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It has happened…I am officially an adult. Today my boyfriend and I closed on our very first home! It is a two-story colonial complete with hardwood floors, 3 bedrooms and 2 and half baths. There is a partially finished basement, granite kitchen counter tops, and walk in closets in all the bedrooms. While it sounds like a dream it is very overwhelming thinking about everything that needs to be done. There is a huge deck in the backyard that needs refinishing and the two car detached garage is a little run down and since it was a foreclosure and on the market for about a year the yard is over grown and is probably our biggest challenge at this point.

It has been quite an adventure up to this day. We started our search for a home about two years ago but didn’t seriously start looking until early 2008. Our first hurtle was agreeing on what kind of house we wanted. We agreed on the features but while I wanted an older home with character my boyfriend wanted new construction. Realizing what you want and what you can afford was our first lesson. Not wanting to be house poor we concentrated on older but refurbished single-family homes. Having lived in apartments for a good chunk of our lives we did not want to be attached to anyone. After several months and seeing over 50 houses we found it! A house with the character I wanted but with all the modern upgrades that my boyfriend was looking for. The perfect compromise. I also wanted a house where there was not a lot but a little work that needed to be done so that we could make it our own. The previous owner was a contractor so besides a little clean up and some paint the inside is pretty much move in ready. The outside will most likely consume majority of our time but I am ready to put all those months of watching DIY network and HGTV to good use and document the next chapter in our life…making this house into our home.