Very long week already

skeppler1

We are in the process of buying our first house so there has been A LOT of stress between the both of us.  The past weekend was the first weekend in a while not doing anything house related, since we had already put in an offer and just waiting to hear back from them.  So I was looking forward to going to dinner with friends as planned, or at least thats what I was told...instead my FI had been arranging my surprise bridal shower with my little sis and mom who live in PA and my sister who lives here as well as friends and co workers.   They apparently have been planning it for a long time.  To say the least I was completely shocked and surprised to see my mom and sister standing in the restaurant.  It was the best surprise and very much needed to releave some stress. Was able to spend time with them the rest of the weekend and then found out that our offer was accepted and needed to schedule an inspection ASAP.  That happened monday and so far so good.  Now we are just going crazy about what we wan to do first to the house when we are able to move in but do not want to get ahead of ourselves so we don't jinks anything.
I just want this week to be over already and thinis to calm down a bit, but I suppose we have 5 more months or crazyness.  We definitely are looking forward to the honeymoon.
I still can't believe we are going to be home owners and newlyweds soon...so excited to be marrying my best friend

Sunshine811

I feel your pain. We bought our first house last May, while I was working full time and going to school full time to finish my Associate's degree. On top of that we got engaged that month. Inspections and everything can add even more to the stress, but I promise it will be worth it!

From a new homebuyer who just bought and remodeled her house last year- I would suggest making a list of everything you want to do and then prioritizing it most important to least important. Then look at again most expensive to least expensive so you figure out what you want to do and can afford. (kind of like our guest lists, lol). Thats what we did, before everything went through, and when we got the house we were all ready to get started.

Owning a home is such a great feeling and an amazing accomplishment. Hope all your inspections go well and good luck!

Also- what an awesome surprise! How cool!

jennc82512

aw Congrats thats awesome hope everything goes well and your able to move in soon! and how sweet of them thats awesome that you were completely shocked! and im sure seeing family was a good stress reliever and you were able to get your mind off everything for a little bit! these 5 months will fly by and the next thing you know you will be on your honeymonn! i know thats what im looking forward to after all this stress, and of course being married

skeppler1

Thats girls!!
The inspection went very well, nothing major, just little things to fix.  The nest step is to get the foundation checked again since there were repairs done in the past, but fortunately those repairs have a lifetime warranty.
Had the pool inspected also, and that will be our biggest problem, but hopefully not all the repairs will have to be done right away.
We are just looking forward to moving into our own place soon and doing remodeling to make it our own, but don't want to get ahead of ourselves until we know for sure that it will be ours.
This month definitly has been stressful.  Tonight we are going to our venues open house they have a few times a year....get to try their awesome food and drink some champagne.

I will definitly be making a list, I have so many lists and spreadsheets going for the wedding already, whats one more
Thanks again girls, I will keep up updated