House hunting

Really it's not all it's cracked up to be. We have been half-heartedly house hunting with the thought that in the near future we would like to purchase a home in our current area. We love the kids school and don't want to have to move them to a new one. We have seen a lot of nice houses but all of them have been 3 bedrooms. We really need at least a 4 bedroom because Dylan will no longer be able to share a room with Alissa soon and 3 girls in one room is just something I don't want to have to endure. Most of the houses in our area have 2 car garages so we entertained the idea of enclosing one side for a bedroom. But really when would we ever actually get that done. Last night we drove by a 2 story house that looked very nice on the outside. Jeremy called the realtor, yes it was 8pm because Jeremy had surprised us with an overnight visit. He agreed to meet us at the house since Jeremy had to leave again this morning. This house has 5 bedrooms and is only $100,000. A huge steal in this area. The upstairs is not so bad. It looks very newly remodeled. I absolutely LOVE the kitchen. Their is a deck of the kitchen with stairs, because it's the second story, that lead into the backyard which is huge and the kids loved. The living room was a bit small but workable. It has 3 bathrooms. The kicker there is that only one of them has a bathtub. The other 2 bathrooms only have a toilet and a sink. No way would that work for a family of 6. We would have to add a bathtub upstairs and a shower downstairs. The downstairs is partially underground so it's pretty much a finished basement. It has 2 bedrooms that I would want to re-carpet, a large laundry room that we would probably have to downsize to enlarge the bathroom and a huge den area. It would make a great media area. The problem there? It has old formica tiles that I would want covered with carpet or hardwood flooring. All in all it doesn't sound like a lot of work but with Jeremy being gone so much I don't know that I'm up to dealing with it. That is if we could afford to have the work done rather then do it ourselves. The then their the issue of getting financed and coming up with a down payment. We had decided we would get through Christmas and then start saving for a down payment on a house with the intention of buying this summer. The thing is it's hard to pass up a 5 bedroom house in this area! It's the first house we have seen with more then 3. Sometimes I hate being the adult! :)