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New home furnishing list
In anticipation of DH and I closing on our first house (hopefully) next month, I am trying to make a list/budget of everything we will need. I know for sure we will need a dishwasher, fridge, stove (not in the house at all), blinds and curtains, paints, shelving for the garage and storage, supplies to paint with, we are refinishing the cabinets, new counter tops, tile for the kitchen, bedroom furniture for me and DH (our old is going to the 2nd bedroom, will get a new matress),
The hardwoods have been redone so we don't need to touch them, new carpet downstairs, paint downstairs is good, 3rd bedroom is going to SIL, we have a washer and dryer, bathrooms have been redone, new windows, heatpump, upgraded plumbing and electric. We have living room furniture and dining room furniture.
So what other random thing/necessary things do we need to be thinking about?
Re: New home furnishing list
Shower curtain, garbage cans (inside & out), hose.
For furniture, keep in mind you don't need to do everything at once. I spent almost a year putting my first house together and it was brand new. Live in it a while and then see what fits and what you like.
As for the rest....you'll keep coming up with things for weeks. You also might consider shelf paper, light bulbs, trash cans, back splash (since you're doing new counters), extra cleaning supplies, shower curtains etc, and do you need anything for outdoors.
I know we don't have to but we were given a large sum of $$ by DH's grandmother to furnish the house. So we're trying to get everything together so she can come down and stay the weekend with us and see the house.
You've got a great list going. Ditto outdoor stuff, though you don't mention whereabouts you live--shovels, lawn mower, rakes, hose, lawn bags, garbage can.
For indoors, you'll want some basic tools if you don't have them already. A power drill is really useful for hanging stuff, too. Cleaning supplies are a must: broom, vacuum, rags, sponges, glass cleaner, bucket, cleaning solution (or vinegar works well if you want to go eco-friendly), mop.
Furnishings-wise, I think you have it mostly covered. The only other things I can think of are maybe lamps, rugs, and a desk(s).
We live in VA and it snows alot. We have a shovel already. My grandparents live 3 doors down and we can use their lawnmower when we need to. We will probably purchase one late spring/early summer. DH has some basic tools already and we can borrow if we need something (my grandfather is a tool hoarder). We have 1 garbage can already (30-50 gallon I think, it's big). We have cleaning supplies but will probably get a new broom.
I guess I'm just thinking that we are going to forget something huge or tons of little things.
It's not my fault that the seller's son took advantage and tried to steal the identy/act as an agent of the LLC. However, it's all been settled so I'm not worried.
Sure the house has been moved, big stinkin' deal. Things get moved all the time and as long as it's structuraly safe then all is fine. The house was on the market for 6 months (I thought it was longer but I was corrected). It's a down market so who expects a house to sell within a week. the house is on the smaller side and that's why no one has bought it. I realize that everything thinks that the seller's are being shady because they said they wanted to raise the price of the house if we used a certain attorney. That attorney screwed them over in the prior litigation (I saw the court papers), I can''t blame them for wanting to recoup what they can. These people are ready to get rid of the house and if they want to lower the price for us because we are going to handle everything without agents then so be it.
I'm not trying to get an attitude and I really could care less about what people on the internet say about my house, I just feel like no one is open to the deal at all because it's not the perfect transaction or the biggest/bestest house out there.
What's funny is when my grandparents bought there last house, had all the inspections, used agencts, etc they had a water leak 2 months later and had to replace the ceiling in the basetment. This just proves that anything can happen no matter how new/old, renovated, nasty, perfect, fixer up, whatever house there is. If it's mean to happen, it will happen no matter what precaustions you take.
I didn't want to be the first to say it...
. I like op...that is why I feel so bad whenever I read something about this mess.
ROFL....getting a water leak fixed and a ceiling is not a problem in a house. It is a blessing that it is not the foundation, roof or a whole water line that needs to be dug up out of the front yard and replaced. Do you think the inspector who looked at the house was suppose to tear open the walls and look at the pipes? I love new homeowners...they are so cute.
If that is all that went wrong, it proves that they took the proper precautions and bought a great house.
Or all of that and them some happening AFTER and inspection. And it just keeps coming. Guess who has an ice damn that just ruined the walls of her daughter's room this weekend? Oh the walls that were just repaired last year? An ice damn on the area of the roof and dormer that were just repaired this summer? Yeah. Me.
But of course, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be!
This was my first thought too. Skip the hose and save for what's going to happen next.
What's the backstory on this?
I must have missed it.
Either can I.
OP, I hope this works out for you, I really do. I just don't think it will end well. Good luck.
Interesting.
We were pretty dumb when we bought our first home too. We used the seller's lawyer. He advised us we didn't need an inspection.
Does anyone want to know the end result of this, or can you pretty much guess how it turned out?
In my defense, I was 21.
Sorry OP, hope it works our for you. It probably won't, though.