first we needed a reason to move, which happened to be my job. So that sets a radius. The wife wants something quieter than a city, being a country-girl: that excludes the city itself. Our child needs a good school, we need enough local conveniences and transit, we need enough room, a garden, etc. All that limited us to about 3 houses over the course of about 2 weeks.
We went to them all, walked around, got a feel for the house itself and the neighbourhood. Sure, we asked sighted family for their input, but all of our initial criteria were set without that. then it was a case of pros and cons of each, and here we are.

This was a fixer upper. We weren't going to make many changes to the layout other than just making it not moldy anymore, so really I just spent a lot of time here with the cane and some latex gloves on because there were parts of it you really didn't want to touch. The main reason we liked it was that it's literally fifty feet from a convenience store which is sort of handy!

The estate agents (realtors, americans) were great and always happy to take a bit of extra time and were really nice about it. The only problem I had was when it was half fixed up and full of holes in the downstairs floors which was mildly lethal. Still I managed to add rubbing down freshly plastered walls to my list of capabilities and went home covered in dust on several occasions.

I chose my house based on location and safety. I needed a safe small town where everything was within walking distance. There were two houses in the area that qualified.

Well I don't live in a house. I live in a complex. I chose it based on price and SQFT. Not only that but distance to doctor's offices, grocery stores, ETC.

My only standard was it being close to a tube station. Then stuff like how big the kitchen and the living room was, how clean the building felt and how close I was to important shops and to school and work. I’m not very picky honestly.

I think a good Realtor would go a long way, especially if it's someone you know and trust. I'm guessing, like me, you'll have enough of a needs list that the options will be narrow anyhow. So, once you have a Realtor, I would also bring someone sighted with me who maybe knows what to look for as far as red flags.