That seems like a happy medium :) And also shows that having too much money at your disposal could end up hurting you in the end too. We certainly wouldn’t have put down so much if we didn’t have it, but hopefully it was the right decision in the end.

ouch! that sucks for sure – and is exactly why I’m over home ownership at the moment. we’ll see how being landlords go, but all I know is I’m gonna be damn happy renting for a while and not worrying about the house in the slightest :) Oh, to answer your question about the type of wood, I have no idea – just that it’s real wood and sexy looking! Haha… also cheaper than the rest of the guys we looked at.

ack! scary!! I hope you get your deposit back too, but man – who knows.. not sure what we’d do in that instance either :( Nor when (or if) we’ll be selling our place… Kinda just going with the flow and taking one step at a time. And praying it doesn’t get all scratched up hardcore like yours! :(

Wowww so different over there vs here! Really interesting to see though – thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment :) We’re world-wide, baby!

Yup! Our plan is no pets at the moment, or cats on a case-by-case basis. Though we have heard cats can be bad for hard wood too if they pee all over it (acidic?). We’ll see what happens :)

yup! would have been double at other places for us too. maybe you can check with friends or family and see if anyone else has some better options for the reno? it’s a ton of money to spend regardless of how sexy it looks in the end :(

For sure. I don’t expect them to come out perfect after years of renters, but I’m hoping our selecting process helps a bit and they’re still in decent shape by the time we go to sell one day (IF we go to sell it one day)… Was just hard to justify replacing carpet in the entire house every few years and paying more in the end. But we’re both so very new at this game so it’ll be a good lesson learned if it goes haywire later.

we’ll see what happens ;)