Even though we’ve settled into our new rented house, we’re still planning for the fact that next time we move it will be into our own house. I kinda love this house, great location, two train stops away from a beach, and a ten minute (if that) drive into town, close to public transport but not too close to a main road, etc. The yard is huge, it would be possible to subdivide and sell it. The kitchen has just been remodeled. I’d love to own it, I’d rip the carpet up as it has awesome wood floors under it, get rid of the wallpaper in the spare room, remodel the bathroom and replace all the sliding doors. (And add a fourth bedroom or rumpus room, or at least extend the house somehow as the backyard is so large, etc.) How impossible is it to buy a house someone is renting out? Has anyone ever done that?

Also, within the local area there are two huge developments for new housing, one is a couple of years away and the other is about seven or something. I’d rather not build, I’d rather buy an older house and spend the money to redo it exactly how I want it, but it doesn’t hurt to look at house plans, and look at layouts of house developments right? Our debt is nearly gone, started saving, so the dream of owning a house is still far away but closer than it was when we moved. Maybe it’s silly to talk about owning a house, but everyone always told me to have goals and talk about them. So yep, my goal is to own my own house.

Related posts:

1. An Elephant House.
2. Time to move.
3. New home.
4. The silence, it hurts.
5. Not so good at cleaning.