But tomorrow is a big day for us...actually it's a GINORMOUS day for us. We've bought a house and tomorrow we take possession! So we'll be busy the next few weeks. We're not moving till the 27th so that will give us time to pack and also clean our new house and paint and also plant grass.
Part of me is excited to be moving into my own house where I can hang pictures on the wall and where I'm paying money every month to pay off my mortgage, not someone elses but I'm also dead nervous because this is a huge responsibility. If the bathroom starts to leak this is now our problem, I no longer have a landlord to call on to fix things now. We are responsible for everything...that, is scary! But all in all, I’m excited to be a grown up and stop living like a student (Finally!)
So our house is in a very quite part of town to a very good elementary (forward thinking!). It’s on a bus route so I can still easily get into work even though it does add about 15 minutes to my journey time. There is a very nice park close by with trails and swimming holes great for doggy and little man. It’s also very convenient for our grocery shopping and everything we are currently close to. Although DQ is a little further away now.
But now the important bits, it has a family room and a living room, 3 bedrooms upstairs plus a large storage area, which Richard will use as his office, a dining room and a kitchen eating area, 2.5 bathrooms, a mud room (or two I guess) and two smaller bedrooms in the garage conversion. The Garage conversion could be updated to be a suite but we’d rather the room to have guests and we don’t particularly need to have the additional income at this time. The lot is level so no massive chunks of rock in the back yard and there is a huge deck for summer bbq’s. Lots of room for parking (take that Subaru man!)
It’s on the corner of a cul-de-sac but it faces in rather than on to the main road and even the main road is quite. It’s actually a 30 zone along that stretch of the road. Oh, and the pub is a block away AND they have a shuttle service! LOL!
There are some issues that we have to sort out but pretty much all can be done as we can afford them. The Septic system is brand new and NEVER been used before so that is something we shouldn’t have to worry about.
So tomorrow we take possession of our first house and our first task is to clean. I have honestly never been so excited to clean before! More pictures to follow but to whet your appetite, here is the listing picture of the outside of the house (there isn’t any more grass left due to the septic system being replaced)
