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Buying a house is very exciting. It is a big accomplishment indeed. This is also the reason why people especially moms can be so meticulous about it.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being thorough. In fact, it is advisable to be comprehensive and particular. This will ensure that you will choose and buy the perfect house for you and your family.
House hunting tips
This post will share useful house hunting tips for meticulous moms out there. Are you ready to go house hunting? Here are some things to remember:
- Schedule viewings and more viewings – when buying a house, you talk to realtors and schedule viewings of houses. Well, make the most of it. Do not settle with viewing just two or three houses and then buy what you like from those three. How about other houses that might be more beautiful? Expand your scope. Talk to different realtors that offer different houses in different areas and just schedule viewings until you find ‘the one’.
- Go inside and don’t hesitate to inspect every corner – when viewing a house, you should go inside – meaning deep down inside. Do not hesitate to open cupboards, cabinets and even raise the rugs. You surely want to see what’s there in every corner of the house. This will make you feel more at ease. And of course, this will help you avoid any mistakes that you may regret.
- Take a picture – it is also advisable to take pictures of the house – each room if possible. This will allow you to continue looking even if you are not there anymore. It gives you more time to think and picture yourself in that house. Once you picture yourself in it then maybe it is the one.
- Take a third look – once you see a possible prospect, make sure to come back for not only second look but also third look. Yes, that’s right! It is good to see the house three times in different hours of day. Schedule a morning viewing, afternoon before dark and then in the evening to see the house in different lightings. Also, viewing the house in the daytime can easily make you miss some important aspects like the neighborhood. The area may be quiet and peaceful in the morning, but what about during nighttime? Maybe, the neighbors love to party and play loud music? You will only know about this if you also schedule a nighttime viewing.
- Sketch the floor plan – lastly, try to draw the floor plan. You do not have to be super good in sketching but just a rough drawing to help you visualize if the furniture and arrangement you wish to achieve is indeed possible.
Choose a house that that will complement your lifestyle. Do not rush things. Take your time in viewing different houses until you find the one for you. As mentioned above, it is crucial you are meticulous because this will result in you choosing a house you can call your dream home. In Melton, there’s a display village that you can check out. See if your dream house is in there.
What are your house hunting tips to finding the perfect home?
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]]>How is everyone going this Monday morning? I am more than likely busy packing and unpacking. Why? Well because we picked up the keys to our brand new home on Friday! It has been a long 10 months of extremely tight budgets as we have been paying rent as well as paying the mortgage for our house while it is being constructed. We have endured stressful moments, builders and what seems like a lifetime of waiting. But the wait is over – we have now got our keys! We finally have our own home.
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As you can imagine we will be a little bit busy over the next few days trying to get settled in and as we will not have the internet connected until next week it may be a little quiet around here until then. Never fear though I will be back with a vengeance as soon as it is connected and ready to go!
I will announce the winners of the Palmolive giveaway and also the Personal Planner giveaway on my return. Remember you can enter them daily!
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I will start today by apologising to all the fantastic and supportive readers I have here for it being so quiet around here this week. This has been for a few reasons and I have hesitated all week in writing this particular post as I am not really sure what to say or how to explain it.
To begin with the family and I have been a bit pre-occupied with the fact our house is finally being started. We purchased our block of land in December and finally the slab is about to be poured. It is pretty exciting for us.
Then there was our wedding anniversary, my husbands’ birthday, my eldest sons’ school excursion, etc etc blah blah blah. The list just keeps on going and yet even though all these events are very positive and happy, over the last week I have found myself not feeling myself. I just don’t feel right.
I cannot explain it much better than that unfortunately; I have been emotional for absolutely next to no reason, I am exhausted all the time and my head aches have been horrid. This is more than likely due to the fact that I am plain and simply exhausted and seriously need some sleep or the fact that I am still trying to adjust to losing yet another grandparent but I have just found that small things that wouldn’t normally bother me in the slightest are making me upset. For example: facebook followers unliking – what is up with that? It’s their loss, I know this but it still got me sad.
As I said I cannot really describe it much better than that as I do not suffer depression but here is to hoping a good nights sleep fixes my little emotionally draining problem and all goes back to normal soon.
::Sorry for the post being a bit of a downer::
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