I'm maintaining a muted optimism, because in the course of our house search I've gotten my hopes up several times and gotten burned in the process. But as of late last week, Mason and I are in escrow on a house and should close by the 25th!
Yes, truly, assuming all goes according to plan, in a little over two weeks I'll be a homeowner. Or more properly, we'll be homeowners. No more pouring rent money down a sinkhole.
At some point, I'll likely put up, and link to, a photo page for those few of you who might be interested in what the house looks like. But it's old and in fantastic shape, very cute and in a historic neighborhood. Just gotta sandblast that yellow paint off the red brick.
As a side issue, it feels to me like buying a house together is a huge step for a relationship -- each step like this makes it a bigger and bigger deal to extricate oneself should everything go south. Fortunately, that doesn't seem likely.
Of course, house-buying could cut severely into our budget for any sort of nuptial festivities. Well. We'll see.
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