Current Events > The stress of buying a house is slowly building.

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Close in like a month.

Now just thinking about all the stuff I need to buy/do before I move in, which honestly isn't even that much work. Just picking out paint and carpet colors is gonna drive me crazy.

All I really have to take care of: paint bedrooms and living room, get carpet isntalled in bedrooms, install a new door, hang some curtains.
Everything else can wait until I actually live there.

I know actually owning it will stress me out more, but I gotta get there first to start worry about that.

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Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
Cabina Classic Apple Cider

I use that for all rental properties

Returning_CEmen posted...

Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray
Cabina Classic Apple Cider

I use that for all rental properties

I sort of want everything gray, carpet and paint. But I can't decide if every room should be the same or if I should mix it up a little in each of them.

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Accent walls are cool. But Id make them all the same color

Returning_CEmen posted...

Accent walls are cool. But Id make them all the same color

The house also has electric baseboard heating, so I not sure if I need special paint for that or not because of the heat.
And if I do need special paint how am I gonna match it to the walls.

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billcom6 posted...

The house also has electric baseboard heating, so I not sure if I need special paint for that or not because of the heat.
And if I do need special paint how am I gonna match it to the walls.

Nah you'll be fine.

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My mortgage was officially "approved" today, so the train keeps rolling.

I think I have decided, light gray walls in all the bedrooms and living room.
Now I have decide what brand and exact color to use.
The kitchen and bathrooms I am unsure of right now, but I can wait to paint those after I move in.

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Bathrooms should be brown, so if you or someone else gets it on the walls it won't look dirty (and will indeed add some texture too).

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3PiesAndAFork posted...

Bathrooms should be brown, so if you or someone else gets it on the walls it won't look dirty (and will indeed add some texture too).

right now one is like a dark salmon color, and the tile in the shower is real dark gray, so overall its super dark in there

the other is a light tan with white shower insert, so probably won't touch that one.

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Imagine buying a house and thinking you own it but still have a mortgage; those people are still renting it like the rest of us.

I would never consider "buying" a home until I'm where I feel I want to stay for a long time, and that's nowhere close to where I am right now.

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What kind of flooring will have you have because it's probably going to be the best investment choice right htere
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pick4six posted...

What kind of flooring will have you have because it's probably going to be the best investment choice right htere

I'm eventually going to put some laminate in the living room, but probably not for a few years when I decide what I want. Right now there is just some carpeting there that is in okay enough shape (carpet in the bedrooms is wrecked).

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Spiritlittle posted...

Imagine buying a house and thinking you own it but still have a mortgage; those people are still renting it like the rest of us.

Some people are stable enough that a mortgage is nothing like renting.

Also, no, a mortgage is nothing like renting your mom's basement.

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Sounds ruff

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My monthly house payment is gonna be like $525 a month. I should be able to swing it.

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