What do you wish someone told you when you bought your first house?
What were your priorities year 1?

All that editing and quick fixes is a myth.

We’ve been in our home for almost 8 years and haven’t made nearly a dent in our to do list.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

theres not any big shit we need to do right off the bat.
we're putting a moratorium on any changes/improvements for the first 2 years while we get our budget back in order and to give us time to really think about what we want to do, what order, whats best for the space, etc

You sure?

was living in NYC for 14 years
and moved back down to my hometown of charlotte a year and a half ago SPECIFICALLY so we could afford to buy a nice house.
so yes.

My reply is what I wish someone had told ME....that's all.


"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"

and getting that right/to our liking.
We knew we eventually wanted to make some major structural and size changes, but figured it was best to "live with" the house for a while and figure out exactly what kinda changes would work best for our lifestyle.
That took about 8 years or so...before we knew what we wanted to do and had the money to do it...
So I think the biggest take away is to live with a house for a bit to see what works and what needs to be changed, upgraded, reconfigured, etc. I've seen folks buy a house and jump head first into renovations & upgrades based on current trends and NOT on how THEY live day to day.
Get ready for the adventure!

thats the page we're on for sure
and sorry, i totally didnt understand what you were doing w the first post!

we are prolly just now ready to start doing some renovations.

Not sure if we will keep this house or sell it and buy one that’s walk in ready.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

real estate, the DMV region in general & chose poorly setting us on a trajectory that we only corrected within the past 5 years or so.




"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"

Priorities: Get everything unpacked and organized.


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>Priorities: Get everything unpacked and organized.

we've been renting since we got here and literally have a spare room of boxes we never bothered to unpack from NYC bc we knew our living situation was a max of 2 years.
Really looking forward to that. Theres gonna be a lot of "oh ya i forgot i had this!!"

Coming up on three years of home ownership at the end of summer. My list of major projects had barely budged. Every project takes multiple days/weekends/months/years.

be patient, don't try to tackle everything at once

Save, save and save - shit happens

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We rationalize dumb shit

>Save, save and save - shit happens

blowing a good portion of my savings on that DP, so def need to build that back up ASAP

Work on all the spaces that visitors will see first (outside, backyard, living room, kitchen,etc)

Declutter as much as you can...

Save money because AC, Water Heater, Plumbing, can hit your wallet hard if you cant fix them yourself.

Congrats!!!!

You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

unpack those boxes. Nothing worse than carrying clutter and junk and baggage around for years taking up space.

I've noticed that things like hot water heaters and AC's tend to break when a house changes hands. I think it's because most people don't regularly maintain those appliances... they only fix them when they're clearly broken.

Worse, they may not use it as much as you intend to so even though the inspector says it's in working order and should last several more years, you may blow it out within the first year.

I've seen this with my rentals. Previous tenant has no complaints, new tenant blows a unit out in 3 months. Now I just try to maintain everything so at least I know if something is on it's last legs.

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so should be good on that - routine maintenance is key, we'll be starting 6month schedule for that.

today is INSPECTION DAY!

but I’ve been able to save us at least 2K in repairs simply by going on YouTube to check for what to do if XYZ doesn’t work.

I don’t do electricity but I’ve fixed the AC unit twice and also know how to clean my heat sensor on the gas heater when it acts up and doesn’t turn over.

Thank goodness no water heater issues. One time the gas got cutoff when I forgot my gas bill wasn’t on autopay. I used the hot water sparingly until they turned it back on. Then I was informed by water heater was electric. Smh.

Try to learn as much as possible about your house and appliances.

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

depending on the age of your appliances and hvac systems, that home warranty is good to have. if your stuff is fairly new, it may not be worth it to keep paying for the warranty too long.

congrats on the home tho.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

check floors and outlets now....
inspect the AC nowwwww

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Tutu nu, vondo nos nu
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To swim or to touch not
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