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Here’s a list of the features in our newly acquired house as compared to this list I made of my ideal house:

— older than your grandparents, if your grandparents were born less than 84 years ago;
— detached (yes!);
— not too spacious rooms, but that only means less space to clean (compromise);
— 3 bedrooms (yes!);
— good-sized, fenced backyard sans the mature trees;
— smells nice (yes!);
— main floor is carpet-free;
— medium-sized galley kitchen;
— a bathroom on the same level with the master bedroom (yes!);
— a partly finished basement;
— relatively good privacy;
— both porch and deck for my plants (yes!);
— oil heating (compromise);
— newer electrical wiring (yes!);
— private driveway (yes!);
— seemingly nice neighbourhood.

We could’ve bought a bigger house with a beautiful view but the amount of work required to make the house up to code was daunting and would cost us and arm and a leg so we had to make a couple of compromises and get the best house we could get without going over-budget. I think we bought the house at just the right time because now I don’t think we could buy a house as nice as what we just bought with the budget we had. Suddenly they all cost $20,000 more! So yeah, we’re quite happy with our acquisition.

Now that we’ve bought a smallish house, I’ve become quite addicted to the Apartment Therapy weblog because it offers a lot of ideas for decorating your small space and space-saving tips. I’ve also picked up a lot of books on home decorating from our favourite bargain book stores and book sales. I really can’t wait to start buying furniture and decorate the house! But sadly, I have to wait for a little less than 3 months for that. :( Oh well. Time will fly, I’m sure.

Oh, and if anyone wants to give us a housewarming gift, anything from my ever-growing wishlist would be much appreciated. ;)

Yesterday I became a permanent resident of Canada (basically like a Canadian citizen without the rights to vote or be voted in the federal election and can be kicked out of the country if committed a crime) and today? Today we became homeowners. Yeah, I know. Crazy.

I’ll write a longer post once everything has sunk in. In the meantime, if anyone would like to offer me a job or have a lead to a job, preferably a telecommuting job in the new media industry, feel free to contact me.

Things I will miss about this apartment once we move out into our own house:

1. Relatively cheap rent;
2. Not having to pay for utilities because they’re already included in the rent;
3. The location, because I actually like Waterloo.

Things I won’t miss about this apartment once we move out into our own house:

1. The Dirties across the hall who like to play crappy songs super loud;
2. Stompy McStompenheimer upstairs;
3. Either upstairs or downstairs neighbours who smoke in their bedroom and pass the smoke through the water control hole in the closet (don’t ask) into our bedroom;
4. The crappy fridge shelf that keeps coming off;
5. The heating system that we have no control of which keeps this apartment in summer temperatures, even in the dead of winter;
6. Our bedroom slash storage combo;
7. The big, ugly couch that comes with the apartment;
8. Uneven shower temperature;
9. The tiny kitchen/dining room;
10. The boring white walls.