Today is Tuesday and I should pick up the keys to our new house on Thursday. It's kind of exciting and the last couple of months have given me time to go through all different kinds of alternatives in my head about how I can change the house to make it our very own.
First up will be painting inside and out. I have been through so many colour combinations in my head and now I think I have settled on colours. It's funny that I have had an endless pallette of colours to choose from and, the way I am heading, the house will probably end up being a similar colour to our old house. I liked all the white from our old house - it seems to make everything brighter - so white will be a feature colour on the new house. The main colour for outside will be either a sandy colour (again, like our old house) or a milky, light coffee colour. I don't know which I will finally decide on.
Anyway the next few weeks are going to involve painting the outside of the house, the inside of the house and then starting to move in. Then I have a couple of "projects" in mind to add to the house. I guess I will keep adding and changing till the money runs out.
Watch this space....
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
We've Bought a House
Well, we have gone and bought a house.
It was one of the first that we looked at back in May. We have looked at quite a few since then but couldn't find a better "package". Most of the houses we could afford were either too small or in need of major repairs. Most had only 2 bedrooms where we wanted 3 - one each. They were all pretty small houses as well with not a lot of room to live in. The house we settled on has 3 good sized bedrooms and a good sized living area. It has a big back yard and loads of space underneath for storage and/or extra living space.
Issie came with me for my first look and liked it straight away. She liked the fact that to one side and behind are open paddocks with horses running around. She also picked her bedroom. From that first look we spent the next month or so looking at houses every weekend but couldn't find anything better. So we went back for a second look at the house that Issie liked - we took Maddie along to get her thoughts and she approved and picked her bedroom - luckily she liked the only one left.
So the girls liked it, I liked the fact that it was a neat house that we could easily change a little to make our very own and that it has a deck out the back that looks back over the countryside. It took a while but I eventually resolved the finance for the house and I placed the deposit last week and in 5 weeks time it will be ours to keep. Then we will give it a new coat of paint inside and out and inject our own personalities in our own special ways, so it can become the Issie Maddie Dave House.
It was one of the first that we looked at back in May. We have looked at quite a few since then but couldn't find a better "package". Most of the houses we could afford were either too small or in need of major repairs. Most had only 2 bedrooms where we wanted 3 - one each. They were all pretty small houses as well with not a lot of room to live in. The house we settled on has 3 good sized bedrooms and a good sized living area. It has a big back yard and loads of space underneath for storage and/or extra living space.
Issie came with me for my first look and liked it straight away. She liked the fact that to one side and behind are open paddocks with horses running around. She also picked her bedroom. From that first look we spent the next month or so looking at houses every weekend but couldn't find anything better. So we went back for a second look at the house that Issie liked - we took Maddie along to get her thoughts and she approved and picked her bedroom - luckily she liked the only one left.
So the girls liked it, I liked the fact that it was a neat house that we could easily change a little to make our very own and that it has a deck out the back that looks back over the countryside. It took a while but I eventually resolved the finance for the house and I placed the deposit last week and in 5 weeks time it will be ours to keep. Then we will give it a new coat of paint inside and out and inject our own personalities in our own special ways, so it can become the Issie Maddie Dave House.
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