So Donnie and I are trying to buy our first house ever.
We were approved for way more than I want to spend.
So we have been looking at foreclosures. Which is kind of sad, but reality. My parents have never owned a house, so I can't ask them anything. We never know how Donnies parents will react to anything we do so we aren't telling them anything until it's a done deal. His mom is the jealous sort and it will make everybodys Christmas miserable if we say anything to them.
Anyway- Any advice? Anything I should expect that came as a surprise (and not a good one) to you? Anything you wish they would have said or you would have wanted to know before buying a house.
I know NOTHING when it comes to stuff like this. All I do know is We can buy a giant house- practically a mansion to me and Donnie- for what we pay in rent.
So here's a decription of the house we are putting in an offer today for.
It's 2000sqft. 2 stories, white stucco, spanish tile roof, 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths, oversized 3 car garage, big old back yard, Formal dining and entry with cathedral celings, den with fireplace, good sized kitchen with a bay window for a breakfast nook, range and dishwasher, utility room for washer and dryer, attic, extra room upstairs that will become my computer room that has french doors, master bath has garden jazzuci tub, and a seperate room with a full sized shower and toliet, double sinks, and a big old walk in closet. The down stairs powder room is bigger than the master bathroom we have now. Rose bushes are at all the windows. It was built in 1998. The house is sort of on a hill and from our back yard we see the city and a bunch of spanish tile roofs- it's a pretty cool view.
The carpets are filthy and it will all need to be repainted, there are a few tiles in the kichen counter that need to be replaced, and eventually we will need to replace the floor coverings.
The amazing thing to me is our house payments will be less than what we pay in rent.
When we went and looked at it on Saturday morning before we went to work I really looked and looked for cracks and doors that wouldn't shut properly- stuff like that.
The last house we put a bid in for we looked at at night time. And we were all excited, but then we went back during the day and there were lots of cracks and the front door wouldn't shut properly so we were like "see ya"
My friend Melena said to look for cracks and doors not shutting properly. That usually means the foundation has shifted. At least that's what she told me.
Anyway- Most you guys have more world experience than me so I was hoping that maybe you can offer some advice about things to ask about or to negotiate, etc.
I feel really clueless and don't want to not ask something I should have. I get really excited about things and do things impulsivley and I know I need to slow my roll and calm down and ask the right questions before we marry a house.
We were approved for way more than I want to spend.
So we have been looking at foreclosures. Which is kind of sad, but reality. My parents have never owned a house, so I can't ask them anything. We never know how Donnies parents will react to anything we do so we aren't telling them anything until it's a done deal. His mom is the jealous sort and it will make everybodys Christmas miserable if we say anything to them.
Anyway- Any advice? Anything I should expect that came as a surprise (and not a good one) to you? Anything you wish they would have said or you would have wanted to know before buying a house.
I know NOTHING when it comes to stuff like this. All I do know is We can buy a giant house- practically a mansion to me and Donnie- for what we pay in rent.
So here's a decription of the house we are putting in an offer today for.
It's 2000sqft. 2 stories, white stucco, spanish tile roof, 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths, oversized 3 car garage, big old back yard, Formal dining and entry with cathedral celings, den with fireplace, good sized kitchen with a bay window for a breakfast nook, range and dishwasher, utility room for washer and dryer, attic, extra room upstairs that will become my computer room that has french doors, master bath has garden jazzuci tub, and a seperate room with a full sized shower and toliet, double sinks, and a big old walk in closet. The down stairs powder room is bigger than the master bathroom we have now. Rose bushes are at all the windows. It was built in 1998. The house is sort of on a hill and from our back yard we see the city and a bunch of spanish tile roofs- it's a pretty cool view.
The carpets are filthy and it will all need to be repainted, there are a few tiles in the kichen counter that need to be replaced, and eventually we will need to replace the floor coverings.
The amazing thing to me is our house payments will be less than what we pay in rent.
When we went and looked at it on Saturday morning before we went to work I really looked and looked for cracks and doors that wouldn't shut properly- stuff like that.
The last house we put a bid in for we looked at at night time. And we were all excited, but then we went back during the day and there were lots of cracks and the front door wouldn't shut properly so we were like "see ya"
My friend Melena said to look for cracks and doors not shutting properly. That usually means the foundation has shifted. At least that's what she told me.
Anyway- Most you guys have more world experience than me so I was hoping that maybe you can offer some advice about things to ask about or to negotiate, etc.
I feel really clueless and don't want to not ask something I should have. I get really excited about things and do things impulsivley and I know I need to slow my roll and calm down and ask the right questions before we marry a house.
