House hunting: Part 4 of apparently a lot less than a million
TBO and I are well on our way toward owning a house. Our offer was accepted, countered, and accepted again, the escrow deposit check has been cut and delivered, the papers will be signed and the house inspected on Friday, and the closing date has been set for May 9. Whew!
Now all we have to do is:
1) Write another huge check
2) Clean it up--there are dead leaves on the floor, even!
3) Turn on the electricity
4) Turn on the gas
5) Turn on the water
6) Move all our stuff in
7) Buy a stove; have it installed
8) Buy a fridge; have it installed
9) Buy a microwave; have it installed
10) Buy new kitchen sink; have it installed
11) Buy a shower head for one of the bathrooms; install it
12) Transfer our phone/cable/TiVo/internet services; set up wifi network
13) Tear down the outdoor washer/dryer enclosure
14) Build a new washer/dryer enclosure
15) Buy a washer; have it installed
16) Buy a dryer; have it installed
17) Tear down the horrible built-in entertainment "center" woodwork
18) Buy new carpeting for the 3 bedrooms; have it installed
19) Redo all the cabinetry in the kitchen
20) Tear out the horrible dropped ceiling acoustic tiling in the entertainment room
21) Tear out the horrible fake wood paneling in the entertainment room
22) Install new ceiling and walls in the entertainment room (probably)
23) Install new window treatments in whole house because they are godawful
24) Install new closet doors in whole house because half of them don't work
25) Install ladder to attic storage space (probably)
26) Buy lawnmower
27) Buy weedwhacker
28) Buy treetrimmer
29) Enjoy first home
Now all we have to do is:
1) Write another huge check
2) Clean it up--there are dead leaves on the floor, even!
3) Turn on the electricity
4) Turn on the gas
5) Turn on the water
6) Move all our stuff in
7) Buy a stove; have it installed
8) Buy a fridge; have it installed
9) Buy a microwave; have it installed
10) Buy new kitchen sink; have it installed
11) Buy a shower head for one of the bathrooms; install it
12) Transfer our phone/cable/TiVo/internet services; set up wifi network
13) Tear down the outdoor washer/dryer enclosure
14) Build a new washer/dryer enclosure
15) Buy a washer; have it installed
16) Buy a dryer; have it installed
17) Tear down the horrible built-in entertainment "center" woodwork
18) Buy new carpeting for the 3 bedrooms; have it installed
19) Redo all the cabinetry in the kitchen
20) Tear out the horrible dropped ceiling acoustic tiling in the entertainment room
21) Tear out the horrible fake wood paneling in the entertainment room
22) Install new ceiling and walls in the entertainment room (probably)
23) Install new window treatments in whole house because they are godawful
24) Install new closet doors in whole house because half of them don't work
25) Install ladder to attic storage space (probably)
26) Buy lawnmower
27) Buy weedwhacker
28) Buy treetrimmer
29) Enjoy first home
posted by bryduck at 10:35 AM
1 Comments:
make sure the inspector goes over the walls with a fine tooth comb. before you tear out the paneling make sure there is no rot and/or mold behind it. make sure you check for dry rot, as well. having torn out walls before, i can tell you there are always surprises lurking.
you also might consider putting in the appliances before you move in the other stuff.
i think you'll probably get to 29 before you get to many of the other numbers
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