stress! stress! stress! neither of us have been eating or sleeping well the past few days due to house shopping stress. but we have found a new townhouse we both really love and can afford! we just have a lot of thinking to do in a short amount of time. if we wait to long, that lot will be sold and the next one is already $5,000 more. it is farther from d.c. – in herndon. we finally acepted that we would have to move farther away to get a nice house -any house really… they are soo $$$ here in alexandria. when we were driving home after seeing everything, i asked dan if he could have imagined 5 years ago that he would be looking at such beautiful houses. he started to cry and said that if i had grown up that way he had (he has been working and paying for his own apartment since high school) i would know how much this means to him – that he only wishes his mother were still alive to see how far he has come. i told him that i was sure she never had a single doubt that he would go far in everything he did. i certainly haven’t. he made a candlelight bath for us that night. we sat and held each other and talked. i told him how proud of him i was. he learns so amazingly fast. he was a bartender when i met him – had just started using his first computer. know he is an engineer at a big IT company and knows much more about them than i ever will. but back to the house. dan says he gets a funny feeling in his stomach about it – that it is so right. he said it is like the feeling he got when he knew he was in love with me. i love the house too, but am very much like my dad. i am willing to go after the house knowing we will be able to rebuild our savings for a year or so. and i want my daddy’s opinion on everything. it is ultimately up to dan and i, but it will mean a lot to me to have him come out and look over everything with us. the house itself is great. it includes most everything we need… refridgerator, choices of cabnets/flooring/carpets, stacked ovens (we would swap one oven for a microwave), dishwasher, kitchen island, 2 full baths, 2 half baths, master bedroom, 2 other bedrooms, high slanted ceilings, big closets, a fireplace in the rec-room, fenced in backyard, garage, brickfront…. we would need to buy a washer/dry set for the utility closet and a few other changes. i am trying not to get too hooked on it all. we might not get it. there are other houses…. but it is hard to avoid getting worked up other a house. you search and wait and search and wait then when you suddenly find one you have so little time to decide if this it “it” before someone else buys it up. here is a photo of the model’s master bathroom. ours won’t have the corner tub, but it still has a big oval soaking tub, separate shower, and double sink. we could add the corner bath if we wanted but it would change the layout of that floor in a way we wouldn’t like. and we would rather take that $1,000 and upgrade the flooring in a few places.
 well lunch is over.. back to work and my thoughts…. |
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OHHHH *drool*
So is this a house house or a town house… are you buying or renting… sorry I’m being so nosey but I am really thinking hard about finding a new place to live because I can not take one more thing where I am at now.
Between my car being hit my the landlord’s son and techno at 3 am I’m going nuts.
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townhouse and buying…
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it sounds really groovy… best of luck to you with it!
Good Luck,..
I feel for you! It is a very stressful thing! We must of looked at 25 houses before we found “the one”! If you have “the feeling” for it..go for it! We didn’t have the feeling until the last one we looked at! There is no need to settle!
Good Luck..once you find one..settle in it..it’s a great feeling!
wow – you are actually going out and buying a house. when i first read i sat there and thought “didnt they just move into a new appartment” maybe i am off banlance with months though…
good luck with it! we have been sort of talking about getting a house, but they are just SO expensive in boston for even little tiny places.
cloei
we have already been here nearly a year! our lease is up in september…
oh wow! time does fly. now that i think about it you are right but wow i remember looking though your journal and you being all happy about your new place..
good luck with the house it sounds WONDERFUL!!
cloei
god. the corner tub is great.
i’ve always wanted to live in the states, back here the houses are so expensive. my backyard is a couple of garden pots, c’est tout. uhm, stephanie looks very finnish.
Oh I LOVE that corner tub !!!!! To the extent you can afford it, get everything you want at the front end … always a pain to have things added in …
we could afford it – it would only add like $10 a month or something, but it would mess with the layout of the floor – the two bedrooms would get smaller and the staircase would no longer be open two all three floors – it would be walled off. i am just happy that the shower is separate – the bathtub will be ment for soaking in – not banging your head and feet on the faucets.
for $1500 we can add jets to the tub. ouch! we will have to pass. neither tub comes with the jets…
So Lucky…
I envy you so much, and yet I’m so happy for you, even though we’re complete strangers. You have a wonderful fiance, both of you have good paying jobs doing things you enjoy, you have all of your animal friends (almost like children!) and now, you are about to buy your own home! And you’re only 24! I’m sure your families are very proud of you both, and I know that all of your friends and fans here at Stvlive are proud of you too.
Well, before I get all mushy sounding (or is it too late?), I wish you guys the best of luck finding the home of your dreams, and in everything else, too.
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