View Full Version : I bought a house!
BeerBandit
05-10-2007, 01:53 PM
Well, actually, I finally closed on the house, two long months after the accepted offer. Mrs. Bandit and I have written our last rent check and are ready for one last move (at least for a good while). After spending our post college years roaming the Northeast in search of a place to roost, my chick and I decided there's no place like home and headed back to Orange County (I'm actually from Sussex County, NJ but went to HS in NY on account of my teeny, tiny little hometown.)
In celebration, a nice Bordeaux, giving way to a stoge on the deck, courtesy of Chip196. Thanks budday!
Hottub
05-10-2007, 02:03 PM
Congratulations. Best of luck to you and the Mrs. It is truly gratifying to be a homeowner, but the work never ends. You guys will never be "finished".
Enjoy!
PapaBear
05-10-2007, 02:05 PM
Come on... post a pic!
Ballbuster
05-10-2007, 02:15 PM
You may never write another rent check again, but there are two things you'll never stop doing once you become a homeowner. Paying taxes and spending your nights and weekends working on the house or yard.
Why didn't you post a picture? ....did you buy a place in the projects? :wink:
BeerBandit
05-10-2007, 02:45 PM
I didn't post a picture because I didn't have any on my laptop. They were all on my chicks computer. Situation rectified and here it is. http://mmcdermott1.photosite.com/%7Ephotos/tn/911_1024.ts1172758827000.jpgThe blue siding is atrocious, but I don't care. It's my blue siding. But it's 3Br, one for me and my chick, one for the baby and one for work/relaxing. As soon as we get painted, you're all invited to drop by.
PapaBear
05-10-2007, 02:48 PM
Nice!!!
Fat_Sunny
05-10-2007, 03:13 PM
Way To Go! Fat Loves The Area You Picked Too. Warwick, Vernon, NJ, Monroe, That Is Beautiful Country!
Enjoy The Simple Outdoor Pleasures. Like Today Fat Saw A Beautiful Orange Baltimore Oriole In His Back Yard, For The First Time In 8 Years!!
Enjoy The House And Your Yard!!!
cupcakelove
05-10-2007, 03:15 PM
Cool, congrats!!!
Chainsaw
05-10-2007, 03:27 PM
I just became a homeowner too....what an awesome feeling!
BeerBandit
05-10-2007, 05:12 PM
I just became a homeowner too....what an awesome feeling!
It really is! I'm sure it's just naivete and will wear off after a full summer, but I can't wait to get at my yard. But first I suppose I should buy a lawnmower.
Bossanova
05-10-2007, 05:42 PM
It really is! I'm sure it's just naivete and will wear off after a full summer, but I can't wait to get at my yard. But first I suppose I should buy a lawnmower.
Oh it gets beat in a hurry. Congrats and welcome to all of the new fellow home owners
Hottub
05-10-2007, 05:48 PM
Don't forget the weed-whacker, blower, spreader, hedge clippers, shovel, rake, hoe, seed, fertilizer, mulch, etc.
And that's just for the yard!
Bossanova
05-10-2007, 05:50 PM
Don't forget the weed-whacker, blower, spreader, hedge clippers, shovel, rake, hoe, seed, fertilizer, mulch, etc.
And that's just for the yard!
Just pray the parents throw Home Depot gift cards your way. I am there every damn week
PapaBear
05-10-2007, 06:59 PM
But first I suppose I should buy a lawnmower.
Might I suggest...
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/john-deere-chopper-lawn-mower.jpg
Fat_Sunny
05-10-2007, 07:02 PM
Is That The Commando 450?
BeerBandit
05-10-2007, 07:39 PM
Might I suggest...
http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/john-deere-chopper-lawn-mower.jpg
I need it! But can you recommend anything for the trim?
PapaBear
05-10-2007, 07:40 PM
I need it! But can you recommend anything for the trim?
Buy her some flowers.
Congratulations Bandit and all the best to you!
You too Chainsaw!
FUNKMAN
05-10-2007, 11:14 PM
Congrats! Best Of Health and Happiness in the new place!
Fallon
05-11-2007, 12:21 AM
Does it have a bidet?
http://www.westernsnowconference.org/2003/Images/1BidetOfBeer.JPG
zathrus
05-11-2007, 02:06 AM
Bandit,
congrats!!!! now be prepared for the hard work. i just spent 2 hours yesterday cleaning away bushes and twigs, mowing the lawn. now we have to get the central air checked, the sprinkler system and have some trees removed. may i suggest that if you have a fair amount of trees around your house that you invest in gutter covers. mine ran us around $500.00, but its better than climbing up a ladder to clean the gutters. anytime family or friends want to get you something for a holiday, ask for home depot gift cards. other than that i wish you and yours the best and welcome to the homeowners club.
drjoek
05-11-2007, 05:27 AM
I didn't post a picture because I didn't have any on my laptop. They were all on my chicks computer. Situation rectified and here it is. http://mmcdermott1.photosite.com/%7Ephotos/tn/911_1024.ts1172758827000.jpgThe blue siding is atrocious, but I don't care. It's my blue siding. But it's 3Br, one for me and my chick, one for the baby and one for work/relaxing. As soon as we get painted, you're all invited to drop by.
It looks like you may have Crabgrass:laugh:
Congratualtions
(on the house not the crabgrass!!)
tupper65
05-11-2007, 05:29 AM
Congratulations!
Owning a home is never having to say "I've got nothing to do today"
El Mudo
05-11-2007, 05:33 AM
Congratulations!!
angrymissy
05-11-2007, 05:54 AM
Congrats but yeah get ready for the work... we bought our house almost a year ago, and it was fairly new construction, and we STILL don't have everything even close to finished
hurlmon
05-11-2007, 05:58 AM
Bandit,
Congrats. I moved back to that area a year and a half ago and couldnn't be happier. I actually grew up in Monroe, well South Blooming Grove but had a Monroe address.
Enjoy all your upcoming weekend projects. And remember, anyweekend project is more tolerable with beer.
BeerBandit
05-11-2007, 07:24 AM
Bandit,
Congrats. I moved back to that area a year and a half ago and couldnn't be happier. I actually grew up in Monroe, well South Blooming Grove but had a Monroe address.
Enjoy all your upcoming weekend projects. And remember, anyweekend project is more tolerable with beer.
I'm actually renting in South Blooming Grove right now, the house is in Middletown (the nice part).
hurlmon
05-11-2007, 08:29 AM
I'm actually renting in South Blooming Grove right now, the house is in Middletown (the nice part).
I grew up in South Blooming grove between Monroe and Washingtonville. Up the hill from the SBG Firehouse that's on RT 208.
You anywhere near there? Now I'm in Cornwall.
BeerBandit
05-11-2007, 12:09 PM
I grew up in South Blooming grove between Monroe and Washingtonville. Up the hill from the SBG Firehouse that's on RT 208.
You anywhere near there? Now I'm in Cornwall.
We've spent the last year in the Lake Anne "Compound." Interesting place. One year was plenty. We thought it would be great because the Brotherhood is right up 208.
hurlmon
05-11-2007, 12:28 PM
the Lake Anne "Compound." Interesting place. One year was plenty.
Lake Anne I know about that place. Interesting is a nice way to put it.
Best of luck in your new place!
Mike Teacher
05-11-2007, 12:37 PM
Congrats BeerBandit,
Looking back at my first house purchase, let me ask you; how many other things were more nerve-racking, doubt and second-guess causing, and just plain scarier in your life then seeking, buying, and closing on a house?
Also; how many times do you estimate you signed your name or initials?
My guess is that will be a short list. And a large number.
My father, the businessman and USMC Col. came to the closing of my first house, as a crutch. At the end, one of the Agents shook my hand and said 'Congratulations; you're a Homeowner!'
My father then patted me on the shoulder, and said loudly; 'Congratulations; you've just signed away complete financial control of your life !!!'
BoondockSaint
05-11-2007, 12:43 PM
Bandit Hoooooooooooooooouse!!!!!!!!!!
cougarjake13
05-11-2007, 12:50 PM
congrats bandit
i hope to be joining you soon in home ownership
good luck
Congrats, Bandit on the most stressful/adult thing you can do. It is a mother effer of a process, but yes, it ends up being more tahn worth it. Andrew and I bought our place a little less than a year ago and I never thought we'd come out of it alive, but we did and it was awesome. We only have a condo so we have the whole getting a house thing to go through, but we had to start somewhere. Hope you've got a lot of friends to help ya move!
reeshy
05-11-2007, 04:18 PM
I hope you have a full set of tools and a shit load of power tools!!!!!!
Bulldogcakes
05-11-2007, 04:55 PM
My father, the businessman and USMC Col. came to the closing of my first house, as a crutch. At the end, one of the Agents shook my hand and said 'Congratulations; you're a Homeowner!'
My father then patted me on the shoulder, and said loudly; 'Congratulations; you've just signed away complete financial control of your life !!!'
30 grand to go, baby. 30 grand. Counting the days. I hope to finish my mortgage before I hit 40, but I bought my place pretty young.
EDIT-DUH! I'm such and ass. Congrats and good luck!!!!
BoondockSaint
05-11-2007, 04:59 PM
I hope you have a full set of tools and a shit load of power tools!!!!!!
He bought it, he ain't building it!!!!!!!
BeerBandit
05-11-2007, 05:51 PM
I hope you have a full set of tools and a shit load of power tools!!!!!!
Why does everybody keep saying that?
There is still quite a lot that I do need to purchase (the aforementioned lawnmower, a ladder, a refrigerator), but I do own a drill and a staple gun. Is that enough?
BeerBandit
05-11-2007, 05:59 PM
Congrats BeerBandit,
Looking back at my first house purchase, let me ask you; how many other things were more nerve-racking, doubt and second-guess causing, and just plain scarier in your life then seeking, buying, and closing on a house?
Also; how many times do you estimate you signed your name or initials?
My guess is that will be a short list. And a large number.
My father, the businessman and USMC Col. came to the closing of my first house, as a crutch. At the end, one of the Agents shook my hand and said 'Congratulations; you're a Homeowner!'
My father then patted me on the shoulder, and said loudly; 'Congratulations; you've just signed away complete financial control of your life !!!'
It was absolutely a harrowing experience. Add in that my chick is pregnant and was job searching and completely freaked at one point due to overload and begged to put off the search for a year. As for the closing, we opted for the 1st and 2nd mortgage as we did not put 20% down, so we did double duty in the signing and initialing. I may not be able to play Madden for a good while.
FUNKMAN
05-11-2007, 06:49 PM
Does it have a bidet?
http://www.westernsnowconference.org/2003/Images/1BidetOfBeer.JPG
or how about a biden?
http://www.politics1.com/pix2/biden.jpg
Fat_Sunny
05-11-2007, 07:39 PM
Why does everybody keep saying that?
There is still quite a lot that I do need to purchase (the aforementioned lawnmower, a ladder, a refrigerator), but I do own a drill and a staple gun. Is that enough?
Get Stuff As You Need It, Not All At Once.
F_S Bought A Paint Sprayer This Week To Paint A Lattice Fence, Which Is A Bitch To Paint By Hand. But He Had No Need Of It For The FIrst 14 Years He Lived In His House!
Fat Just Buys The Tools As The Project Require!
cougarjake13
05-12-2007, 11:40 AM
Why does everybody keep saying that?
There is still quite a lot that I do need to purchase (the aforementioned lawnmower, a ladder, a refrigerator), but I do own a drill and a staple gun. Is that enough?
best bet is to buy one of those ryobi combo kits from home depot, they run anywhere from 100-250 depending on how many ppieces you get
it'll pretty much have all you need
http://www.homedepot.com/cmc_upload/HDUS/EN_US/asset/images/eplus/033287135622_4.jpg
BeerBandit
05-12-2007, 02:41 PM
So I went to Home Depot today to get some paint and accessories, and I discovered this:
People who own homes get up early on the weekends. Home Depot opens at 6:00 AM! Insanity. I don't think any of the "Marts" open that early.
I had to go back this evening to get some more paint because we decided to do another room. We were recognized. After one day I'm a regular at The Depot.
JPMNICK
05-12-2007, 03:58 PM
congrats budday! i just moved my sister into a new apt. today, good luck with the move it is a bitch!
bigredd
05-12-2007, 04:04 PM
Congrats, budday! The back porch is a beautiful place.
Bulldogcakes
05-12-2007, 04:36 PM
So I went to Home Depot today to get some paint and accessories, and I discovered this:
People who own homes get up early on the weekends. Home Depot opens at 6:00 AM! Insanity. I don't think any of the "Marts" open that early.
I had to go back this evening to get some more paint because we decided to do another room. We were recognized. After one day I'm a regular at The Depot.
Do yourself a favor, get the credit card and charge at least $300 each trip. They give you 6 months w/o interest to pay it back. BUT make sure you pay it back, otherwise you get socked with 7 months worth of interest after the offer expires.
OR EVEN BETTER wait for their deals after you join. You'll soon start getting postcards from them and for each season they run a 12 month offer on something related to the season (Grills/Patio sets for the summer, interior jobs for the winter)
Just stay away from their Garden for any landscaping plants. Herbs and hanging plants are OK. They dont water them and the fucking things die on you. Happened to me 2 years in a row.
Fat_Sunny
05-12-2007, 04:41 PM
Just stay away from their Garden for any landscaping plants. Herbs and hanging plants are OK. They dont water them and the fucking things die on you. Happened to me 2 years in a row.
That Is Good Advice. Always Go To Your Local Nursery For Plants. That's One Area Home Depot And Lowes Don't Do Right.
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