Five Random Thoughts After The First Month In Our New House
It’s crazy how people make probably the single biggest financial decision of their lives based on 2-3 viewings of a property and a house inspection that lasts a few hours. I mean, some people might test drive a car more than that! Hell, some people might look at a laptop or other electronic device they’re thinking of purchasing more times than that.
Similarly, it’s wild that you buy this six figure property and you *might* get a stack of manuals for the appliances maybe. Of course it’s easier in the Internet age when a lot of manuals and information are online. But what if you can’t figure out the weight limit of the TV mount left in the living room? Or how to re-program the garage door keypad? Or the settings on the central vac (uhm, all hypothetical examples of course!)
As houses have gotten bigger and bigger, why haven’t standard garage sizes? Most newer houses I’ve seen would have room for probably 2-4 feet in both width and/or length which could make things not so tight and provide a lot more room for storage.
Getting the proceeds from the sale of our old house was a pretty crazy moment as that was the most money I’d ever had in my bank account by far. I have to admit that I briefly wondered if we should’ve just sold our old house and instead of buying a more expensive new one, bought some small condo and invested the proceeds in Apple and electric cars and biotechnology companies?
We’ve been in the new house for a month and have made a lot of progress but I suspect we’ll be unpacking boxes for many months to come (which is also the reason that “buy a small condo” idea would never work! 😉
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