I'm gonna be a home owner!!!!!

[erised]

Me and my sister gave an offer for a home.... and it was accepted this morning!!!!

We still need to do our own private inspection of the home, etc. but if all goes well.... I'll be a home owner soon!!!

The house is a multifamily home. It has two units--an upper and lower and both units are exactly the same in terms of layout. We'll each have three bedrooms, each a florida room, a shared attic (which is a really cool room of the house and we'd like to make it a fun *game* room/hangout eventually) a big basement which is divided into two separate units, and a shared three-car garage. Plus we have a small yard, and the location of the home is excellent... it's actually on the same street I live on right now, but about 5 or 6 blocks down, and it's within walking distance of my city's "downtown" district, so lots of cool restaurants, shops etc. are within a short walk.

It's just gonna be so great... we're both in one BR flats/apts right now, so we're super excited about all the space, etc. Of course, we're gonna have to make a lot of sacrifices moneywise, but we know it'll be worth it in the end.

 

[flaming june]

That's so cool!!! I'm very happy for you guys!

 

[verte76]

Cool!!

 

[kellyahern]

Congratulations!

 

[dsmith2904]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll have to send you a plant when you move in.

 

[souLnation2002]

Yay!

 

[Liesje]

ooOOOoo exciting!

I can't wait to be a home owner myself!

 

[bonosloveslave]

Awesome!! Congrats!

 

[tiny dancer]

Congrats. It's so nice to have some place to live that you can actually says it's yours.

 

[erised]

Thanks everyone!

We're having the home inspected this Thursday afternoon, so as long as he doesn't find anything majorly wrong, we're moving forward and expect to close by the first week in March!

I'm so excited, but there's so much to do...

So if you don't see me around here much within the next month, you'll know why.

 

[FallingStar]

 

[oliveu2cm]

Aw that's so exciting!! I can't wait to own my own home and stop flushing money into the apartment-pithole!!

Have fun with everything!!

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

how cool!


I could never live with my sister

 

[erised]

I could never live with my sister

Well see, that's the great thing about this place... she'll be on the premises but I won't actually be living with her.

I could never live in the same unit with my sister either

 

[dsmith2904]

Well see, that's the great thing about this place... she'll be on the premises but I won't actually be living with her.

I could never live in the same unit with my sister either

Hey, so does this mean you can get DSL?

 

[ILuvLarryMullen]

I don't think i could live in the same neighborhood as my sister .

But then again, my sister is the spawn of satan

 

[erised]

Hey, so does this mean you can get DSL?

No, we're paying a lot for this place, and have to cut back on our expenses in a major way.

 

[erised]

But then again, my sister is the spawn of satan

 

[U2aremyfriends]

Congrats!!! That's very cool!

 

[erised]

Yay! It's official!

I signed the papers today... I now OWN a home!!!

I'm so unbelievably happy! Can't wait to move in!

 

[bonosloveslave]

So cool!

How soon til moving day?

 

[Kristie]

okay, call me unlearned on modern home vocabulary, but what the heck is a "florida" room?

Your own personal portal to florida?

I'd like one of those.

 

[erised]

Your own personal portal to florida?

I wish....

They also call it a three-seasons room... it's an attachment on the back of the house with lots of windows, but no heat (hence the three-seasons term, it's freezing out in that room right now) ... kinda like a screened in back porch...why they just don't call it that, I dunno

The big move is next weekend!

 

[Sue DeNym]

They also call it a three-seasons room... it's an attachment on the back of the house with lots of windows, but no heat (hence the three-seasons term, it's freezing out in that room right now) ... kinda like a screened in back porch...why they just don't call it that, I dunno

We made one of those, though it's called an Arizona room here. Our kitties love it.

If you don't mind a little advice:

If possible, get any cleaning / painting / reflooring /maintenance done before you move anything in. It'll be a lot easier. We had to repaint and refloor almost the entire house, and it was so much easier without any furniture or boxes to deal with.

Oh, and make sure your hot water heater is working, because the first thing you'll want after moving in is a hot bath.