Introduction: House dreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
1. Our first time: Becoming owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Park Drive #5B, Boston, MA
2. Quick utilitarian stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 19
Washington Street, Winchester, MA
3. Embracing character and community. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Godfrey Street, Mystic, CT
4. Ohio starter relationship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . 31
W. University Street, Wooster, OH
5. Old-house obsession. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
N. Bever Street, Wooster, OH
6. Long-distance love at the beach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Terrace Avenue, Misquamicut, RI
7. Domesticity without demands. . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . 51
Dorchester Road, Wooster, OH
8. A brief dance with fancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 57
Forest Hill Drive, Greensboro, NC
9. Cozy is always better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
S. Elam Avenue, Greensboro, NC
10. Familiar but shinier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Gurley Street, Durham, NC
11. The pannier effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
N. Gregson Street, Durham, NC
12. Riverfront puppy love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Best Lane, Minnesott Beach, NC
13. A pandemic partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Beach Street, Westerly, RI
14. Greensboro rebound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
McAdoo Street, Greensboro, NC
15. Last stop. I mean it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Kirby Street, Barrington, RI
16. Settling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
