Sunday, February 25, 2007

The reason for my lack of blogging...


REAL ESTATE!! Yes, after just four weeks of looking, we bought a condo. What a crazy grown-up experience. They say that in Toronto, a huge proportion of stolen-car deals go down in Tim Hortons parking lots. And now I can say from experience that a lot of real estate deals go down at Tim's (and other coffee shops), too. The week before last, we met our agent at lunch at a downtown Starbucks to quickly put together an offer. Quick--decide right here, right now how to spend a gazillion dollars you don't have. I'll tell you, I've had more relaxing lunch hours.

But we think it was worth it. Check out the pics below--ain't she a looker?! Yes, a face only a mother could love. She's a bit of a fixer-upper, but with lots of potential. We're already picturing new floors, a nice bright paint job, and Aunt Pat on new-kitchen detail. It's in a nice, established building on King West. It's a one-bedroom, with an extra solarium space for an office, and a window-side nook for crafting, and windowsills big enough to accommodate a feline. It currently has vast expanses of icky carpet--volunteers to help rip it up?! We move in on or before May 1.

But our first night in the new place, I'm anticipating huge flashes of 'Oh God, why did we leave our nice, cheap, simple little no-responsibility apartment for this crappy, carpetty, dingy box in the sky?' But I already know the answer, and we're waaayy excited.





7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the condo....I need to be re-trained everytime I check this out....(still sick...back to bed)
hugs
Mama B

Anonymous said...

Holy Crappers! You're home owners now! Congratulations to the three of you, this is very exciting news. Just think about all the money that will be going into your own home and not into some landlord's pocket. It looks like a great place, and I'm very much looking forward to the housewarming party.

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