First Time Home Buyer

I've finally achieved a goal that has been beyond my reach for many years, which is to own a house. I'm relieved, to say the least. However, I'm not stressed about it (yet - maybe I'll feel that way the week of August 1st when I move), and I'm not super excited about it either.

I'm very happy, but I'm not more emotional then that. I'm being very level headed about the whole affair. When I spoke to our banker this week, he seemed surprised and started telling me about how some new home buyers call him repeatedly over the course of a single day to see if the papers are ready to be signed - and their closing date is in September!

I guess I've learned over the last few years not to get ahead of myself. I believe that if you get too emotionally involved with something that you leave yourself vulnerable to dissapointment. Too many times Nat and I had high hopes for something to happen in our favour, and too many times we were left dissapointed and filled with despair wondering if we would ever get ahead.

Well, we've finally made it ahead! We've bought our first house, in Rockland. A nice two storey single home. There are three bedrooms on the 2nd floor, a finished basement with two additional rooms, and three bathrooms (one being an ensuite to the Master Bedroom). It also has a garage and the yard is completely fenced in.

Finding a house has been a long process as well. It took us about a month and we visited about 20 houses before we found this one. It has everything we need and nothing we don't. However, I do have to purchase new appliances (fridge, stove, dishwasher - all black to match kitchen). We were lucky we found it actually. We saw the house the day it was listed, and put in an offer that night. Within a few hours, it was ours - they didn't even have time to put a sign on the lawn!

The home inspection went very well with no major issues found anywhere, except the garage, which had some water damage on the ceiling. They replace the drywall, insulation and burnt fixture (it had caught fire as a result of the water damage), which occured before the roof was replaced last September.

We're going to meet with the principals today of the two schools that are in the area. Both are French, one being public the other Catholic. Jacob will be with us to meet them as well and we'll then make our decision as to which school Jacob will attend. Public schools receive more funding from the Government, so I'm expecting that school to have more teachers, smaller classroom sizes, better access to material and equipment, etc...However, we'll know for sure this afternoon.

If you'd like to see more picture of the house, click here.