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Almost done 2 days ago

Found a very nice flat, and soon we’ll buy it! :D



Keri W. its like New years, but today!

Do I Really Want To? 2 days ago

I’m in a great apartment now and I’m secretly wondering if I really want a house. Is it too much work for me? Do I really want to spend my weekends mowing the lawn and fixing plumbing problems? The tax advantages would be nice, but wouldn’t any money saved there go straight into home maintenance? Real estate isn’t even a great investment vehicle these days.



This'll be a neat trick. 4 days ago

I have no money. This is totally unfair, since the one I want to look at, well the payments would be about half of what I pay in rent. I love my old commercial building, but it’s a bit expensive to heat in winter. As much as I hate to admit it, I’m getting old. The arthritis in my knees is making the two flights of stairs between floors a little difficult. I think I’d rather ruin my knees on doing gardening. The old place only has windows upstairs and it’s just too damned dark. I miss bbqing, outdoors, flowers, trees, sunshine.

My needs are simple. First, I had wanted a fine old Victorian, but then we’ve got those stairs again. Gotta have a porch, maybe a garage. Well, lookie what I found. It was just listed. Just a little one bedroom bungalow, but it’s got a two car garage that would convert nicely into a studio.I love the stone and that big ol porch. Fireplace too, don’t know that it functions though. $29000. The inside is a mess, but no worse than this place when I first moved in. And oh could I garden there. Perfect for an eccentric old artist.

OK! Universe. I’ve put it out there. I want this. You need to bring clients for my art work. Lots of them and fast. Oh and anything wrong with the little place, you have to make it managable. Think I’ll look at it this weekend.



Buy a House 1 week ago

ONe day I will buy a nice house for me and my family



gitana17 if not you,then who? if not now,then when?

Untitled 1 week ago

Este es un sueno largamente acariciado,quiero una casa con patio,ya que Gaby quiere tener una casa en un arbol, un playground ,mascotas y yo quiero tener un jardin,mi casa tiene que ser no muy grande pero tener al menos 3 dormitorios,2 banos y medio,sala de television y un basement,quiero una mesa de billar!!!!,tiene que tener mucha luz natural y quiero pintarla de colores vivos,tener un lugar para todos mis libros y mis fotografias,quiero un lugar lleno de vida,pero sobre todo que sea un HOGAR,para mi,mis hijos y mis nietos.Tengo fe que Dios me va a bendecir con eso!!



raised to be polite, not to suffer bullshit Life is too short to make just one decision

A bear den of our very own 1 week ago

My fiance has a nice little nest egg tucked away that we’re planning to use for a down payment on our first house. Since we don’t want a big place, don’t intend on ever having kids, and are planning to move to the beautiful Green Mountain State in a few years, we’re hoping we’ll to find a charming little one-story home within a year of getting married.

We also want to make sure our future pup has all the fenced-in backyard he needs to be happy and well-exercised.



We need a house 1 week ago

... with a backyard, so the kids have some more space to play.



Izzy O'Rourke is a Self-Knowing, Self-Improving Builder per the 43T Personality Quiz

Life sure changes... 1 week ago

It’s now 2 years later and not only did we not buy that house; for reasons; we are still living in an apartment. But it’s a nicer one. lol We picked the city we actually want to buy a house in…that’s cool…sometimes life is slow…sometimes fast. All’s I know is it’s one day at a time. :)



Signed the mortgage! 1 week ago

I bought my house four years ago with the help of my grandfather. This week I signed the mortgage papers to put the house in my name soley! Its nothing fancy but I can call it MY home!



Synergenesis Nobody cares when a fish cries

Buy a House 2 weeks ago

Need about 140K



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