House! Possibly!
Apr. 2nd, 2025 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeOkay, so the Almost Perfect House is one step closer to becoming a reality! We put in an offer tonight, got a counter-offer with minor changes (moving the acceptance date to April 8th rather than 10th, the hot water heater turned out to be owned and not rented, small things like that), and so now all that's left is the house inspection and approval of the financing. I have unofficial approval for the financing already, but it does need to be green-lit by the people who are in control of the money. *sigh*
I really, REALLY hope that there's nothing horribly wrong with the new house. It does have some logistical issues, namely that the smaller of the two bedrooms is really, really small. We'll have to tear out the loft beds, because I am too fat and definitely too old to contort myself into a loft bed that was clearly designed for children every single day, and since the room is only 9' x 9' I'm thinking I will invest in a Murphy bed, perhaps with a built-in desk for when I need to work from home and don't want to set up on the kitchen table.
Otherwise, the rest of the house has lots of storage and decent amounts of space for everything else. There's no guest room, but if I keep my own room super tidy I can always put my parents up there and sleep on the sofa or a cot in the living room while they're visiting.
My parents are deeply unthrilled with the house, but luckily they don't have to live there. They think it's too far from Ottawa, too flimsily built (it's not), and they are miffed that KK gets the really nice big bedroom with access to the outside patio and an en-suite bathroom (they think I should get it because I'm the one buying the house), but honestly from an accessibility perspective it makes no sense to put her in the small room. I also get access to all of the nice outbuildings and the greenhouse and four entire acres of land that KK has no interest in. Also, did I mention it has a swimming pool? It's not the feature that attracted me, but I am not mad about it. It will be really nice to relax in the pool in the hot summer, and the dogs will love it, I am quite sure. We may have trouble keeping them *out* of the pool, frankly.
Okay. I should try really hard not to get ahead of myself. Things can still go wrong. But if they don't, I will practically be neighbours with my friends J and t!, whom long-time readers will remember as ai731 and the_exclamation, neither of whom are active on LJ anymore. They used to be my neighbours and landlords back when I lived in Ville Émard, and it will be nice to spend more time with J again. We used to hang out much more regularly when I was working at the RCMP and living in Vanier. Maybe we can start up our cooking days again! That would be a lot of fun.
Anyway, AGAIN, I am trying not to get ahead of myself (and kind of failing). This is the problem with having a constant deficit of chill, I get exciting about things before they are a sure thing.
Time for bed. Keep your fingers crossed, folks!
I really, REALLY hope that there's nothing horribly wrong with the new house. It does have some logistical issues, namely that the smaller of the two bedrooms is really, really small. We'll have to tear out the loft beds, because I am too fat and definitely too old to contort myself into a loft bed that was clearly designed for children every single day, and since the room is only 9' x 9' I'm thinking I will invest in a Murphy bed, perhaps with a built-in desk for when I need to work from home and don't want to set up on the kitchen table.
Otherwise, the rest of the house has lots of storage and decent amounts of space for everything else. There's no guest room, but if I keep my own room super tidy I can always put my parents up there and sleep on the sofa or a cot in the living room while they're visiting.
My parents are deeply unthrilled with the house, but luckily they don't have to live there. They think it's too far from Ottawa, too flimsily built (it's not), and they are miffed that KK gets the really nice big bedroom with access to the outside patio and an en-suite bathroom (they think I should get it because I'm the one buying the house), but honestly from an accessibility perspective it makes no sense to put her in the small room. I also get access to all of the nice outbuildings and the greenhouse and four entire acres of land that KK has no interest in. Also, did I mention it has a swimming pool? It's not the feature that attracted me, but I am not mad about it. It will be really nice to relax in the pool in the hot summer, and the dogs will love it, I am quite sure. We may have trouble keeping them *out* of the pool, frankly.
Okay. I should try really hard not to get ahead of myself. Things can still go wrong. But if they don't, I will practically be neighbours with my friends J and t!, whom long-time readers will remember as ai731 and the_exclamation, neither of whom are active on LJ anymore. They used to be my neighbours and landlords back when I lived in Ville Émard, and it will be nice to spend more time with J again. We used to hang out much more regularly when I was working at the RCMP and living in Vanier. Maybe we can start up our cooking days again! That would be a lot of fun.
Anyway, AGAIN, I am trying not to get ahead of myself (and kind of failing). This is the problem with having a constant deficit of chill, I get exciting about things before they are a sure thing.
Time for bed. Keep your fingers crossed, folks!
