New House Time for Mike and I

heh you silly

We'll be hitting you up for lawncare advice in the near future.

WHO HOO!!! I'm coming over with my Tube in the winter to slide down your hill in the yard!!!

That's really cool!!! Holly and I were looking to move, but house prices are ridiculous

Originally posted by wontgrowup:
WHO HOO!!! I'm coming over with my Tube in the winter to slide down your hill in the yard!!!

That's really cool!!! Holly and I were looking to move, but house prices are ridiculous

sounds like fun

yeah I heard on the radio the average cost of a home now is something around 250K is what I think I heard

The prices definitely suck.
We had a pricerange in mind, but it was very difficult to find something that suited our needs in that range, that wouldn't require a bunch of work/money anyway.
So we had to face facts and go with the higher priced houses.

And we just heard that the Feds are raising interest rates.

Congratulations, guys! That's one hell of a house! Nice patch of land, too!

Hopefully we'll be doing the same in the not too distant future!!!

We're doing the same thing with the price range. At the far end, we can't do anything fun with the lack of leftover funds, and at the low end, you can't find crap, esp. around here.

At least you guys are up in NH... that size house around here is closer to $400k!!!

Looks very nice. Congrats guys!!!!!

Congrats! Nice house!

Looks great. It is good the kitchen looks redone. Paint is easy and bathrooms aren't to bad to do. Heated garage is sort of a pain in the winter. But that is because I have a car that uses it everyday. You will probably have both of your nice cars using up the bays so it may not be a problem. You may need to keep the heat on because of exposed pipes in the garage also. Good luck with the home inspection and if things like roof or windows look old don't be afraid to get some money back by saying you will want to replace them. I should have pushed for a few more things on my house.

And close to Rt.93 / 101 and the Millyard.
And meets would only be about 5 miles for me.
Great house and location.
Good luck.

Pappy

Congratulations Kim and Mike!

Nice! You're going to have to expand the guest house though if you want me to visit. Looks bigger than Buckshots though.

Originally posted by BeachBum:
And meets would only be about 5 miles for me.

funny you mention that. One of the things Mike said when we were looking was "we could do a pretty decent sized CEG meet here"

Spring BBQ meet?

no poohing in the guesthouse Tod!

Thanks for all the comments guys!

very nice! looks like a great spot/area.

congrats on the find, enjoy it

-Snipey

lol a friend of mine just made this:

I guess you CAN poop in the shed now.

LMAO!

nice house! the patio/deck area looks awesome. congrats

When you get the house, I think you should paint those on the shed just for kicks.

looks as good in pictures as it does in person!
congrats!

schweet house guys, and it's in a nice 'hood too(well hopefully as long as you guys have some decent/cool neighbors{some north enders are pretty snotty

}). good luck w/ everything invloved hope it all goes smoothly.

Congrats on the purchase! Looks like a nice place for sure. Looks like Elky and I still have you beat for parking space though

!

Todd, my guest (out)house is much better than theirs, it has 2 levels.

Rick

Congrats. Mike told me about while I was waiting for a tow the other night. Damn alternator.

If you need yard advice - I'm free. I know WHAT to do, it's just a matter of finding the time to actually do it.

Congradulations. Nice house.

That's awesome ! Congratulations! I'm happy for you.

We have only lived in NE for about 3.5 years, and have looked for a home several times. It is so hard here, the prices are CRAZY ! ! ! My wife was just down visiting in the Atlanta area (where we moved from) and looked a little... so much better price wise. For what you just paid, you would be surprised what you could get down there. I think we may actually leave NE in the next few years and try to get back down there. We moved here for family, for our kids to have some grandparents around and for us to have some help, but they really aren't that much help...

Sorry, I digress.
Congratulations ! The house looks nice !

nothing significant to report from the Friday home inspection.
tiny tiny maintenance items here and there for us to clear up, but nothing to delay closing in any way.
The inspector was excellent. I highly recommend him.
Very helpful, patient and knowledgable.

We're now shooting for August 30th closing.

can't believe this is happening. It's really exciting though, despite some of the stressful crapola.

I believe the bank is scheduling the appraisal for sometime this week.
The seller is moving out this weekend instead of next weekend, so we'll be able to do our walkthrough next Monday hopefully.

Wow, things are moving quick! I'm glad the inspection went well. That can be very nerve racking, just waiting for something bad to pop up.

Congrats! good luck with the new crib!

Good luck with the house guys!!! Ain't the whole process "fun" LOL???

Originally posted by wontgrowup:
Good luck with the house guys!!! Ain't the whole process "fun" LOL???

hell no
we better get this one because I DO NOT want to start all over again.

Congrats!!!

Looks cozy. I can't wait to get a house......I already told Kim the garage is all MINE!!!!

Certain things need to happen before then....like something for her ring finger.

Mike and Kim.

Congratulations!
And welcome to Home Ownership where you don't own the house....The HOUSE OWNZ YOU!
haha. It's all good though.
It's been the best year for Lisa and I in our home.
Just don't let the stress get to you two and make that house A HOME! Congrats again!!

Losing a job that was pretty much supporting the house in the first year we were here sucked!!! I'm glad I wasn't out too long and my wife actually picked up a job at the same place, so we save on gas.....Best of luck in the new home guys!!!

Woah! Hugo, your still around? Hows things!

I still poke around here every once in a while.

Things are great. Work is super busy at CVS and at the bar. The house is coming along and I have two new kittens - Ali and Skyy...They're friggin great.

I've been so damn busy lately I haven't kept in touch with a few people around here...which I need to start doing again.

Hey - you and Sue should look me and Lisa up next time you're in town visiting relatives. We'll have a few drinks and catch up.

I hope all is well on your end too!
Later.

hey! nice d-ck! {insert vowel of your choosing}

seriously, many congrats to you both!

hey thanks!
nice of you to drop by too!

We've been sanding, prepping, painting, maintaining, mowing, etc etc like mad people.
We put the first coat on our livingroom and hallway last night - that room was the biggest project on our list.

We're leaving for Tampa tonight and coming home Tuesday night, so we'll be using up the rest of next week to finish all our projects and MOVE IN!
And the flight will give me time to finally yank more of the pics off the camera and prep them for upload.

The other big project is the upstairs bathroom. That has been stripped and prepped, but still needs a little sanding and primer, so hopefully my dad can tackle that while we're gone (he offered, and plus he's a god at paint/putty/wallpaper/etc)

aww man!
jess and i were going to make a surprise stop by your house tonight.
good thing you posted this.

going to tampa...biaiaiaiaiatches.
hehehe

haha the surprise woulda been on YOU
and then my dad woulda put you to work. heheheh

Originally posted by ElKy:
aww man!
jess and i were going to make a surprise stop by your house tonight.
good thing you posted this.

going to tampa...biaiaiaiaiatches.
hehehe

yeah I was just thinking if you guys needed help this weekend I could head up there

side note I get to go to West Palm beach sometime soon

welp
we're all moved in. Big thanks to Elky for the help, especially with the engine. Too bad I was too busy upstairs, I would have liked to snap pics of that whole process.

Piles and piles of boxes now await us in basement and "den" (4 seasons room off the kitchen).
At first I was dreading the box sorting process, but I took some things out last night and actually had a blast.
It was like Christmas!!

We still have a little cleanup to do at the apartment, but we're hoping to finish that up within the next couple days. Then the task of asking for our deposit back, and hopefully reimbursement for the remaining oil in the tank. eek. I hope they comply with our requests!

One of these days I'll get more pictures posted. I've been trying to take progress pics of the painting process. A couple touch ups need to be done, and the upstairs bathroom still needs to be finished.

Hopefully next fall we can redo the basement and make it a real "mantown", complete with bar, pool table, stripper pole, etc. Can't wait for that!

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

Hopefully next fall we can redo the basement and make it a real "mantown", complete with bar, pool table, stripper pole, etc. Can't wait for that!

Stripper pole! Bonus!!

Congrats, guys! Hopefully we'll have that "new house smell" in the not too distant future, too!

Originally posted by bishop375:

Originally posted by frenchblueC2:

Hopefully next fall we can redo the basement and make it a real "mantown", complete with bar, pool table, stripper pole, etc. Can't wait for that!

Stripper pole! Bonus!!

Stripper poles are certainly nice, but they're just not the same whithout a scantally clad lady dancing around and on it.

Originally posted by bishop375:
Congrats, guys! Hopefully we'll have that "new house smell" in the not too distant future, too!

whatchutawkinbout willis?
are you and jess house shopping?

kim, i just wish i didn't have to work that night and could have stayed later to help more.

Originally posted by ElKy:

Originally posted by bishop375:
Congrats, guys! Hopefully we'll have that "new house smell" in the not too distant future, too!

whatchutawkinbout willis?
are you and jess house shopping?

He means Robin of course
Little too much Jess on his mind...

D'OH!!
hahaha

I can't wait for the jackass who's "bidding" on this house to just agree to terms and move already....he's from NYC, so he's evidently doing all the paperwork via fax...I think he's seen the house in person once.

Congrats guys!! Hopefully, we will be in the drivers seat within a year or two to get a decent house with a yard and without the sound of gunfire

Springfield's really gone downhill....