Life Update: We bought a house!
Thing’s have been extremely quiet over here lately. In case you missed the news, Myself and Andrew finally bought a house! We got the keys at the end of October and since then it has been crazy. Between cleaning, painting and DIY in the lead up to Christmas my blog naturally took a back seat.
So, in an effort to focus more on the things I love in 2021, I’ve decided to make it my new year’s resolution to blog more regularly. As a result, I thought it would make sense to add a new home section to my blog. After all, it is what I am spending most of my time (and money) on right now.
I think it will be a great way for me to share my passion for interiors, along with touching on key parts of the first-time buyer process that we found tricky to navigate.
Some of the topics I plan to cover include:
-
- The mortgage approval process
- Choosing where to buy and your house checklist
- Viewing houses
- Bidding, deposits & going sale agreed
- Solicitors, valuations, surveys & Insurance
- DIY transformations
- Interior finds & styling tips
I’ll go through our experience and the key decisions we made throughout the process. I’ll do my best to highlight the things we found difficult and confusing and also the things that just stressed us out. Hopefully it will be helpful to others going through the first-time-buyer process or starting to think about it.
As always, if there are any topics that you are specifically interested in me covering, please feel free to send me a DM, or comment below.
In case you’re curious, we set up an instagram account to document the transformation of our home. You can find us @oldtoneutral.
Annmarie x
Related Posts
Christmas Gift Guide 2023
AD – AffiliateThis post contains some affiliate links which means that I can make a small commission if sales are made as a result of this post. It does not have an impact on the price of the it
Paperless Post: A Sustainable Way To Send Cards
Paperless Post provide an online card and invitation service aiming to highlight that communication can be personal and well-designed regardless of the medium.
Ten Years Of Life Lessons
I turned twenty-six last week. For many of you reading, I know you will tell me that I have my whole life ahead of me, but for me, the realisation that it is ten years since my sixteenth birthday shoc
Our house checklist: Deciding where & what to buy
When we first decided to purchase a house, we really didn't know what we were looking for. While we agreed that we wanted to live in Dublin, that was about the extent of it!
My favourite books of 2020
One of my goals for 2020 was to read more books, and I aimed to read at least one book per month. Initially I wanted to read more to help me sleep, but I found it helped with plenty of other things to
3 Podcasts I Can’t Stop Listening To
Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard of at least one podcast that has taken the world by storm. This year I have really noticed a surge in popularity, with many new podcasts p