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Jan. 20th, 2008 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sexy_romulanToday: greasy spoon breakfast (mmmmmmmm, pancakes), mini real-estate adventure with my mom, and partay.
Real estate adventuring is likely to be a more frequent occurrence in the next while. Apparently I should have a letter on Tuesday (!!!!!!) and according to the bank we don't have to have all our ducks in a row right this second in order to be all pre-approved, so long as we can see our way clear to it by closing time. I expect it will take about 3 months to have said financial ducks all lined up, and that leaves plenty of room for a fairly standard closing date, even were we to stumble across Teh Dream House tomorrow.
And in any case, I doubt that will happen. Judging by the bank's little online calculator, we should have a pretty decent budget, but there's actually not a lot within that budget that's both inside the greenbelt and in decent shape...to say nothing of anything in Britannia Village, where we'd really prefer to stay. We could buy a very nice house in Barrhaven or Kanata with the same money, except that I categorically refuse to live in either of those neighbourhoods, kthxbai.
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Well, mini real-estate adventure is concluded. Place was not thrilling - nice enough, but location (one block north of Carling, facing an office building) was bleah, closet space was nonexistent, basement renovation was weird, and sump pump had water standing in it, which is not what I'd call a good sign. There were enough little things awry that I would not be surprised if closer inspection unearthed problems on the Mike Holmes scale. Definitely not worth the asking price. And in any case, outside of Britannia I'm inclined to be very picky.
Real estate adventuring is likely to be a more frequent occurrence in the next while. Apparently I should have a letter on Tuesday (!!!!!!) and according to the bank we don't have to have all our ducks in a row right this second in order to be all pre-approved, so long as we can see our way clear to it by closing time. I expect it will take about 3 months to have said financial ducks all lined up, and that leaves plenty of room for a fairly standard closing date, even were we to stumble across Teh Dream House tomorrow.
And in any case, I doubt that will happen. Judging by the bank's little online calculator, we should have a pretty decent budget, but there's actually not a lot within that budget that's both inside the greenbelt and in decent shape...to say nothing of anything in Britannia Village, where we'd really prefer to stay. We could buy a very nice house in Barrhaven or Kanata with the same money, except that I categorically refuse to live in either of those neighbourhoods, kthxbai.
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Well, mini real-estate adventure is concluded. Place was not thrilling - nice enough, but location (one block north of Carling, facing an office building) was bleah, closet space was nonexistent, basement renovation was weird, and sump pump had water standing in it, which is not what I'd call a good sign. There were enough little things awry that I would not be surprised if closer inspection unearthed problems on the Mike Holmes scale. Definitely not worth the asking price. And in any case, outside of Britannia I'm inclined to be very picky.
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Date: 2008-01-20 08:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-21 12:49 am (UTC)As far as feasability goes, I think location and market has a lot to do with that. I can't imagine even trying to buy a place in NYC (or even in Toronto, for that matter), but in, say, Sackville NB? Probably easier than in Ottawa!