Househunting?

celette482 · February 2016

So with a baby on the way, we're starting to look at houses! We'd already planned to buy within the next 12 months and have the financial wherewithal to do so, but now the timeline feels a bit more real. Realistically, baby will still be stationary 12 months from now, so the rush to get out of our apartment with its unbaby-proofable water heater (it's just... there, behind a folding door, hanging out in the living room) isn't too bad. But we're starting house hunting this afternoon. Anyone else thinking about movin' on?

WinchestertoPittsburgh · February 2016

Were waiting until after DH is out of school, but like you, we would like to be out before baby is mobile, so we're giving ourselves about a year and a half as a deadline. We do own our home now, but it's as tiny as an apartment. And with a six year old here already, the space is going to become a HUGE issue.

JDMRS · February 2016

We are on the move too! I love our house and we have the best neighbors ever but there has been a huge spike in violent crime. A person was murdered in a drug related dispute 2 blocks from our home so it's time to go.

missmaehurt · February 2016

We're planning on moving too. Our neighborhood isn't safe and not somewhere I'd like my child to grow up in, plus the house is too small. It's cramped with DH and two dogs, so add the baby and it's really tight. The landlord is the worst, and for the price we pay I'd rather have my own home.

celette482 · February 2016

@JDMRS Always exciting.... I will cop to some liberal guilt about wanting to head for the suburbs (my complex is full of families who are just trying to make it and my bougie self and husband, so not an overall bad vibe, but the area is getting rougher), especially given my line of work... BUT I grew up in a place where kids could play in the street and run over to each other's houses and I want that for Bean!

MRSCORKER · February 2016

We're giving ourselves until baby is mobile as well. We still have some financial hold ups and aren't quite ready to buy but our apartment will be fine for the time being. We actually upgraded to a bigger apartment in our building with an extra bedroom right before our BFP so it worked out really well. I really would love to buy now but the neighborhoods with the great schools where we want to look are just out of our price point at the moment.

blaf322 · February 2016

DH and I are casually looking. He found one last night that I love though so... Who knows! It's a lot more than what we have right now but we bought a foreclosure the first go round and made a boat load in equity... So it's definitely doable. Squee!

edited to add: the word "boatload" is relative here. We're no millionaires lol

nsquaredlife13 · February 2016

I will sayyh

jeng100 · February 2016

We're looking too. We have a very small house, and it's tight with 3 of us, so 4 would be impossible. We considered adding on because we love our neighborhood. My daughter has friends on the street, the schools are good, and I love most of our neighbors. But our direct next door neighbor is a 50 year old man child who throws raging parties all the time. I'm tired of the noise and the drug crowd it brings around, so we've decided to sell. It will take 4 months to make the improvements we want to make before we list, so I don't see us moving before July.

rebeccuh · February 2016

We are definitely looking to move to our own house, although within our current neighborhood. Like you, we've thought about it for a while, but for just the two of us our apartment is great so we weren't in a major rush. We have 3 tiny bedrooms now, which is fine, except only one of them gets any actual light (it's also the only one we can fit our bed into), and I don't want my baby in a depressing, dark, tiny room if I can help it. We're looking at a few places this afternoon, in fact. We both really love one of them, so hopefully all goes well. I also don't feel like moving when it's a thousand degrees outside, so hoping to have things squared away by late spring/early summer.

nsquaredlife13 · February 2016

We moved when I was 6 months pregnant (DS). I will say, it was really nice not having to worry about a baby or toddler in the move, and not having to schlep around a ton of baby stuff. Once we were in the new house I was able to really start nesting and get the nursery set up. I couldn't imagine moving with a new baby or even my toddler today. Although we are considering looking for a bigger house in the next year.

LizaKate1213 · February 2016

We are staying but we are renovating. We are adding on a new living room and closing off the old one into a nursery. The new living room is going to be huge so I'm super excited about it!

JDMRS · February 2016

celette482 said:

@JDMRS Always exciting.... I will cop to some liberal guilt about wanting to head for the suburbs (my complex is full of families who are just trying to make it and my bougie self and husband, so not an overall bad vibe, but the area is getting rougher), especially given my line of work... BUT I grew up in a place where kids could play in the street and run over to each other's houses and I want that for Bean!

@celette482 I totally hear ya! Not a thing wrong with wanting to provide you kid a safe place to play outside.

xiphos13 · February 2016

We have been looking on and off for a couple of years. The few times we've found a house we like, it gets bought before DH can get the paperwork in to make an offer. It's extremely frustrating. We haven't looked in a few months due to the cold and his work schedule getting busier. But I'm hoping we can find something before summer. We're not super picky, but we don't want to buy a house just so we can say we have one. We know it's a huge investment. Right now, we're in a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment. I don't hate it by any means, but we're already pretty cramped. Plus, I'm dying for a fenced in yard for our golden to run around in, and eventually our little one.

celette482 · February 2016

Well, we went looking at our first round of houses. Found two strong possibilities. We're going to go looking again in three weeks. If one of them is still around, we'll have a hard conversation. It was at the top of our price range. I'd feel happy spending it this time NEXT year (for various financial reasons we could still afford it today), but because it's super cheap for its neighborhood, I doubt it'll be around in three weeks. I'm kinda letting the world do our decision making for us.

fitlady21 · February 2016

We live in a 3 bedroom/ 2.5 bath house now that I love! But just bought more land and plan in building our forever home in April. Hoping it will be done by October!

celette482 · February 2016

Oh man, I would have loved to build, and lots of houses are going up right now.... But DH and I work in different *states!* and he already has a 35-45 minute commute. Our target area won't change that much, but where houses are being built is even further away. I don't want to raise kids where dad is away 12 hours a day (he has a weird work schedule plus an hour/hour and half commute each way). So, no building for us. We're really picky about the neighborhood, it basically has to be in this one elementary school district so that we can get the good school without sacrificing too much commute.

sparklegrump · February 2016

We were under contract for our house when I found out I was pregnant. Crazy timing. We signed today and will be moving over the next two weeks.

Cubslove12 · February 2016

We're house hunting right now! I'm excited to buy a new place and move, I'm not excited to go through the whole process hormonally.... I don't do well with unknown situations with out a million more hormones.

celette482 · February 2016

@Cubslove12 I hear ya! I'm glad that we at least had already planned for this and all baby means is that we might be pushing up our time line. What we realized was that our lease will be up when the baby is about a month old, and that seems to be the absolute worst time to try to move, so we're stuck trying to either move early (which we can afford to do, this area has a lot of people moving out of apartments early thanks to a military base) or signing a shorter lease to extend it 6 months. That would mean an increase in rent but maybe buy us more time to save up and look more.

depineta · February 2016

We started house hunting about 2 weeks before my BFP. In fact, we told our realtor about the pregnancy, but haven't told our parents. We're looking in a really competitive area so we played the baby card when we put in an offer yesterday - we wrote the sellers a letter that we're expecting and would love for our child to grow up there. Sleazy, but we want a house!

laxin31 · February 2016

we are moving right around when baby is due but that's because of the military.

SuperNerd42 · February 2016

@depineta I don't think that's sleazy at all! As a seller I'd love to hear a personal touch like that, especially if I was selling my "home" and not just a house. Good luck with the offer!

mrsman2018 · March 2016

We are house hunting right now and are anxious to buy a house in the next few months. I really want to be settled and work on a baby room.

rebeccuh · March 2016

@littlewillie2016 Same here. We just had an offer accepted on a place we want early this week. I cannot wait for the inspection/closing/moving to be done so I can stop worrying about all of that and focus on being settled and getting ready for our baby friend.

mrsman2018 · March 2016

rebeccuh Congrats! It is a big worry and something we don't need while concentrating on baby. I feel so unsettled. We have an appointment with the bank coming up, so here's hoping it goes well. Happy moving!

Cubslove12 · March 2016

Our house isn't even on the market yet and I'm beyond stressed already!! I swear we can't get straight answers form anyone about anything! Although we do have a meeting with our realtors on Monday, hoping to get some answers and a better plan!

JDMRS · March 2016

@Cubslove12
We are getting ready to list and DH is being a big buttface about the fact that we have to put all of *his* crap in storage. I am a minimalist and he is a "collector" (his next stop will be hording) and he's throwing a bitch fit about having to put his 250 hockey jerseys in storage, along with 75% of his t shirt collection (at last count he had 653 t shirts). I am going to have to play the pregnancy card. I want to get rid of 25% of our possessions.

rebeccuh · March 2016

@littlewillie2016 Thanks! I hope your meetings go smoothly and you can get a little peace of mind out of it.

coffee89 · March 2016

We have our settlement date but its up in the air due to the seller dragging his feet on some things. Baby proofing a new house is stressing me out. Here it's been done for a year and a half and he knows boundaries, if the gates are open he closes them. I have a whole new world of kitchen and different style door knobs, and stairs to block off. Not to mention moving in general is going to be cruddy, but I'm glad we planned our TTC with home buying so I can still help. I'd rather be doing it first tri with a toddler than later.

We moved when my son was 3 weeks old last time. Trying to pack up at 35+ weeks and then moving and settling in after a c-section with a newborn...never again.

missmaehurt · March 2016

We found a great house last weekend and put in an offer, they accepted yesterday!!! I couldn't be happier, now to jump through all the hoops.

Cubslove12 · March 2016

Put our house on the market yesterday, had three showings already today!!

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