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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