Oh shit, we bought a house! What now?
I called my husband and told him, “Oh shit, we bought a house.” He said, “Okay, we need to sit down tonight and make a list…” A list of what? He owned a house well before I met him so he’s gone through this before; but we’ve been together seven years now, which means that house was long long ago and what to prepare for was a distant memory.
What I need is a checklist — and I don’t mean things like get an inspection and such because that’s been done. We’ve got a house that we need to prepare to move in to, so what do we need to do? I mean, I get the change of address to the USPS and the utilities, pack, get a rental truck for the small stuff and price movers for the furniture but what else is there?
Playing house is not my next adventure
…We looked at smaller houses, all of which had something seriously wrong with them. Then, our realtor said, “Ashley, you’re going to have to be the one to pick this house. You’re the woman, and women are the ones that play house.” Direct quote. I snapped, and we decided not only to fire our realtor, but to quit looking all together.
House-buying: Inform your gut instinct
Last year my partner and I closed on our very first home. But wait… we only looked at one house during our search. Are we crazy?
I had no clue when I bought a house at 22: learn from my mistakes
My dad worked out a deal so I could buy his rental property at a ridiculously low rate — I thought I was golden.
No such luck. Read along and learn from my mistakes. (What do you MEAN, I have to pay property tax?!)
I’m heart broken over a house that’s not mine
The time between making an offer on a house and getting the final word is gut-wrenching. If you get too excited, you might be disappointed… but Ashley doesn’t regret falling in love with a house.