House hunting

miir · Post by **miir** » October 24, 2005, 6:51 pm

Well after a few stressful months of looking for a house, we finally found one!

Cute 4 bedroom semi on a quiet street just a short jaunt from downtown (Woodbine/Gerrard for those who are familiar with Toronto).

I almost feel like a grownup now.

Here's a few pics

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 24, 2005, 7:10 pm

Grats Miir

...looks like a nice place...and condolences on moving, I freakin' hate moving with a passion

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » October 24, 2005, 7:11 pm

grats! i'm in the process of buying my first house... it's kind of scary but exciting too.

miir · Post by **miir** » October 24, 2005, 7:13 pm

Arborealus wrote:Grats Miir ...looks like a nice place...and condolences on moving, I freakin' hate moving with a passion

I haven't moved in 10 years and most of my shit is going into the trash or donated to Goodwill.

I'm getting married in Feb so we're gonna decorate from scratch.

miir · Post by **miir** » October 24, 2005, 7:15 pm

Syenye wrote:grats! i'm in the process of buying my first house... it's kind of scary but exciting too.

LOL, tell me about it.
When we put the offer in on this one, my fiancee looked like she was gonna pass out from the anxiety/stress.

The funny thing is we had been in multiple offer situations 3 times before this one.

It certainly was a learning experience.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » October 24, 2005, 8:04 pm

Gratz on the house and upcoming marriage.

I do not know how people can afford their first house today. I bought mine 10 years ago for 140,000 and today it would cost me 450,000. Mind you this is 80 miles outside Los Angeles. The same house 30 miles closer goes for 750,000. My friend just bought a 40 year old house near LA and his payments are 7K a month. If you had a home already the equity would make it easier, but when I was 24 and bought this house I was making less then 60K a year. Today you must make 100,000K a year minimum or inherit one. I do not know a lot of young 20's making that kind of cash.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 24, 2005, 8:57 pm

I thought for sure I'd see an igloo in those picts!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 25, 2005, 1:55 am

Heh, this one wasn't cheap... but our goal was to keep our mortgage under 1500 a month. We had a good lot to put on a down payment.

My friend just bought a 40 year old house

Ours is almost 90 years old

A house down the street sold for 1.4 mil earlier this summer.

Laliana · Post by **Laliana** » October 25, 2005, 5:42 am

Gratz on the house and your upcoming marriage.

Here in L.A., it's still almost cheaper to rent than buy.

One day tho!

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » October 25, 2005, 7:29 am

that is a pretty sweet looking house. Gratz man.

Atokal · Post by **Atokal** » October 25, 2005, 12:09 pm

Miir,

I used to live in the Gerrard / Victoria Park area. The coolest thing about where you are moving is Queen St. on Sunday afternoons.

Great area and congrats on the house and the wedding.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 25, 2005, 12:11 pm

Congrats on the house! It does make you feel more grown up very quickly. It does feel great to finally have some space and a yard so it's definitely worth it.

It's been almost two months and we're still unpacking ourselves. Just trying more than anything else to get the baby room ready before she's born so she won't be huffing wet paint. Send me your e-mail and I'll send you my easyshare link to pics of ours.