weird kid in the back of art class, but now I know there are others like me out there!
Thank you for a great blog!
I too am really a house-lover, particularly historic ones. Keep up the great work, Sarah!
Thanks Don!
Hi Sarah – I love your blog! Great to meet another fellow house-addict
I look forward to reading your books as well. Thank you!
It’s great that you are trying to fix up and preserve historic homes! They are irreplaceable.
Love your blog! i too have this obsession
well, with allot of old things – but especially houses!
Thanks! another one of “my old house peeps”!!
I know exactly what you mean when you say you are crazy addicted to houses. I love houses so much that I made sure growing up I knew everything about them and now I work as a home remodeler and my fiancee is a real estate agent. So ya, I would say I know all about your addiction to homes!
You are LIVING the dream!!
Hi Sarah! OCD about houses? I thought I was the only one! Nice blog
Your content is excellent – Awesome blog!
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Great blog!
Hi,
just stumbled across your blog while off on a tangent about “Sears” homes. great stuff, fun writing!
Scott
Thanks Scott!
Hi, what a terrific site! enjoyed so much, so happy to have found you…..keep up your good work, we here are like you, we love to ‘browse’. thank you, HA (my initials)
Recovering social worker, lol.
I happened upon your blog today and must say I love it! I’m old home obsessed and also spend countless hours scoping homes and real estate listings. My dream is to restore a Victorian to it’s former glory! One day
I would love to see a blog on some of the historic homes in downton Toronto. Love the Canadian content on your site….eh!
Love your site, so much fun to browse. Keep it up!
Hi! I’ve been reading your website for a long time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Lubbock Tx! Just wanted to tell you keep up the great job!
Sarah, thank you so much for taking time to do this blog. I have multiple sclerosis and travel has become very difficult for me. House peeping was always one of my most favorite things to do. My husband and I used to take bicycle trips and I would often frustrate him with my insistence on going down “just on more street” to see what I could see. I live in Wyoming and we did several trips in the Colorado Rockies and discovered funky little towns with wonderful house treasures. Your mountain postings bring back nice memories. So now I am traveling and peeping vicariously through you, Many thanks again for your work and don’t stop!
oh you are very welcome Deborah! That means a lot to me.
Hi Sarah, I’ve been following your blog and just now read this portion of it. Very funny! and I LOVE the pics of you. They are fantastic!!
Keep up the good work, looking forward to reading more.
thanks Marie!
So glad I found you today! Kindred spirits….
Hi Sarah,
I just re-discovered your site again today after much looking around tn the past few weeks to figure out where I had found you before! I am interested to see that we (and a few others who follow you here) are indeed kindred sprits when it comes to houses! In fact, I had just said to my boyfriend the other night as we drove through our neighborhood that I loved it when people had their lights on in the evenings because I liked to look in their windows as we drove by. He looked at me a little oddly of course, but it’s true. I’m not really a peeping Thomasina, but I do love to see what they’ve done to their homes and the kind of decor they like. So….keep up the good work here. I will keep checking back! Thanks, Chris
Thanks Chris – It’s good to meet another fellow “house-peeper”!
like your site very cool
Saved as a favorite – I love your blog!