First home! Excited beyond belief

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

Huge congrats to you!! The possibilities now are endless for you and you will find that you'll get another obssesion. Fixing up your house just the way you will love it.

I remember when Charlie and I bought our first house. I still sometimes sit downstairs and look around and think....OMG...I can't believe this is my house.

Awesome feeling.....again congrats and enjoy!!

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Oh for sure. I used to go to Home Depot for rack building stuff and just walk past everything like it didnt matter. I live in an apt, what do I care about faucets? Haha but we were in HD the other day to buy new door handles and I just DROOL over the things they have now. I cant wait to start putting time into improvements.

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Originally Posted by MissMowgli

Congrats!!!!!!

Hubby and I are looking to buy right now, and it's a lot of stress, but we're hoping it'll be worth it in the end.

Oh, and by posting this, you're contractually obligated to post pics of the herp room when you get settled in. :D

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Haha for sure, I will once it's all set up the way I like it. This weeks not a good time for pics as it's just gonna be a rack and 3 tubs of rodents, but once it's set up Ill be all over posting pics. A herp room has been a dream of mine and my wife's...for me because I want my own space and my wife because my snakes make a hell of a lot of newspaper noise at night. Hehe.

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Originally Posted by Flawless

BIG CONGRATZ.....:gj:

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Thank you

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Originally Posted by BiggBaddWolf

Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Right now my wife and I are looking at a 3BR 2BA home, and if we can get it we are going to sell the one we are in now which is 2br 1Ba. One of the bedrooms will be a herp room, one will be a music room, as we are both into music also!!!!:banana:
But it is really nice, has a family room, fireplace, and lots of good stuff!!!!!!!!

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We currently live in a 950 sq ft 2br/2ba apartment. This thing has...5 bedrooms(2 of which are in the basement, framed and drywalled and wired...we just have to paint and carpet), 3.5 bathrooms...one having a GIANT bath tub, a sitting room, a living room, a family room also in the basement, the kitchen has one of those islands which was a huge selling point for me and my wife (don't ask lol), a loft on the second floor that overlooks the living room, a walk in closet in the master bedroom that can be a room all on its own(wife's selling point, bane of my existence. I have to buy her more clothes now to fill it up). Only thin we dont have that I really wanted was a fireplace but we're gonna put one in with that $8k tax credit.

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Originally Posted by Python Dreams

Congrats! I bought my first house a year ago, and have been working non-stop to try and have it finished and landscaped, etc.... I'm almost done! Going from living in an apartment and having annual inspections where I would cover my old Vision racks with fabric and then lean surfboards on them, hang wetsuits, hang paintball guns, throw extra bike parts, have some apehangars jutting out of one of the racks, etc...:) Tried to make the second bedroom look like a storage room, which bugged the hell out of me since I am a neat freak! Instead of covering racks, now I tore down a wall and made one big snake room! I love owning!:)
As far as coming off as bragging... Buying a house has to be the one of the most, if not the most stressful/exciting purchase in your life. You cant help be excited and want to share! If that is too much for others to handle, then that is on them!:gj:

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Ugh annual inspections. This year was the first time I ever dealt with one. My poor snakes had to live in a heated suitcase for like 36 hours. NO MORE OPPRESSION BY THE LEASING OFFICE!:banana:
AS for stress, I dont think Im normal. I havent accepted the fact that I have a house yet as we still have 15 days to live out or lease in the apartment. Im sure when Im asleep in this new place for the first time reality will sink in...and I wont be able to sleep.

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Originally Posted by python1024

Congratulations on your first home! What an exciting time for you and your wife!

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Thank you! It is...wifey is kinda stressed out because she hates the fact that we are indebted to someone for 30 years....but it goes away when I remind her that we have 40k in equity already.

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Originally Posted by singingtothewheat

Congratulations!

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by abuja

If that house is as lovely on the inside as out, then I'd say you got a wonderful deal! Congratulations, I can't imagine how wonderful it must feel to own a house! :gj:

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Ill tell you when I fully accept it. It feels wonderful to look at the pictures though. My car has a GARAGE to sit in. Like...Oh Em GEeeee.

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Originally Posted by h00blah

omg that is SO SICK!!!!

owning something is AMAZING! i felt something like what u feel when i got my job and started buying things MYSELF, i felt so in control which is such a great feeling =]

im extremely happy for you and i hope more people go through that as well =]]]

high five

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Thanks! Yeah nothing beats doing something for yourself. It's the way I feel everytime my rodents drop a litter...control over my destiny and more power in my hands as opposed to the pet store.

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Originally Posted by Isis

Wow!!! Congrats! That's a really nice first home! I was overwhelmed with excitement when we got our house too so I totally understand your "bragging!" :D

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Haha thanks, I thought I was just being weird.

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

Congrats, my wife and I closed on our first home a little over a week ago and it felt amazing. We've painted, ripped up tile, put down new tile, and more already. It really does feel awesome. Fixing things and such on our rental (to keep the landlord from coming in and seeing all of my snakes) never felt anywhere near as rewarding as fixing up my own home does. Congrats again and I hope you enjoy home ownership.

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Hey congrats! We dont have to do too much work. This is a HUD home but the people fixed it up before they moved out. We really only need to paint because my wife wants to paint.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Well congrats :gj:

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Thank you!

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

Same here Walt LOL!
My herp room is my bedroom, for now.
:P

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Bedroom herp room is fine until you do something like I did along these lines"
A) Leave a F/t rat over night but forget it about it the next day and come home to the smell of decomposition and an angry wife the following morning ( I work nights)
B) Have a BP get sick and drop diarrhea bombs that stink to high heaven.
C) Have 16/18 BP's all go poop in the same night(at one point I had that many snakes before I gained control over my impulse buying)
No more bedroom herp room for this guy!

Nice Grats :) Now we need pics of the herp room :)

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Originally Posted by Haydenphoto

Nice Grats :) Now we need pics of the herp room :)

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Give me about a month to set it up hehe. I still have to build a rack for someone else's collection that Im taking in.

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Originally Posted by pavlovk1025

Give me about a month to set it up hehe. I still have to build a rack for someone else's collection that Im taking in.

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lol ok . I lived in Utah for a few years and loved it ! We lived just outside SLC in Murray by the fair grounds not sure if the fair grounds are even there anymore. But it's a really nice state not sure if your from there but look up - lake powell its a great place to take the family as kids me and my brothers loved going :)