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| Lots of ugly, dead bushes in the front- yuck! |
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| Ta da! Ugly, dead bushes gone! |
I will end this post and leave you with a picture of my favorite part of our house... :)
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Is this real life?? That is the question my boyfriend and I constantly ask each other every time we go to our new house...OUR house! At 25 years old, this is a very exciting time for us, and it almost seems surreal. This house was the first and only house we looked at during our search and we fell in love with it! It is so unique and has so much character, it is perfect (at least we think so)! Before we can move in, there is some work that needs to be done, so I thought to myself, why not blog about the work we are doing to make this house our [first] home! We have not done much so far, at least not inside. My boyfriend did some yard work in the front of the house and it looks 100 times better:
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Next week, we are getting all new windows in the house, yayy!! Who knew at 25 years old I would be excited about getting new windows??! We also need: a new bath tub, new bath tub plumbing, new kitchen ceiling, and a new kitchen floor. Those are the major things. I am very excited, but I am quickly learning that we are at the mercy of our contractor, who is not the best communicator and who is very busy this summer. Our goal is to have the work done and to be moved in by mid- August- hopefully this isn't wishful thinking...
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Congratulations on your new house! Very exciting. Where is it located? I remember how excited we were when we first moved into our house, too. It's a great feeling to have a space that's your own. Love the cute stairway. This should be fun to blog about.
ReplyDeleteOur house is in Dedham- it is a perfect, central location for my work (newton) and my boyfriend's work (back bay). It really is a good topic to blog about- I may even continue with it after the course finishes!! :)
DeleteCool stairway; it looks like the whole thing should rotate...
ReplyDeleteAs a fellow 25 year old who won't be owning a house anytime soon, Congratulations! I agree with EC, the staircase looks awesome. Would love to see some of the inside pre-contractor so we can appreciate the progress with you as work gets done.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! As a 27 year old renter, way to go! How was the process? We are looking into buying a condo in the next couple of years. Any "need to know" suggestions for the beginning of the process? Or any resources?
ReplyDeleteThank you! This was a bit of a stressful process and it was a foreclosure! We used a realtor who was recommended to us, and he was wonderful. We told him what we were looking for, the towns we were looking in, and our price range and he set us up to get daily emails of any properties that match our criteria. but, I actually found this property on zillow.com before it was sent to us through the daily email. Zillow is a great resource to not only find properties, but to also see comparable prices of houses that recently sold or are for sale in the area you are looking in. If you are considering foreclosures, look into homepath.com or homestep.com- they are FannieMae and FreddieMac foreclosure sites and they have some good mortgage/renovation programs. It can be stressful process, but it is really exciting!!
DeleteFirst house you looked at! great- I looked for 3 weeks and felt lucky about that. What did you do to remove the shrubs- we have an eyesore that we would like to tackle. My condomates and I took on front yard landscaping this year- we tore up lots of grass to plant bushes and flowers, it was hard work! Next year raised veggie beds.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I did not have anything to do with removing the shrubs. I think he just cut them down and then dug around them to dig them up. Does that sound right???
DeleteCongratulations on your new house! It's great that you have the attitude that fixing it up yourselves will make the place your HOME -- I agree totally. After 17 years of renovations on my own house, we have finished the basemant fully and changed at least one thing about ALMOST every single room (it's a small seven room, 2 1/2 bath Colonial), we are finally tackling the last piece -- the closet-sized master bath, whcih is now leaking small anounts of water into the kitchen ceiling on a saily basis. I keep stalling on picking the tile, however -- perhaps because I'm a bit sad about finally "finishing" with the house? Anyway, every time I look into each room, I do feel the "ghost" of the old room hovering there beneath the remodelings, and it gives me a satisfying sense of ownership and accomplishment. Good luck!
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