I haven’t been on the site very much lately for a few reasons.
First, my work is now cracking down hard on internet traffic.
Second, I have been busy working on unpacking.
My wife and I closed on our first home last Friday. So far home ownership is great. I have so many projects planned that I don’t even know where to start.
Before you ask, I will not tell you how much I paid. But it has everything we were looking for in a home. Decent yard, 2 car garage, about 2,000 sq ft., 3 bedroom, extremely well cared for, and a great school district (Williamsville). It was great to find something in move in condition with all the crap we looked at over the past several months.
Yet more evidence that NYspeed is really growing up.
HAHAHHA, yeah that is what I said also. Welcome to home ownership.
Its not hard to find the price people pay for their houses,its free information. Just gotta go to www.zillow.com, im on there all the time looking at peoples houses.
Tip #1 in home ownership. Do 1 project at a time, and do NOT start another until the first one is finished! Otherwise, you will find yourself with tons of “little” things left over, that most likely never get done…because lets face it, doing all that shit you want to do to make it your own is real fun for the first 1-2 years…but it gets old REAL fast.
I have owned my house for 6 years (actually 6 years today )
Did a big project, then a small one, then another big one. But basically one big project every year. And all that is left now is a little “polishing up” and to do my garage interior.
Enjoy it as much as you could. But you’ll have the bug to eat something quick when you get home, then bust your ass for 6 hours working on the house. Once you get into the big projects, it will wear into you. But the coolest thing of all is when you finish and you can stand back and enjoy your work (and others enjoy it too).
And a tip - Shop around for everything. We found a ton of great deals on stuff online and even just over the border in Canada.
well done!
