I just made a bank transfer to pay my lawyers fees, my portion of the rates that the current owner has paid, the rest of the money for my deposit on the house and the kitchen sink. It was a fair amount of money, and it feels really bizarre to be typing in dollar values in the thousands.
I can't help but think how different it must have been before the current technology- going to the bank, getting a big huge cheque written out, carefully delivering it to the lawyer. And that's just the deposit and fees! I'm really, really relieved that on Friday all that's going to happen is a momentary blip as several hundred thousand dollars are deposited into my account, and then immediately taken out again and delivered to where they need to go. If I had to make that transfer myself, I think I'd faint!
All in all, things are going well- I'm home early today to a) carry on packing and b) wait for the rental agent to come to show people around. I guess I'm weird that I like to be here when strangers walk through the place- and yet I found it weird when the owners of the places for sale were around. I guess for me it's that dynamic of renting vs buying. I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to have a landlord anymore- and hopefully never again!
It's both exhilarating and terrifying- I won't be able to call someone if the roof leaks- it's up to me to fix it! But it's going to be great to not have to worry about damaging walls or anything accidentally, or pets making a mess- and I can finally have pets other than our darling budgies. That's exciting! Plus painting the walls will be fun.
I really thought I'd be losing sleep over this Friday- finally getting the keys and getting into my house. My House. It's funny to say out loud. I really can't wait to start posting photos on here and finally making a place mine. I've never had that before- I've lived in rented accomodation or halls of residence since 2002, and before that it was always with my parents, who never even let me paint my walls or have too much free reign with what wallpaper I chose. This place can be 100% me, and I love it!
I was very grown-up this week and bought a washing machine. I didn't mean to- I was planning on waiting until we actually got in the place (since we can live without that and even without a fridge for a few days if needed) but that had a great sale and the washer I saw that looked best (most energy efficient, which is a big deal to me) was out of stock and they were taking orders at the sale price. They said it'd be a week and a half to two weeks for delivery and at that price (almost half off!) I couldn't resist. Now to find a dryer (which unfortunately won't be as energy efficient- all of the good-for-the-earth ones are more than $3000 it seems!) and a fridge- once I figure out how much space I have to work with. Exciting!
T minus 3 days and counting!
I can't help but think how different it must have been before the current technology- going to the bank, getting a big huge cheque written out, carefully delivering it to the lawyer. And that's just the deposit and fees! I'm really, really relieved that on Friday all that's going to happen is a momentary blip as several hundred thousand dollars are deposited into my account, and then immediately taken out again and delivered to where they need to go. If I had to make that transfer myself, I think I'd faint!
All in all, things are going well- I'm home early today to a) carry on packing and b) wait for the rental agent to come to show people around. I guess I'm weird that I like to be here when strangers walk through the place- and yet I found it weird when the owners of the places for sale were around. I guess for me it's that dynamic of renting vs buying. I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I'm not going to have a landlord anymore- and hopefully never again!
It's both exhilarating and terrifying- I won't be able to call someone if the roof leaks- it's up to me to fix it! But it's going to be great to not have to worry about damaging walls or anything accidentally, or pets making a mess- and I can finally have pets other than our darling budgies. That's exciting! Plus painting the walls will be fun.
I really thought I'd be losing sleep over this Friday- finally getting the keys and getting into my house. My House. It's funny to say out loud. I really can't wait to start posting photos on here and finally making a place mine. I've never had that before- I've lived in rented accomodation or halls of residence since 2002, and before that it was always with my parents, who never even let me paint my walls or have too much free reign with what wallpaper I chose. This place can be 100% me, and I love it!
I was very grown-up this week and bought a washing machine. I didn't mean to- I was planning on waiting until we actually got in the place (since we can live without that and even without a fridge for a few days if needed) but that had a great sale and the washer I saw that looked best (most energy efficient, which is a big deal to me) was out of stock and they were taking orders at the sale price. They said it'd be a week and a half to two weeks for delivery and at that price (almost half off!) I couldn't resist. Now to find a dryer (which unfortunately won't be as energy efficient- all of the good-for-the-earth ones are more than $3000 it seems!) and a fridge- once I figure out how much space I have to work with. Exciting!
T minus 3 days and counting!
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