I Bought a House, All by Myself

I Bought a House, All by Myself

November 13, 2013

I did it! I finally found a house; I have been on the search for months. I cannot tell you how happy I am that I finally bought a house. I honestly was not sure if I was ever going to find something that I liked, in a neighbourhood that I liked and something I could grow into.

Initially I was looking at detached houses, they tended to run a bit smaller and I would have to walk from my garage to the house through the back yard. I wasn’t a huge fan of that but I thought, “Ok, my budget will allow this and it’s just me, how much room do I need”? I think I looked at close to 30 places and each one was the same, they just seemed too small.

I had actually put in a few offers on a few places but they were already sold or I was coming in too low. My realtor, who was also a friend decided that I needed to either up my budget or lower my requirements. I decided that I would increase my budget and see what or if I could get something closer to the requirements that, I had set out for myself. Once I did that, there were a lot more options on the table and I was getting so much closer to the things I wanted. I eventually came across one house that was a bank owned house, I wasn’t too sure what to think about that but after viewing it…I wanted it. Of course, there are things that I had to compromise on, as any home purchaser will attest to. Overall though, it had what I needed and wanted and most of all the price was right where I needed it to be. Luckily in Canada the bank will get back to you in regards to foreclosed home sales within 7 days. It was a tense 7 days as I was excited to buy a new home and scared to have to take on the payments alone. On the 7^th day, as promised the bank got back to me with and answer.

Low and behold, my offer was accepted. Now don’t misunderstand me, this was by no means the first house I had purchased nor would it be the last. However, this house was a house that I purchased by myself after a difficult break-up. It was momentous time, a time for celebration; it was a time to be happy.

I was over the moon happy to know that I could do this by myself, I took the pics to show my mom and she was super happy for me too. She said to me “See, things have a way of working out”. I could not have agreed with her more, they really do have a way of working out. Now to try to figure out what changes I need to make to make this place my own. Yay me!