The Syndicate

Got ya! :] I figure by the time we pay for the house, it'll be time to sell it to move to a retirement home. Lol

Golden wrote:Exactly. Sure I have a massive debt, but week to week that debt doesn't cost me a lot more than my rent, and at the end of it I have something mine to show for it (and I won't have to be paying rent in retirement either).

yes. It's tight but doable. And no more rent. I don't have that sweet baby to watch grow up and maybe help when I'm old. I have parents to take care of (being the one of my siblings who hasn't had kids) and then myself to take care of. Equity is important at this point in my life.

Golden wrote:It's awesome that BDH is so handy, bea. It's exciting when you can get things done. And... USB plugs... thats intriguing and something I hadn't thought about. At the moment we have actual plugs with plugs and usb ports stuck into our wall plugs, so the idea of the usb ports being straight into the wall is a great one. I'm going to have to look into it now, because new switches and sockets in some aprts of the house is one of our first necessary upgrades.

I'm not lying at all -this was the one thing he did today1 he was MOST proud of. Even more than the lights. And every guy I've talked to about it has reacted like you. "OMG, that's brillant, I should do that!"

Golden wrote:I would actually like to see pics of the man cave/studio.

me too tbh, its one thing eloh hasn't facebooked. And when he's not pissy and cranky he's ultra should be proud of it.

From what I can gather, he can make or listen to music but not disrupt the house. IDK for sure, cuz he's spent this much time correcting my spelling rather than showing me awesome things.

Golden wrote:I did not buy my tomb. But I'm glad that I bought a house that I will be very happy in as long as I need it, instead of one that was a sucky compromise just to get on the property ladder. Because I really did expect that the latter was all I was going to be able to finance.

One of my co-workers was all "welcome to debt land' and I was just all "welcome to being in debut for *my* thing as apposed to giving so much in rent.

Owenership is tough for sure, but it means never paying rent again. Never throwing away your money at rent again.

Golden wrote:

bea wrote:I live a fluid word life.

I can quite genuinely say this is one of my favourite things about you.

awe...shucks..*kicks dirt and shit*....

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:

Epignosis wrote:bea, I went from unemployed suddenly with two kids to teaching with three kids and now we are here. I love it here. I told my neighbor / mover that I didn't buy a house. I bought my tomb.

Epi - BDH and I are in our 40s. We don't have kids. We are buying our one and only home. We are desperately trying to create equity cuz there is NO ONE BEHIND US to take care of ourselves. WE bought a home that makes us happy and we hope like shit that once we pay it off, our investment will give us some more cash to take care of us in old people land.


We are the same except that we have to take care of this house then dump it, before we move off into retirement community.

I am sitting upstairs in my room- MY room- listening to the storm outside and having a bourbon. I'm enjoying myself.

see...by your words, you called it a tomb. I call that heaven.

I feel like you want to celebrate with us, but just don't know how.

I hear your room is EPIC man cave. Share some deets with us!!!

Epignosis wrote:bea, I went from unemployed suddenly with two kids to teaching with three kids and now we are here. I love it here. I told my neighbor / mover that I didn't buy a house. I bought my tomb.

Epi - BDH and I are in our 40s. We don't have kids. We are buying our one and only home. We are desperately trying to create equity cuz there is NO ONE BEHIND US to take care of ourselves. WE bought a home that makes us happy and we hope like shit that once we pay it off, our investment will give us some more cash to take care of us in old people land.


We are the same except that we have to take care of this house then dump it, before we move off into retirement community.

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:

Epignosis wrote:Bitch ripped up ten feet of carpet in my room because a dog peed there.

I'm 100 sure she did that *forI you cuz a dog peed there.

Well I didn't piss there.
I'm sure that wasn't the thing.

But what I do know is that Eloh finished the kids bathroom and it's awesome!!!

Our thread would love those picts. I saw them on facebook. I would love for you both to share the house stuff with us too.

I mean, you were the FIRST couple to buy a house. Eloh's facebook posts inspired me to dream of on for my own....

Epignosis wrote:Bitch ripped up ten feet of carpet in my room because a dog peed there.

I'm 100 sure she did that *forI you cuz a dog peed there.

Golden wrote:I nearly said something about Truman vs Dewey, but then, yknow, I let Epi be the jerk instead.

tbh you prolly played it smarter. Just don't go there with me in spelling and autocorrect. Please just understand that sometimes I do it on purpose and sometimes on accident. When you point out my accidents you are a kinda dick cuz I live a fluid word life.

FOR the record, spelling is the least form of criticism about me that I care about. So if you want to go low and cheap. Yea. I'm a great spelling target.

tbh - sounds like she was doing you a favor.

bea wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:His grandpa was an election

Damn bea. Was he a popular one?

quit being pissy and let your wife post picts of your awesome house in this thread. I've seen what Eloh has done. I know others here would love it too!!!

Quit hating and embrace that we are all one family.

Dumbass

Or you know - post them yourself. You and I both know how amazing your wife has been designing your home.

I think I"ve made it abundantly clear that this thread is all about the love. Quit picking and give us some fucking love epi.

Golden wrote:It's awesome that BDH is so handy, bea. It's exciting when you can get things done. And... USB plugs... thats intriguing and something I hadn't thought about. At the moment we have actual plugs with plugs and usb ports stuck into our wall plugs, so the idea of the usb ports being straight into the wall is a great one. I'!!m going to have to look into it now, because new switches and sockets in some aprts of the house is one of our first necessary upgrades.

No joke - EVERY guy I've told that too is all "wait -wor???!!! THAT'S AMAZBALLZ!"

and it really is in a low key sort of way.

I'm not even joking at all - every gal on facebook loves our pendant lights. Every dude I showed the plugs to is all OMFG!!!!!!!!

They are handy and practical. Especially as more and more devices need usb outlets. And also entertaining. And omg - my phone is dying -here plug it into this wall outlet...

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:His grandpa was an election

Damn bea. Was he a popular one?

quit being pissy and let your wife post picts of your awesome house in this thread. I've seen what Eloh has done. I know others here would love it too!!!

Quit hating and embrace that we are all one family.

Dumbass

Today BDH got up before I did and spent the afternoon doing stuff to the house. He sealed the grouting in the laundry room and where the frige will go. He hung our pendant lights, and the thing I'm fairly sure he's *most* proud of, he installed the usb wall outlets around the house. They are super cool. It's a regular wall plug, but has 2 usb ports on each side of them. I think we have 1 if not 2 in every room now.

Tomorrow he says he's thinking he will seal the gouting in the bathrooms and start working on ceiling fans or blinds. The frige, washer and dryer arrive tomorrow so he has some time to wait around on them to come deliver and install.

It is adorable watching him be all handy around our house. His grandpa was an election and he used to go out on jobs with him when he was younger, so he definitely knows what he's doing. I'm so very lucky to have such a great man in my life. Keeps the finances straightened, fixes stuff up in the house. I swear there is nothing he can't do!!

Speedchuck!!! Congrats!!!

It is an exciting and stressful process. And when it's all done the work is just getting started. But it's SO awesome.

I agree with JC - we'd love to see picts when you can!

I know JC - I was just funning. I was humming that song all last night after I read that. Aaaaand now it's stuck in there again...

Golden wrote:So excited for you bea! All these things you can see to do with it! That's very exciting.

Here is the harsh lesson I am learning about a completely blank slate. Because that's what I have. Is that I can paint and design it however I want. And there are SO many choices. Through all this though, I've learned I have a design style. Quiz after quiz I took would show touches of this and that, but then I had to accept the inevitable and know that there was one thing that kept coming up again and again and again.

It was Mid-century modern. So basically - anything from 1940-1970 American - think Mad Men and/or Art Deco decor and that's about me to a freeking T.

It's so bad that BDH now LAUGHS at me while we window shop home stuffs. Even at the antique shop- I'd be all "ohhh! this table! Ohhh!! these cabinets!! He'd flip the tag over and roll his eyes.

linki - ooohhh! so the second building is all you too! Nice for renting or an inlaw suite when that time comes. Good call! (or you know, Junior while he's in college and stuffs - close to home, but *awayish*)

Epignosis wrote:Y'all be actin like folks round here care about y'all buyin a house. Sheeyit.

I've seen your wife's facebook page. You could join the fun and post some picts. Or pout in a corner.

If ANYTHING, I'd love to see picts of that amazing sound proof studio you have now.

Golden wrote:http://www.professionals.co.nz/property ... ent-taita/

We are currently going unconditional so these photos could come down very soon. Look now while you have the chance!

I'll post some more in a month when we actually start moving in.

OMG - so cute!!! I am hella jelly of the fireplace! And the arched doorways. The room with the sink but no appliances - is that a laundry area?

you have a real live back yard and not a pile of dirt!!!

Looks like 3 bedrooms too right? So one for you guys and one for our best boy and one for another sibling? Cuz kids should grow up with siblings....just saying....

Quin wrote:

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:

juliets wrote:

Quin wrote:bea and Golden your houses look incredible.

I have always wondered, though, why sometimes bathrooms have two sinks side by side. Why?

For two people - his and hers in the master bath for example.

I see. It seems over-convenient to me but it definitely nice on an aesthetic level.

If two people are getting ready for work in the morning, or two kids are getting ready for school it's very convenient.

True. I wouldn't have a clue anyway. It really does look great though.

Yea - pretty much all of what Juliets said. But also - you know - so I can keep my things at my sink and he can keep his shavers and clippers etc at his sink. In the pict I posted, it was the master bath. But both bathrooms have the double sink. And the same thing goes in the other one. As she said - two kids - two sinks - teefies get brushed twice as fast.

The weird but kinda cool thing to me is that in the pict I posted, one of those closed doors leads to the toilet. OMG - how cool is that??? like the toilet in the master has it's own little closet room. So say one of us is showering and one of us has to do you know....stufff... they can just close the door and the smell or whatever won't bother said showering person!

I get that this particular function is kinda redundant because by and large - we are the only 2 people in the house so if one of us is showering, we have a whole other bathroom to poop in. But - part of the reason we chose *this* home and not other homes is we had one eye on when we pay the mortgage and are in our golden years and looking to sell so we can become the coolest old kids in the hippest retirement community. And a 3 bedroom home is easier to resell than a 2 bedroom home. LIkewise, the toilet closet is a handy thing for mom and dad in the master if their kids are all in the other bathroom.

juliets wrote:She even has two cats in the yard.

Not till I have my Catio!!!

Till then the girls are still strictly inside kittys.

thellama73 wrote:Your house is a very very very fine house.

Congrats, Bea!

awe thanks llama! now Imma listen to CSNY tonight.

S~V~S wrote:Will it come with a fridge, or do you have to buy that separately?

It's beautiful, and it's brand new, right?

How far from work, etc?

It came with the stove, dishwasher and microwave. We had to buy the frige, washer and dryer. OMG. My new washer and dryer are smarter than I am. My new dryer can tell when cloths are dry and auto shut off!!!!! Tech is cray cray these days! We really weren't shopping for something quite that smancy - we just wanted energy efficient cuz bills yo! But the ones we got, were on hellasale at 50 percent off the 800 dollar price tag. The deal was cheaper than the ones we were looking at so - there it went. Same with the frige. It's a french door fridge with water/ice machine. No bottom drawer freezer - but full size. And at less than the more economic one we were looking at. We went to Spencer's Appliance per the grandparent's suggestion. We were *amazed* by their service!

It is brand new - never lived in. Because it's brand new - there is a warenty on particular things in the house like dry wall and tile for the first year. So at 11 months they will come back - look and see what's cracked dry wall wise - tile wise etc due to the nature of the house settling during the first year and repair it. We can extend that warenty up to 10 years if we wish.

The move will add I wanna say like 15 minutes to bdh's drive time due to how much of his commute is and will be highway drive and he typically isn't commuting during peak hours. I'm not sure about mine. It's going to increase significantly as I was right around the corner from my store in the apt (like 15-20 min depending on traffic) And I'm moving further west and north from my store with no real good highway access. I *do* however have one street that cuts a diagnal across the city so that street that I keep forgetting about because I've learned to avoid it at all costs may now become my best friend. I still have to time the commute for myself but I should know sometime after Monday as I plan on loading the car full of boxes at night, going to work, then taking them to the house when I'm done working. I figure that will put me on the road during peek traffic hours - so I can get a realistic time stamp.

The SUPER best part about this though, is that even if it means a little more drive time to get to work on our end, it puts us so much closer to his family. His grandparent's retirement home is *literally* the next complex over and his mom's care center is like 2 blocks away.

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This is the pantry area to the right of the kitchen. Behind it is the guest bath and two bedrooms. Master suite to the right of the kitchen. OMG the walk in closet is about as big as the bedrooms!



This is the view from the catum sanctorum. AKA Bea's Library/Listening Room/Cat extravaganza. The front entrance way is to the left of it as is our laundry room. View out to the kitchen/dining/living area. Look! I have a patio that opens into a backyardimeanpileofdirt. Yard is a while a way yet...(but that yard WILL have a catio! Cuz CATIO!!!!!)




This is the pantry. It's a nice size even if it isn't very deep. Look at that touch up paint they are so nicely leaving for us!!! (There is also left over tile and grout in our closet for when they do the 11 month repairs.)



My Kitchen.

Obviously we are gonna paint those white cabinets pretty soon. White cabinets have no business anywhere near a place where I will regularly make pasta sauce. I'm torn between a lightish shade of grey or an espresso color.



This is the view from the living area into my multipurpose kitty fest/Bea's non food related loves room. I see shelves and comfy reading chairs and cat trees everywhere! And a record player. I want a record player. I miss owning albums.

It looks smallish from the outside. But it has the most amazing use of space I've ever seen. No corner is un thought about or used. Even the "hallway" off the kitchen to the guest bath and bedrooms keep the house connected. On paper it sounds like a lot. 3 bed, 2 bath. But the way it's laid out feels just cozy enough for the two of us and the occasional guests.

And a puppy.


Once we have a back yard and not a pile of dirt, we get a puppy! :


OK - so it looks like in the preview - I finally got the picts to post. Yay using their tags! But the size is all off. The full view can be accessed by opening the pict in a new tab.

I swear by the time I get around to posting picts with stuff *in* the house, I will have this down!

awe - see I WANT picts of that. Mods turn this thread into Golden and Bea have homes and Bea needs baby picts!!!

It's super amazing!! congrats to you too Golden!! MODS - make this thread be cleverly titled that bea and BD(iggz}H AND ALSO GOLDEN AND MRS GOLDEN buy a house!

Tbh - golden - I can't think of a better person to go through all this with than you. How's that sweet baby btw?

So Juliets said I should track this here. And also on FB. I've posted a few picts on FB, but yea. Lots of you I love might not see them so here is the
"we have a house!" thread!

I hope I can use the imgur images pretty ok. I suck at tech stuffs.

Yea I tried this like 10 times.

Here is the link. Tech kids tell me how to paste picties.