House shopping!

[Chi_Townz]

Yep thats right!

I just got pre approved to buy a house!

Here is the one Im shooting for!
8650
Minus the kiddy stuff of course..

Here are the comments...
GREAT CONDITION 5 BEDRMS. 2 FULL BTH, NEW WINDOW, NEW SIDDING, NEW ROUGH IRON 6FT FENCE, ROOF IN A GREAT CONDITION, FULL FINISH BMT W/IN-LAW ARRANGEMENT W/SEPARATE ENTRANCE, FULL FINISHED ATTIC W/NEW CARPET, NEW WALLS, NEW STAIR CASE, NOTHING TO DO BUT MOVE IN!!!

Plus I will be getting
Appliances: Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer

Anyway, I get to get a look see at it tomorrow around 6, so ya all wish me luck!

WOOT!

[Chi_Townz]

lets see...
5 beds huh...hhmmm

1 for me, one for daughter, one for wifes scrap booking, one for a computer room... Damn, I could hook up a projector and have a wall sized gaming experience...

mmmwwwahahahahhaha

Man I cant wait to move out of this dump!

[LA_MERC_Dragonlady[s]]

it's nice!!! hope everything works out for you!!!!

[LA_MERC_Sniper]

Great!! Im happy for ya I hope it works out for ya man

[LA_MERC_sLingbLade]

Nice place man..hope ya get it..we close june 9th on ours

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Congrats to both you fools! :stick.

Good find Chi, and how much it setting you back?

[Chi_Townz]

Asking price is 199,900 but Ill try to knock off a few thousand..

Congrats Sling!

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Excellent work Sling and Chi!!

[-=C.O.P.S=-KOrruptED]

Congrats. You can't even buy a parking space in NYC for that amount :(

[waltersw15]

Nice house. Seems to be a nice price too. We went looking around during the annual "Parade of Homes" here in the Baton Rouge/Prairieville/Denham Springs area, and I was shocked to see that most of the homes even in the "nowhere" sections of Prairieville were going for no less than $290,000. Has Katrina pushed prices up that bad? I guess it will be a while longer before we look for another house. Although, I am fine with the one we live in. You know women, they have to keep up with the Jones' or try to surpass them. :)

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

That house here in Helena would go for $240,000+ easy.

A house 1 block from mine is:

2300 sq. feet.
3 bed
1.5 bath
Shared driveway
Small lot
$193,000

My house next spring will be:
2300 sq. feet
3 bed
2 bath
1 car garage
nice lot
I have put in $4,000 in materials.
I financed $100,000. That should give me some equity.

[Chi_Townz]

Damn, some one beat me to it...
Oh well.

Next Ill try for this one..
http://mlsni.connectmls.com/PICS/311309E13B79E2E4E040010A3201740A/m_P_1179870546574_P_1158796558408_3332_W_PER.JPEG

$199,900
EXCELLENT FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS. SPACIOUS HOME WITH RELATED LIVING.. NEWER 2-CAR GARAGE AND NICE YARD WITH PATIO. PRICED FOR A FAST SALE. VERY MOTIVATED SELLER WILL HELP WITH CLOSING EXPENSES.
Living Room: 14X11 Main Level Vinyl N 4th Bedroom:
Dining Room: 13X11 Main Level Vinyl N Den: 9X8 Basement
Kitchen: 13X9 Main Level Ceramic Tile N Office: 9X7 Basement N
Family Room: 12X8 Basement Other N Laundry: 5X5 Basement N
Master Bedroom: 9X8
2nd Bedroom: 9X7
3rd Bedroom: 7X7
Assessments Include: None
Basement: Full, Walkout, Finished, English, Exterior Access
Dining Room: Separate (SEP)
Features: Patio
Garage: Detached, 2 Car Garage
Heat/Fuel: Gas, Space Heater/s Kitchen: Eating Area-Table Space
Lot Description:
Other Rooms: Den/Office/Study, Exercise Room, Family

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

DUDE... there is no way in H3ll I could buy a 200'000 dollar home... Gezzzzz..

[Chi_Townz]

We had to swap agents, get refinanced....all that jazz.

Trick was the new program we have is kinda steep but I think we can pull it off...
7% @ 100% financing, conventional....We will wait it out a year or so and refinance but at least we can get in the door..

This is what we have settled on....take a look!
http://www.mlsni.com/photos/property/338/06526338.jpg
PRICE: $229,900
Taxes: $1,637
Square Footage:
Market Time: 16
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1
Dining Room: 11X11
Living Room: 12X18
Master Bedroom: 9X12
Bedroom #2: 9X10
Bedroom #3: 8X6
Bedroom #4:
Kitchen: 21X11
Open sunday 6/3 1-4pm extra roomy & special! spacious openfloor plan with a large: entry foyer, living room, diningroom and huge kitchen with a dinette*3 bedrooms on the mainlevel*1 1/2 baths*oh so many opportunities for expansionwith a finished attic and den/office/recreation room in thebasement*hardwood flrs*newer features: circuit breakers,

The yard is a lot smaller, so less care on my part, lol
2 car garage!
Full finished attic & Basement
1/2 bath in basement
For the Girls... Daughter can have the attic, Wife and I get one room, scrap booking in one and my happy place in the other. Best part is every room has its own closet! Son can stay in basement and help with rent!

If all goes well, we can close in as little as 3 weeks!

Wish me luck boys! (and Girls)

[LA_MERC_sLingbLade]

Nice Chi- Hope ya get it mano.....

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Good luck man! Dawg, in Maryland, $200k won't even get you a small townhouse...you're looking at $400-$500k from anything worth keeping. I can only imagine Chi is like that but maybe not near as bad by the looks. NICE looking place, I mean.

[LA_MERC_Shadow]

You're going to finance 100%? Did you think about the 80/20 deal they have to avoid PMI? I don't know much about buying a house since I haven't done that yet. We're looking right now too (my wife works for realestate agent now so I get to look at them really quick). But that was the deal they offered us so that the payments were less b/c of no PMI.

[Ab1dab1]

Cool....a house with a basement. Is that like an indoor pool? (Sorry, southern Louisiana humor).

Wish you luck Chi. Having a place of your own is always a blessing.

Abi

[Chi_Townz]

Ill still put $$ down, but that was the best deal at the time...

[Chi_Townz]

WOOT


Just got word! Loan approved and hope to close on Friday!! Yup...THIS Friday!

wow... I cant wait!

Say a prayer guys and girls, Im gonna need it!

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

Congrats! Rest up your writing hand...you're gonna sign your life away about 10000 times!

[LA_MERC_Heater]

Grats Chi on the house man..

[LA_MERC_Drax]

Congrats! Rest up your writing hand...you're gonna sign your life away about 10000 times!

Just go somewhere and make a stamp of your signature, its faster...

I know when i bought my house in the BR area, i got mine at a good deal, right around $110 a sqaure foot. What really surprised me in the south louisiana was the prices over in lafeyette, they jumped up to around the 130-140 a sqaure foot. Its almost cheaper to buy in out laying areas of baton rouge, because the school system is retarded, the prices outside of east baton rouge parish are more than inside of it.

Congratz Chi-money

[Ab1dab1]

Gratz Chi.

Good luck with the closing. After you finish signing all those papers you're going to need a drink.

Keep cool....pretty soon you'll have a place to call your own :)

Abi

[-=C.O.P.S=-KOrruptED]

Congrats again, what you should do is simultaneously get another loan to cover the 20%. You should be able to get the loans at a lower rate.

[Chi_Townz]

Ok, its official!

We do the walk through tonight and close tomorrow at 10am!

Wish me luck...

Oh, not that Ive been around a whole lot lately, but I still need to transfer my Internet to the new place. Not sure when that will be...

Hopefully It will be soon so I can BF2 it!

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Dude congratulations!!! PICTURES PLEASE!! Way to go Chi!!

[Chi_Townz]

Pics, yeh....soon.

Man, now the wife wants to paint...Damn it. I guess she doesnt care for the Winnie the Pooh wall paper in her scrap book room!

Oh well...I guess it was bound to happen.

HAHAHAH

Let the craziness begin!

[LA_MERC_sLingbLade]

lol...best of luck man. congrats and yeah throw some pics up.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Man, now the wife wants to paint...Damn it. I guess she doesnt care for the Winnie the Pooh wall paper in her scrap book room!

Let the craziness begin!

You do not know the slightest mano. My wife manages a PAINT store. She wants to paint about every 3 weeks.

Good job and let the Honey-dos begin.

[Ab1dab1]

Soon you will be dreading all of those trips to Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowes.

Let your projects overfloweth.

Abi

[LA_MERC_sLingbLade]

;200768']Soon you will be dreading all of those trips to Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowes.

Let your projects overfloweth.

Abi

LMAO.....I went to home depot 4 freakin times this weeked. Dont get me wrong..I like the place but cmon!

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

LMAO.....I went to home depot 4 freakin times this weeked. Dont get me wrong..I like the place but cmon!

Get the sh!t the first time do0d. Jesus:stick

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

It should be mandatory to own at least a few shares of stock in Lowe’s (LOW) Home Depot (HD), Walmart (WMT), particularly if you own a home. So when you’re standing in line waiting to drop another 500.00 on some fencing material, building a sandbox/swing-set/clubhouse, a new chainsaw, weed-eater, paint, gutter-cover/downspout extenders, not to mention the money spent on killing the bugs that eat the expensive plants you buy there. At least then you can stand there and realize part of the small fortune spent will come back to you in some way.

[Chi_Townz]

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.giffencing material
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/BigRedX.gifsandbox
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/BigRedX.gifswing-set
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/BigRedX.gifclubhouse
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifchainsaw
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifweed-eater
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifpaint
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifgutter-cover
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifdownspout extenders
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifbug spray
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/AreYouUsing/images/GreenCheck.gifexpensive plants

LOL, thanks for the shopping list Wetz!
Honey -Do list eh, Ive heard of those...

Anyway, the plan I think for now is to paint whatever needs painting (Wife hates the blue in the living room) Possibly tear up the carpet in the living and

go from there. Movers will come Sat. or Sun. If I can find the camera, Ill take some before and after shots..

TTFN