We Bought a House!

We went to see a house last night in the area we've been eyeing, and Nick somehow knew (even before we saw a listing or pictures) that we were going to buy it. Apparently, our realtor knew too, since he brought already-drafted purchasing papers to the showing.

We love it. It's perfect.

The area is so family friendly

• there were a ton of kids outside playing in the evening
• it's a quiet crescent
• there's a park really closeby with a baseball diamond, tennis courts and a playground
• it's walking distance to the elementary school
• there are two Montossoris right in the neighbourhood
• neighbours were out chatting in their driveways

The house is perfect.

• The backyard is beautiful, and comes complete with an interlocking brick patio, a hot tub, a gazebo, a shed, and tons of grass and gardens and room for a play set
• The kitchen is gorgeous, with a $9000 professional gas oven and range hood
• The living/dining rooms have beautiful cherry floors
• Main floor office
• 4 bedrooms upstairs - one of which we may turn into a kick-ass walk-in closet and ensuite bath
• a beautifully done bathroom, that we'll unfortunately have to wreck... they put in an incredible shower, but we'll need a bathtub with kids
• The basement is so well done and has a really cool bar under the stairs, and they threw in their pool table because they have nowhere to move it to in their apartment
• The downstairs guest room and bathroom are spacious
• And there's a laundry chute! How cool is that??

We don't get possession until July 31, which seems forever away, but I'm sure once we have our condo ready for sale and on the market, it'll fly by.

I can't wait to go back to our house and take pictures and start planning out what paint colours we want. And then we can start shopping for baby furniture and a dining room suite!

We bought it at list price, which was totally fair for the neighbourhood and the beauty of the house. And it was well within our price range, so we can't go wrong!

Now we just have to wait for the home inspection (which we expect will be easy since they moved in 5 years ago and have done an impeccable job renovating it). And then it's ours!

Yay for Nick and Daphne! We're homeowners - well, we were before, since we own this condo, and owned the last as well. But now, we get land! And two stories! And room for a barbecue!