Buying a house is anything but easy. You will lose sleep, you will lose hope, you will lose patience and you will lose faith that it will never be yours. Buying a house is work, from finding the right one to signing the last paper, to moving out and moving on.
We started looking in November and after many set backs, we finally closed in February. We had to adjust our prices but we managed to keep our expectations.
We were looking for a two plus bedroom house with covered parking, fenced backyard, and wood working shop. We got it all, plus six thousand off the asking price and four thousand under the appraisal.
The house....our house was stuck in the sixties, complete with Elvis bed spreads, pink carpets and floor to ceiling wall paper. After a month of what seemed like non stop work we brought it into at least late 2008.
There is no short list of what we did in the house, and nothing was finished in a short amount of time. But here is a condensed list of the work we did:
-pulled three rooms of carpet
-stripped four complete walls of wall paper
-replaced all the porcelain flower knobs with 50 stainless steel knobs and handles
-replaced every two prong outlet in every room with three prong outlets
-filled every hole, sanded every putty spot, and filled and sanded four times
-primed every wall and then painted
-refurbished the wood floors in all three bedrooms
-replaced all the window treatments
-bought new appliances
-replaced every light switch
-replaced the shower head, and fixed the plumbing
-installed magnetic strips
-replaced the outdated fans with new lighting
I'm sure there are things we missed. I'm so happy there were people there to help us. Thank you to Josh's family and my own, along with friends for all the help and support.
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