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House hunting

Posted: October 24, 2005, 6:51 pm
by miir
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. :D


Here's a few pics

Posted: October 24, 2005, 7:10 pm
by Arborealus
Grats Miir :)...looks like a nice place...and condolences on moving, I freakin' hate moving with a passion

Posted: October 24, 2005, 7:11 pm
by Syenye
grats! i'm in the process of buying my first house... it's kind of scary but exciting too.

Posted: October 24, 2005, 7:13 pm
by miir
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.

Posted: October 24, 2005, 7:15 pm
by miir
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.

Posted: October 24, 2005, 8:04 pm
by Tyek
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.

Posted: October 24, 2005, 8:57 pm
by Winnow
I thought for sure I'd see an igloo in those picts!

Posted: October 25, 2005, 1:55 am
by miir
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 :shock:

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

Posted: October 25, 2005, 5:42 am
by Laliana
Gratz on the house and your upcoming marriage.

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

One day tho!

Posted: October 25, 2005, 7:29 am
by Cotto
that is a pretty sweet looking house. Gratz man.

Posted: October 25, 2005, 12:09 pm
by Atokal
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.

Posted: October 25, 2005, 12:11 pm
by Chidoro
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.