our new house

at 11:30pm on sunday june 5th, 2005, nikki and i bought a house in brampton in the heart lake area. after looking at many many house, we finally came across this one and fell in love with it. it will be so good to stop paying rent and start paying into something we own. mind you, we'll be in debt for a long long time, but that's ok, cuz we f@ckin' own it! heh heh.

slowly getting around to projects that have been on the "to do" list for a while. this past weekend we put up a shelf in the dining room so we can have a place to put our wine glasses, decanter, vases etc... check out the pics:

• pics of the new shelf in the dining room

at the end of summer 2008 we had a new deck installed. now, we'll be able to take full advantage of our backyard and enjoy relaxing out on the deck. check out the pics:

• pics of the new deck from start to finish

we added a concrete walkway down the side of the house that meets up with the drive way. much better than the gravel area we had between the two houses. check out the details and pics here:

• pics of the concrete walkway being built

some more pics have been uploaded from our possession date and after we've moved in

• pics from the possession date
• pics after we've moved in
• pics of our new dining room painting
• pics of our xmas tree 2005
• pics from xmas 2005 dinner

we had the house inspection on friday june 10th, 2005 and everything went well. a few minor issues but nothing crazy and nothing to be scared about. the inspector was quite impressed with the condition of the house. having an unfinished basement allowed him to get a good look at the foundation.

• house inspection photos

here are some pics of the house from the original mls listing:

• front of the house
• living/family room
• the dining room
• the kitchen and eating area
• the kitchen and eating area with walk out to patio
• the master bedroom
• the en-suite master bathroom
• the second bedroom
• the backyard

it's a 2-storey, detached, 3 bedroom house with 2 full bathrooms and one half bathroom. laundry is on the main floor in the guest bathroom. the house is about 6 years old and is in very good condition. it has a great open concept with the kitchen, living room and family room all open to each other. the dining room looks out into the living/family room area. the basement is not finished but is full size. the backyard has a nice little patio that you can walk out to from the kitchen's eating area. we take owernship on aug. 26th, 2005 and can't wait to move in.

we are really pleased with the location and neighbourhood. it's in a very nice community that is quite, professional and clean. it's a bit of a hike from downtown T.O., but that's ok. the key for us was to find a good house in a nice area and we certainly did.

homeowners!

i must say the feeling of owning your own home is great. i did not expect this kind of feeling at all. but, once we saw the house and realized it was the one for us, we couldn't wait to get it. still lots to do - packing up all our crap from the apartment, updating our address with everyone, buying new stuff for the house etc... it's all so exciting. now we just have to wait for the keys and then we're home!