i bought a house

[Spenner]

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Really cool! Congrats dynamo. Is it north of Toronto...? Curious if it's en route to parry sound area just since my cottage.

[Dynam0]

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@stian YES please come visit!! :}
@spenner yeah it's in that general direction, from toronto when you hit barrie you take highway 11 (instead of staying on the 400 to parry sound) and keep going north. would be awesome to hang sometime!

[Hazelle]

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Ohhhhh how exciting!! I'm saving up myself for a house but we have quite a ways to save before we can start talking to realtors. (We're looking though and have a good idea of where we want to live - it's just fun to look at places!).
Take pics when everything's finalized!!

[-paexaea-]

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Hell yeah man, congrats.

[devonin]

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Really cool! Congrats dynamo. Is it north of Toronto...? Curious if it's en route to parry sound area just since my cottage.

It's 4 hours north of Toronto

[ferrarizzzz]

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niceuu congratulation

Appliances suck, but what worked for me was to check for floor models at the big home improvement stores (Lowes, Home Depot, etc). I've spent half of what they were new on everything just by being in there at the right time.

[blindreper1179]

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I got my appliances off Craigslist. A stove, washer, dryer, and refrigerator for $450. And a riding lawn mower for only $550. You might not need one of those though :P

[demonllama6124]

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Grats, I'm kinda in the same boat right now. Waiting to hear back from the bank to OK the loan or not. Guess for advice, get your monthly income and start subtracting each bill you have to have (mortgage, electric, etc.) so you know how much you'll have left at the end end of the month. Find some way to make yourself feel at home. Being in a new place always sucks. And start saving a little, if possible, for improvements. The house I'm looking at has a closed in garage that I would love to become my man cave.

Hope everything works out for you man.

[One Winged Angel]

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coming over

[Litodude]

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is the monday inspection from the realtor? if so, take that shit seriously; anything, i mean, /anything/ you can think of that might be a potential problem in the future make sure you get checked now.

everything: meaning walls (termintes), ventilation/AC, water filter, doors (especially the frames, check for damage), garage door (check the coil). make sure your electricity/power meter is correct; go to the fuse box and individually inspect each light (walk around with a nightlight and check each one)

congratulations

word of advice: everything is fucking expensive. take time off to clean the house initially; if you're working/schooling while moving you're gonna stress. from there just do spot cleaning everyday; if u live alone gl it's a fucking pain lmao. if you have a partner then divvy up the responsibilities

congrats again bud

[Litodude]

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oh right, if u ever wanna visit vegas come thru i run an airbnb

[Dynam0]

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is the monday inspection from the realtor? if so, take that shit seriously; anything, i mean, /anything/ you can think of that might be a potential problem in the future make sure you get checked now.

everything: meaning walls (termintes), ventilation/AC, water filter, doors (especially the frames, check for damage), garage door (check the coil). make sure your electricity/power meter is correct; go to the fuse box and individually inspect each light (walk around with a nightlight and check each one)

congratulations

word of advice: everything is fucking expensive. take time off to clean the house initially; if you're working/schooling while moving you're gonna stress. from there just do spot cleaning everyday; if u live alone gl it's a fucking pain lmao. if you have a partner then divvy up the responsibilities

congrats again bud

my work gives me a paid day off to move which is pretty sweet, though it's still gonna be ridiculous. taking insurance courses on the side and I have two exams in early april weeoooo

I'll be solo'ing the bills *tear*, any single ladies that want to shack up hmu lol

[MarioNintendo]

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Wow dude awesome! Keep us posted with your experience, for us future home owners

[Litodude]

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my work gives me a paid day off to move which is pretty sweet, though it's still gonna be ridiculous. taking insurance courses on the side and I have two exams in early april weeoooo

I'll be solo'ing the bills *tear*, any single ladies that want to shack up hmu lol

yeah dude it's gonna be fucking rough, if you don't already have a savings (probably used it on the downpayment maybe?) try to double it at this point cuz when it rains it pours with house expenses

also get a fire extinguisher put it next to kitchen you never know

[Litodude]

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also could not recc. swifter dusters and/or microfiber towels more dust just builds up so easily on surfaces keep it fresh

also there isn't a replacement for windex just be sure to get that and an all-purpose cleaner and gg