I'm kind of hunting for a new home right now too, except I'm looking for a new city in a new country rather than a new house. 13 job interviews in the past week--a lot of them terrible jobs though. I've been thinking about my past and current homes a lot recently, and thinking about how much easier it would be to stay in a comfortable familiar place. Your current home actually reminds me of my grandma's house a bit, so I feel a little nostalgic looking at that photo. :)
Good luck with the job interviews. If you could live in any of the places that are on your list of options, which would it be? We actually decided tonight that we should rent for a while and take our time to figure things out instead of quickly buying. I really love both of the homes pictured though. Ranch style homes are often associated with grandparents :) Not sure why. I find them to be my favorite types of homes because they sprawl over a lot. I'm not much of a fan of two story condensed living.
I'm looking mainly in Seoul or several smaller cities near Seoul, but it's looking increasingly like anywhere that will offer me a half decent job. I think it's both the ranch style and the giant trees around it that make me think of my grandma's house. The house I grew up in was a newer one so the trees where I lived were all quite small, but all of my grandparents had older houses with huge trees in their yard. I always loved the trees at their houses because they looked so much more impressive.