OT: Massive purchase for card storage!
Jdurg
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This is slightly off-topic, and perhaps it's the champagne forcing me to post this, but I felt as though I had to. Today, I officially made the biggest purchase of my entire life. My very own house!!! 
At the age of 27 years old I am the owner of my own 1,400 square foot, Cape Style house. I was able to get it for a pretty good price and only needed to borrow about $195,000 for the purchase. Of the two rooms upstairs, one will become my bedroom and the other will turn into a home office and collectible display room. I plan on taking down the dormerd(sp?) walls in the one room and creating some built in cabinets for my cards, signed memorabilia, and various other items. The opposite end of the room will house my computer and work related items, while the sides will hold my other collectibles and goodies.
The roof is brand new as is the kitchen. It's got a great convection oven that is a few months old, and the house itself is in great shape. I need to buy some furniture, but with the $9,000 extra that I've set aside I should be able to do that. (I want to buy myself a nice hi-def TV for my living room as well as some comfy couches). I figure that the money I have available should easily be able to furnish the place. I honestly don't know how to feel right now. My wrist is a little tight from all the paperwork I had to sign at the closing today, but having the keys in my hand feels so great. In about two weeks I'll be fully moving in as it will take that long for me to pack up all my stuff safely and securely, as well as get my phone set up and other utilities at the house.
Still, I can't believe that many of my goals in life have now been met. I'm under 30 and I own my own home, I have a well paying job that I love, I have every Topps and Topps traded set from my birth year through the present, and thanks to going to the gym at work every day I'm in GREAT shape! Time to finish off my champagne before I realize how really poor I now am. 
At the age of 27 years old I am the owner of my own 1,400 square foot, Cape Style house. I was able to get it for a pretty good price and only needed to borrow about $195,000 for the purchase. Of the two rooms upstairs, one will become my bedroom and the other will turn into a home office and collectible display room. I plan on taking down the dormerd(sp?) walls in the one room and creating some built in cabinets for my cards, signed memorabilia, and various other items. The opposite end of the room will house my computer and work related items, while the sides will hold my other collectibles and goodies. The roof is brand new as is the kitchen. It's got a great convection oven that is a few months old, and the house itself is in great shape. I need to buy some furniture, but with the $9,000 extra that I've set aside I should be able to do that. (I want to buy myself a nice hi-def TV for my living room as well as some comfy couches). I figure that the money I have available should easily be able to furnish the place. I honestly don't know how to feel right now. My wrist is a little tight from all the paperwork I had to sign at the closing today, but having the keys in my hand feels so great. In about two weeks I'll be fully moving in as it will take that long for me to pack up all my stuff safely and securely, as well as get my phone set up and other utilities at the house.
Still, I can't believe that many of my goals in life have now been met. I'm under 30 and I own my own home, I have a well paying job that I love, I have every Topps and Topps traded set from my birth year through the present, and thanks to going to the gym at work every day I'm in GREAT shape!
Time to finish off my champagne before I realize how really poor I now am. I collect the elements on the periodic table, and some coins. I have a complete Roosevelt set, and am putting together a set of coins from 1880.
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(I did have to chuckle a bit when signing all the loan documentation though. There's a section that says "I won't be using my house to store or work with hazardous chemicals." I had to laugh since my element collection could technically be considered "hazardous".
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Lathe and plaster shadows, BX wiring, string o' lights, tongue and grooved boards, thats an old house right there.
Good luck!!
Lathe and plaster shadows, BX wiring, string o' lights, tongue and grooved boards
The house had 2 layer sof Wide Pine boards, we are gonna have our hardwood floor people pull em up, then reinstall them. People LOVE those old wide pine boards, also we have 2 fireplaces in each unit.
<< <i>Well now i'm thoroughly depressed. I'm 28 and nowhere near there. Well I did get into a lease to own home in June and am making strides. Guess thats what happens when you have 1 kid born 4 days after you turn 19 and have women screw you over multiple times only to finally settle down with a wonderful woman and have another son that is now 15 months old. All in all life is good and I'm glad you have been able to accomplish so much in so little time. You have done well for yourself you deserve the champagne.
Wow! I'm impressed by that. I haven't met that special someone yet so I don't know the experience of being a father. You sound pretty damned proud though, and I guess all that really matters in life is whether or not you're happy. Yes, the champagne is making me feel happier than perhaps I should be feeling, but I just feel as though I've finally accomplished something. I've wanted the ability to show off my collections and when living at home you just don't have that chance due to lack of space. Now I have a full room that will be perfect for showing off my cards, memorabilia, elements and coins. I'll have a blast just sitting in there and looking at everything. (I also plan on making that room my home office so when I stay home and work I can still admire my collections.
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Ted your house is haunted, thats what all those little round things are in the pictures, ghosts..well, thats what some dude on one of those stupid ghost hunter shows on the sci-fi channel said.
<< <i>This is slightly off-topic, and perhaps it's the champagne forcing me to post this, but I felt as though I had to. Today, I officially made the biggest purchase of my entire life. My very own house!!!
The roof is brand new as is the kitchen. It's got a great convection oven that is a few months old, and the house itself is in great shape. I need to buy some furniture, but with the $9,000 extra that I've set aside I should be able to do that. (I want to buy myself a nice hi-def TV for my living room as well as some comfy couches). I figure that the money I have available should easily be able to furnish the place. I honestly don't know how to feel right now. My wrist is a little tight from all the paperwork I had to sign at the closing today, but having the keys in my hand feels so great. In about two weeks I'll be fully moving in as it will take that long for me to pack up all my stuff safely and securely, as well as get my phone set up and other utilities at the house.
Still, I can't believe that many of my goals in life have now been met. I'm under 30 and I own my own home, I have a well paying job that I love, I have every Topps and Topps traded set from my birth year through the present, and thanks to going to the gym at work every day I'm in GREAT shape!
Congrats, owning your first home is a good time in life. I will tell you that you bought at the right time!!! Three years ago, you probably would have been paying $250,000 for that same house. As far as the TV, if you can wait until after Thanksgiving the prices will drop considerably. Again congrats.
Here in sunny SoCal, I could maybe get a refrigerator box for that!
I hear you. I have a condo here in Orange County. 1200 square foot box. $600K.
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umm is that where there was 6 feet of snow in one storm?
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I went to Home Depot today to get some things that the house needs in regards to "cleanliness". A bunch of paint stripper to strip of 50 years of paint on some trim, some replacement outlets for ones that look to be in bad shape, some paint for the rooms that need it, etc. etc. All of that adds up to an expensive day out at the store! Tomorrow I'm going furniture shopping for my living room set and my new bedroom, but I figure that will cost me a few grand to get everything. Damn this stuff's expensive! Still, I'll be quite happy when it's delivered and sitting in my rooms and my place actually looks like a house.
I also need to pick up a whole slew of lumber to put some wood trim up where the walls meet the ceilings. I don't like the bland, empty look right now and figure some darkly stained wood moulding will really make it look better. I've already begun a few modifications that will make the place look better and improve the overall quality of it.