New House

Mishra

So I have paused the certification track because I bought a house. Not only did the entire process of buying the house take a lot of time, research, and thought but afterwards it took a lot of physical effort to start getting it back into shape to be lived in.

I am completely wore out and just want to fall asleep at my desk right now. I have all the main furniture moved over to the house. Everyday I worked on the home after work so it's been 24/7 non-stop. I finished that yesterday. I have spent more money than I would have imagined buying crap for the home and on moving. Everytime I tell people I spent all this money they say "welcome to home ownership". lol

I had the carpets cleaned and now all my stuff is sitting in the garage... So more physical labor to actually put it in the house and for some things, assemble it.

Here are before pictures

blargoe

That's really cool Mishra. Looks like a great home, congratulations and "welcome to home ownership".

tiersten

Congratulations

One thing tho, if you're intending to run any wiring then do it now when you've not got much stuff in there. If you do run any wiring then run way more than you currently need.

Mishra

tiersten wrote:

Congratulations

One thing tho, if you're intending to run any wiring then do it now when you've not got much stuff in there. If you do run any wiring then run way more than you currently need.

There is some aluminum wiring in the home that I will be buying connectors for the outlets and junction boxes. http://www.alcopstore.com/

Then I need to at least run Cat5 and coax in the living room... But I can't quite get to it before I put the furniture in the home sadly. I had to worry about cleaning and painting while the furniture was out of the home.

royal

Just moved into my new house yesterday as well! I'm still unpacking but I'll take some pictures and start a new thread in a couple weeks after I get some new furniture and hook up my stuff.

eMeS

Congrats to both of you. What a great time to be a buyer in the housing market!

MS

shednik

Very nice house there Mishra, I'll be looking forward to seeing some pics of yours as well royal.

jryantech

eMeS wrote:

Congrats to both of you. What a great time to be a buyer in the housing market!

MS

Instantly what I thought.

BeaverC32

jryantech wrote:

eMeS wrote:

Congrats to both of you. What a great time to be a buyer in the housing market!

MS

Instantly what I thought.

+1

I bought a house a few months ago and the interest rate was 5.375%.

gojericho0

Awesome house and congratulations!

It might even be more work if you are married or having a girl friend living with you. My wifes project list grows much faster than the completion list! We repainted one room so many times I can quantify it as Class R insulation!

Mishra

gojericho0 wrote:

Awesome house and congratulations!

It might even be more work if you are married or having a girl friend living with you. My wifes project list grows much faster than the completion list! We repainted one room so many times I can quantify it as Class R insulation!

Girlfriend of 2.5 years living with me. She SAYS she wants to work on projects but I just dunno how much that will last. Honestly I still don't even know if my motivation will be strong in the home.

LoL paint insulation. Funny. You could also say that it turned from drywall into lamentant flooring.

I really don't think she will be one to want to paint 500 times but who knows!

dynamik

Congrats! Now you can get back to studying, right?

hypnotoad

Congrats -- looks good. I don't see any fiber in the pictures though.

Mishra

dynamik wrote:

Congrats! Now you can get back to studying, right?

Not quite yet. :-\ Other projects have to get done to make sure my house doesn't catch on fire

But I might be able to ease slowly into it and get my 293 over with.
I've been wondering if snadam put down the controller yet.

Mishra

nl wrote:

Congrats -- looks good. I don't see any fiber in the pictures though.

There should be a box of Wheaties in the kitchen somewhere. Does that count? ^_^

coffeeking

Congrats to you Mishra, and to Royal as well. Must feel good to be a home owner. Its a lot of work and a big step, but its one of the best investments regardless of how things are right now.

royal

Forgot to even thank Mishra in my original reply. How selfish of me! Huge congrats to you Mishra.

Mishra

royal wrote:

Forgot to even thank Mishra in my original reply. How selfish of me! Huge congrats to you Mishra.

And congrats to you! This is my first house and it feels so nice just to stand out in the driveway and not have to worry about apartment idiots.

royal

This is my first as well, but it's a townhome. Can't afford a good single family home out here in Chicago.

hypnotoad

And congrats to you! This is my first house and it feels so nice just to stand out in the driveway and not have to worry about apartment idiots.

Just wait until you have to shovel the snow

eMeS

Mishra wrote:

gojericho0 wrote:

Awesome house and congratulations!

It might even be more work if you are married or having a girl friend living with you. My wifes project list grows much faster than the completion list! We repainted one room so many times I can quantify it as Class R insulation!

Girlfriend of 2.5 years living with me. She SAYS she wants to work on projects but I just dunno how much that will last. Honestly I still don't even know if my motivation will be strong in the home.

LoL paint insulation. Funny. You could also say that it turned from drywall into lamentant flooring.

I really don't think she will be one to want to paint 500 times but who knows!

Whatever happens, when she discovers "faux finishes", hire a professional. I have decided that there is some kind of magic involved in this work.

MS

dynamik

nl wrote:

And congrats to you! This is my first house and it feels so nice just to stand out in the driveway and not have to worry about apartment idiots.

Just wait until you have to shovel the snow

I'm not sure how much snow he gets in Kentucky

Mishra

dynamik wrote:

nl wrote:

And congrats to you! This is my first house and it feels so nice just to stand out in the driveway and not have to worry about apartment idiots.

Just wait until you have to shovel the snow

I'm not sure how much snow he gets in Kentucky

I would say I get snow but if you are trying to compare Minnesota and Louisville then go ahead and say I don't get any.

hypnotoad

Oh sorry I thought it was Chicago.

gojericho0

eMeS wrote:

Mishra wrote:

gojericho0 wrote:

Awesome house and congratulations!

It might even be more work if you are married or having a girl friend living with you. My wifes project list grows much faster than the completion list! We repainted one room so many times I can quantify it as Class R insulation!

Girlfriend of 2.5 years living with me. She SAYS she wants to work on projects but I just dunno how much that will last. Honestly I still don't even know if my motivation will be strong in the home.

LoL paint insulation. Funny. You could also say that it turned from drywall into lamentant flooring.

I really don't think she will be one to want to paint 500 times but who knows!

Whatever happens, when she discovers "faux finishes", hire a professional. I have decided that there is some kind of magic involved in this work.

MS

jbaello

Congrats Mishra, I wonder if I'll ever afford even a condo in LA...

Lee H

House warming party i feel, invite everyone from Techexams

Now wouldnt that be funny

Mishra

Lee H wrote:

House warming party i feel, invite everyone from Techexams

Now wouldnt that be funny

The creepy part would be if you showed up! lol

Lee H

I live in UK so yeah it would be real creepy