Largest purchase of my life

[Ripper]

We just closed on our new home. 6 months of construction and losing my sanity, hair and sanity... wait, yea sanity... finally over! The mortgage process is not what it use to be, even for well qualified people. The building process is still a PITA and now all thats left to move this weekend and get settled in. I think settling in is going to be the difficult part since I've been in the same comfortable spot for almost 15 years!

Anyway, it feel good to say it. We're done!

 

[THard6]

i'm guessing you don't have children..

 

[SSGSAD]

Congrats, when is the "open house", and INGO SHOOT ?????

 

[kjf40]

Congrats!

I am just getting ready to sell the place im in now and move to a bigger house, looking forward to it.....i think.

 

[Ripper]

i'm guessing you don't have children..

umm, more like a baby factory! 1 boy, 3 girls and a safe full of guns

Congrats, when is the "open house", and INGO SHOOT ?????

Pretty soon, but we'll have to do the shooting at the range up the street!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Congratulations!

Pictures?

 

[Ripper]

A couple members here actually worked on the new home.

 

[Mr.JAG]

Congrats.

I just recently bought a home myself and thought the mortgage process was a huge PITA... until I had to move the ammo pile.

 

[Kingpin]

Very Nice

 

[UncleMike]

Congratulations on the new digs....
Now to put things in perspective.
When I bought my brand new house it was the largest purchase of my life.
That was in 1976.
Last year I bought a new Jeep that cost more than my house did.
And it's not the top of the line Jeep.

 

[jason765]

Congrats on the new house!!!! Im about due to upsize myself. When that happens, there will be a range and an INGO shoot.

 

[Signal23]

Who's the builder, Westport?

 

[Ripper]

Who's the builder, Westport?

Yes

It was a daunting process doing a custom home with a builder that usually cranks out the houses in the hundreds. We used a framing model they offered and modified it to fit our wants an needs. Most of the money is in the interior and energy efficient changes

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Man, your lawn's all dead. The neighborhood association is gonna be on you about that. Congratulations on getting all that worked out in parallel. I swore I'd never move, but now I'm thinkin a bugout down in Brown County and plant a nice house there.

 

[dave29]

That's a good looking house, congrats.

 

[Ripper]

Man, your lawn's all dead. The neighborhood association is gonna be on you about that.

LOL... guy I work with said the same thing and I'm okay with that! I like brown, makes dog poo easy to clean up and you don't have to worry about the dog pee killing the grass!

Funny thing is I run a Landscape Supply Yard / Trucking Company in town and I have no interest in landscaping the yard or cutting the grass.

 

[Newby]

That is a beautiful home! Congratulations!

 

[Lonestar6]

Congratulations on the new digs....
Now to put things in perspective.
When I bought my brand new house it was the largest purchase of my life.
That was in 1976.
Last year I bought a new Jeep that cost more than my house did.
And it's not the top of the line Jeep.

Yea, My 2011 Subaru Outback cost the same as the house I bought in 1985.

 

[Mike H]

We're done.......famous last words. hehehe

I've been a homeowner for over 30 years and I'm never done......just ask my wife.
Good luck with your new home, I wish you well.

 

[Ripper]

Yea, My 2011 Subaru Outback cost the same as the house I bought in 1985.

I miss my Subaru

Current home value is close to what we spent on adding to and customizing the new home. Amazing how much things have gone up? However, my current home hasn't gone up in value? the recession hit our home value hard.