I don’t know who could possibly be reading my blog that doesn’t already know about this, but I’m on my way to property ownership. Today, I countersigned the final item on a contract to purchase the house located at 5105 Split Cedar Drive, Austin, TX 78735.
I’ve set up a page, http://davemclain.com/the-house?, that has pictures of the exterior of the house and its unreasonably awesome backyard. Also, be sure to visit the realtor’s site to see interior pics. The next time I’m out there with somebody who can get me inside I’ll be taking extensive interior shots as well, since the current pictures don’t include any of the bedrooms.
There’s a whole mess of stuff from here that can lead to us not making it all the way to closing:
- Financing falls through
- Inspection turns up something that we can’t come to an agreement about
- Austin decides that the blue carpet is home to endangered dust mites
- I freak out and don’t go through with it (this one is less likely than the dust mite thing)
Basically the stuff that is left isn’t o much stuff that’s dependent on me, as it is stuff that’s out of my hands, so given my apparent propensity to worry I try not to think about it and instead think about stuff like how quickly can I tear the carpet out of the bathrooms and can I afford hardwood floors in the living room or should I go with something cheaper?
I’ve been looking for roommates already, and I think at least one guy (Michael Swanson) is basically in, but I am now fairly confident in everything going through, so if you’ve got recommendations or are looking for a place, drop me a line.
Also, I have no taste when it comes to color. The closest thing I’ve ever done to decorating was when I bought some posters my freshman year, but ever since that year I’ve lived in white rooms with bare walls. Heck, one summer, while working for Microsoft in Redmond, I was so ambivalent to my living situation that I didn’t even have a bed, I just slept on the ground for a month before finally buying a sleeping pad from Target, which I used for the rest of the summer. If anything in the preceding paragraph depressed you and you are excited by the prospect of decorating a place, I’m going to have a budget, and if somebody else doesn’t spend it, it’ll just go to waste on Dominican Joe’s chai tea and Mexican food.
ps, as you may have noticed from the pictures this house has no white picket fence. I don’t think the style of the area would be particularly conducive for a white picket fence, nor am I enamored with the style. I apologize for the deception.