We Finally Closed!!!!

Well after 1 full year of being in contract on (2) different houses we finally closed on our house in Huntington Station on Long Island! I honestly never thought we'd be able to afford a house on Long Island but thanks to a crappy economy our wildest dreams came true! Not without some major headaches and possibly a few emotional meltdowns though. Good times!

Here's some before pictures of the house....these are actually all from the real estate listing.

We took out a 203k Rehab Loan which is a construction loan that is rolled into your mortgage but with much lower interest rates and spread out over 30 years. At this point in time i'm going to say its a good idea if you dont have a ton of money in the bank to do major renovations but found a house thats a "fixer upper" at an excellent price. I hope I won't be singing a different tune when this is all done. But we are working with Ashwood Construction and they definitely seem to have their act together which is a big relief. Not just any contractor can work with this type of loan and most would rather not go through the hastle because its a lot of paperwork on their end. They have been great through the mortgage obtaining process and quick with getting us all of the paperwork we needed.

So here's a breakdown of all of the work we're going to be getting done:

+New Kitchen (total gut reno)
+New Bathroom (total gut reno)
+Refinishing wood floors throughout house
+New Windows
+New Siding
+Asbestos removal in basement
+Replace part of main support beam


Theres definitely more but thats the major stuff. We will also be doing some renovations on our own including a craft room, making the entire uptairs of the house into a master bedroom (currently unfinished), and man cave in the basement!

Stay tuned for more pictures and updates!