One of the scariest parts of buying a home to date has been the inspection. I had mine yesterday. Basically, you pay someone to come and crawl around under, over, through the home of your dreams and tell you everything that's wrong with it and let you decide if its worth buying or not. Its torture. Remember, my home is 100 years old (actually, 99). There's a whole lot wrong with it.
I'm lucky that GQ was a contractor back in the day. And his friends are contractors. And he's friendly with contractors. It was like a big buddy-fest underneath my home. And I sat inside on the rented, staged furniture and waited. I heard them laughing. I heard them amazed. I heard them talking-the-talk. Dusty, dirty, done...they came up to give me the news.
"This is a great little house you got here!". (*whew!*) ..."but..." (*gulp*)...and the list goes on and on and on ("seismic retrofitting", "electrical malfunctions", "galvanized steel pipes"...stuff that makes no sense to me). The only thing I really understood and that gave me the realest moment-of-pause was: "rodent droppings". I DIE...and not in a good way.
Frazzled, overwhelmed, discouraged. And then GQ, in his calm and loving way, reached over and whispers to me, "None of this is that big of a deal. We can fix this easily. Over time. This is a great house." And the other two concur. And I exhale...
I've got a great house.
I've got a great boyfriend.
All that stands in my way now...banks, mortgages, and money.
Not so great.
4 comments:
You're a home owner - that's HUGE! Downside: mortgage, inspections, etc.; Upside: you can do anything you want to that home, equity, taxes, you OWN it! Rad.
you're pretty lucky that you're dating someone who knows what they're talking about!
Congratulations! Take your time and enjoy every moment!
Wow... that's awesome! congratulations! On your house, and the great boyfriend :) I can just imagine the moments you describe and even the warm fuzzy feelings that come with it. It totally brought a smile to my Friday. I'm glad you are happy~
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