So last year I mentioned we were considering buying a house [which was ridiculous, because we just really didn't have the cash for the down payment [Dave says NO; no cash saved up, wait a bit longer], and we tend to be anti-committal.
We're still commitment phobe's BUT we're going to buy a house. Our lease ends May 30th, and it's just time to pour our money into something a bit more permanent [who knows what exactly that means, but ya].
In any case, this past few weeks, instead of making decisions on houses, I've been obsessively looking at duvet covers on-line instead. Seriously. Obsessing. Like, I've looked on pinterest, and pretty much every store you can think of [including etsy], to brows and pin duvets that I might like.
The avoidance makes sense when you think about it. A duvet cover will probably run me $75-150; a big enough amount of money to think about and research into, and decide on a favorite. A house will run me $57,000 to $90,000, and a mortgage that will last for as many years as I've been alive.
I can change a duvet after a few years, if it tears, or has stains, or whatnot. A house is a bit harder to change, since you have to sell off the old one before investing in a new one technically.
No one is going to break into my duvet and steal my comforter.
The value of my duvet isn't going to go down depending on what kind of shit happens in the neighborhood.
I don't have to worry about resale value, because I'm probably not ever going to need to sell my new duvet cover.
All that to say, I'm much more into buying the duvet cover than I am the house. We've narrowed it down to 4 but my head is going to explode trying to weigh all the options [price, location, bathrooms, age, air conditioning, yard, blah, blah, blah].
-mrp-
ps: I feel like I need a good algorithm to solve my 'which house should you buy' crisis. Something where I can answer on a 1-10 scale about each house, and it will tell me which is the best fit.
1 comment:
suuuuuper jealous of your house buying. i so want to buy a house RIGHT NOW but realize it makes more sense to wait another year. my advice - pay attention to the foundation and plumbing. most anything else can be changed in a house on the cheap side and done by you (thank goodness for DIY videos) but anything regarding the foundation is going to require an expert and money. plumbing might not be so bad and can often times be done by the homeowner as long as it's not replacing piping under a basement floor. i would also add electric to this list, but you're married to an electrical engineer, so i think you're covered there. :) yay for a house!! i wish i was there to help you. real estate makes me excited! i will come visit you in your new house. :D
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