My dad and stepmom came to visit us and see our shiny new house for the first time. Not only was he installing a security system but offered to do a few things around the house. In a couple of hours during the day on Saturday, he fixed virtually every little problem we had. This [...]
I wish I could say I’ve been doing awesome and interesting things.
Instead, I have been up to my ears in house stuff, whether it’s our new house or our rental. For instance: I spent all day yesterday cleaning the house. I mean, all day. I stopped for lunch and dinner and finally kicked my feet [...]
Fifteen minutes before our appointment to close on the house, we pull into a tiny parking lot with cracked and buckling asphalt. As we get out of the car, the sun hot and bright in our eyes, we assess the decrepit building in front of us and, as we head towards the front door, debate [...]
Two months ago, we somewhat randomly decided to buy a house. Today, we have an appointment for our closing that will result in us signing up for the largest debt of our lives and, if all goes well, shiny keys to our new home.
It’s been quite an experience and, even up until the last minute, [...]
Last week, we had the house-to-be inspected and it went surprisingly well. The ceiling fan fixtures had all been removed, of course, which is just as well because we had planned on buying fans anyway. (And let me tell you, our living room fan is going to have lights and a remote and exude awesomeness, [...]
Forgive me, Blogosphere, for I have sinned. It has been seven days since my last update.
I just wasn’t sure how much longer I could kvetch about the whole “buying a house” thing because dude, it totally sucks.
We have a second offer in the works; our first offer on this totally awesome, totally perfect townhouse was [...]
06.08Opinions Are Like…
… well, you know. Everyone has one.
In the short week that I’ve been elbows-deep in all things real estate, I can say that, above everything else, it is frustrating.
Now, I will concede that we are, perhaps, a little bit more of a difficult customer. We have a relatively low price range, we prefer to stick [...]
It’s (kind of) official: we’re going to be homeowners in a very short time! (Hopefully by August 31st since that’s when our current lease is up…)
I’m incredibly excited, nervous, anxious and overwhelmed. The next few months are going to be insane. I already feel an ulcer boiling away in the depths of my stomach and [...]
At what point do you trade in your video games and action figures for a single family 2-car garage house? What does it mean when you’d rather spend money on things around the house than the latest MAC Cosmetics collection? Or you find yourself spending your day drooling over appliances and placemats instead of Louis [...]
Okay, so it looks bad that I disappear all week after making a post about World of Warcraft although I totally swear I didn’t fall into the pit of unwashed, unsocialized, donut-eating WOW players. I’ve been hella busy at work because, you know, two weeks of holidays kind of creates a backlog of work and [...]