We bought a zoo...erm, a house!

[KeithTalent]

A whopping ~1200ish or so of finished interior. Still, close to double what I'm in now.

KT

 

[Red Storm]

Nice looking home, congrats!

 

[slightlyhuman]

love the second bed room. man cave potential.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Woohoo! I haven't lived in a house, basement suites excluded, since I was about 5 years old or so. My family was always super poor, so it was just apartments and the occasional basement suite when growing up. Anyway, subjects fully removed a couple of days ago, so now we just wait to move! :awe:

The pictures are awful as they are just from the real estate agent's site

House:

Kitchen:

Living Room:

Master Bath:

Second bedroom:

View from second bedroom:

No backyard, which is perfect because I don't want to have to take care of it and no basement. Nice little house, only 3.5 years old, and is the same walking distance from my current place which is freaking awesome. Fortunately we got them down about 16.5K from asking because it was a bit overpriced.

Anyway, just kind of excited. Going to be so freaking busy between now and the moving day! D:

Any tips so I'm fully prepared? :hmm:

KT

Do not invite me in. I would be like a strange cat walking in and never leave. That house looks beautiful.

 

[zCypher]

wow! sweet

 

[edro]

Amazing kitchen.

 

[lxskllr]

Strange juxtaposition of styles. The outside looks like a 1930s beach house, and the inside is very modern. I like it, but I think I'd retrofy the inside :^D

 

[Zargon]

very nice KT!!! kitchen loks pimp and i love the tray ceiling in the LR

Yes, I did this just a couple months ago. We had a flat top range that was nice, but slow to heat and stayed hot a long time. We sold it to our neighbor and put in a nice 5 burner gas stove. I have my furnace room in the basement below the kitchen, so it was just a simple matter of T'ing off the gas line from the furnace and installing a valve. From there, I ran flexible yellow conduit up to the kitchen. I put in another valve there and then flex tube'd it to the stove. Since the ignitor and convection fan use electricity, I also ran a new outlet from where the microwave plugged in above the stove down inside the wall to behind the stove. Easy Peasy, took me a few hours to do. Levelled the stove and turned her on. No problems since.

do not do this. it 100% violates most building code and is dangerous to use flex to traverse between floors/walls as it can rub and then crack. it might be OK, but its not really 'OK'

I think in Canada you MUST get a contractor for Gas. No DIY. Hope your freind saves you money. Mine wanted $3000 to run a line and I am an general contractor so I get deals from subs, I did it for $300.

pretty much everywhere you need a permit for gas, even in most of the US with out less than ideal minimum codes.

any decent plumber should be able to take care of it thats for sure

If your house already has natural gas for the furnace, then it's really not too bad of a job - or, it's a major pita. Depends on the route the pipes have to take.

this.

I would love a natural gas grill next to my charcoal and a NG heater in my garage but said areas are on the wrong side of the house from all the gas lines and no unfinished space to run it in

 

[KeithTalent]

Thanks man. I called my buddy (the guy that owns the plumbing company) yesterday and he said it should not be difficult to get the gas going and will not cost much. Once we actually take possession he is going to come in and take a real look at things. Have to wait so damn long for that! :|

KT

 

[BurnItDwn]

Heh, actually considered that. Permit parking around there is pretty cheap. :hmm:

Once I save up enough for a party after laying out all of this cash for the house purchase and moving costs, etc. So damn expensive!

KT

Just add say "housewarming" to the party invite. Then, you don't have to fund the party

 

[KeithTalent]

Just add say "housewarming" to the party invite. Then, you don't have to fund the party

Good plan! Party at Talent House! :awe:

KT