We Bought a HOUSE!

We bought a HOUSE! After months of saving for a down payment, we finally decided that we had enough to work with to start looking at houses. First, we went into the neighbourhood that is close to where we are living now in the Northwest end to see what the cost was for new builds. When we did this research, we came across affordable new build through fusion. This was within our price range and had many of the things we were looking for, open concept living/dining area, ensuite, walk in closet, garage. We wanted to do more research so we hired a real estate agent and started looking at other options. We looked at a bunch of 5 year old homes, but in each one there were things that we didn't prefer (i.e. layout, cabinetry etc.), and we kept keeping the fusion build in the back of our minds. It was an easy decision to go with the fusion builder - we get to choose all of our own colours for exterior/interior and build the house to our liking!

Next week we have our first colour selection appointment. We are choosing the exterior colours (the brick) and we have a few things in mind. We like the darker bricks so we're going to go for a red brick or brown. I'm really looking forward to selecting our cabinetry, ceramic floors, carpet and all the countertops! So much fun!

 On Wednesday we officially firmed up our purchase, provided our 5% cheque and it became official! The sales lady gave us the "Sold" sign to put on our lot sign because we were so excited!

The trees in the background are a great extra for a little, but an elementary school is reserved to go behind our house (which we liked so we wouldn't have neighbours all along our backyard). There is also a park going in just down the street with tennis courts, a soccer field, and lots of green space. There is a lot of development happening in this area, which is one of the reasons we chose it. 

For now, we just bought a lot of dirt, but on December 6th we will have a brand new home to move into!