I saw three condos today. The first one was a big hell no. Nothing terrible about it but nothing special, either. The building was a bit rundown with signs of neglect. The condo was small and the floorplan meh. Weirdly, they'd put marble tile in the teeny tiny kitchen which just made NO sense and seemed faintly ridiculous instead of a luxury upgrade. A new counter would have made more sense.

Second one was better but paint color choices -- oy! Orange and yellow main rooms. A rather icky sky blue for the bedroom. Wood laminate floors (meh) and not very many windows. Better use of space overall, though, and I really liked the kitchen a lot. The assigned off street parking area was roomy and looked very easy-access, and the building looked cared-for.

The third one had no parking but was an elegant and very quiet street with plenty of street parking (boo but still -- that's not unusual for the area). The building was GORGEOUS, a beautifully kept up vintage u-shaped property with lions over the doors, original windows, and personality oozing from its pores. It suffered from Tiny Bathroom with Window in Tub, though and though I really loved the kitchen in this one, too, and the location, the personality, etc., it was overpriced for the condition it's in (it's a foreclosure -- in good shape, not a complete disaster but still would need a bit of TLC, and you have to take those on as-is so you can't make the seller do anything).

Still, it was a fun time, and I think we established the baseline for what I'm looking for. My realtor is a great guy, and we had fun tromping around the area (all the condos today were within a few blocks of each other).

More looking at some point next week.