Update

[carthain]

I know I suck at doing any of these updates, but now I figure I've got something that might be of interest to others:

Comments

[smallstar]

Wow, that's pretty exciting! Congratulations. :)

[carthain]

Thanks. And it all happened pretty quickly. I think I first sat down with the real estate agent about a month ago.

[smallstar]

Wow! Speedy. :) How many houses did you look at?

[carthain]

Hrm.... let's see.

1st Outing: Bungalow/doll-house
2nd Outing: 2 townhouses & 1 semi-detached
3rd Outing: 2 zero-lot lines & one townhouse

It was one of the zero-lot lines that we liked ... and two of the ones we went to see were just for demonstration of what kinds of houses & space they have, as they were already conditionally sold.

As it was, we saw the house that we ended up buying on a Monday (I think), and we wanted to take a 2nd look at it (without the inhabitants in the house), so we scheduled a 2nd look for Sunday. Then on Thursday we got word that someone else was putting in a bid, so Friday we went out during lunch and looked at it again and decided to put a bid of our own in as well.

My offer was originally $100 over the asking price (as we were competing, and we liked it), and then for $10,000 less after the home inspection. The guy probably didn't like that, but oh well ^_^

[johnath]

How close to my old place? I know that area pretty well. And congrats! If you need to borrow tools, or want a hand ripping things apart, lemme know.

[carthain]

Map (with approximation of your old place on it).

And yeah, there'll be some fun with some rewiring on the breakers, patching up some drywall, taking out a room in the basement.

At the moment, the plan is to just borrow tools from my dad, as I'll still be living there for the first bit while we do some renovations on the house. But thanks for the offer -- I'll let you know if I want to take you up on it ^_^

[peemonkey]

Woah, congrats! That's pretty darned awesome!

[carthain]

Thanks. It's rather exciting to think about it ^_^

[theheathen]

first reaction: "... buh?"

second reaction: well, holy shit

third reaction: seriously?

fourth reaction: congrats, that's awesome :D

[carthain]

Thank-ya. ^_^

[lethie]

Awesome! Welcome to home-moanership! :)