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It has been a full week in the house and we are almost unpacked. We closed last Thursday January 28th at 10pm. We were so excited to move into our house on Pine St in the Wollaston section of Quincy. Being from the north shore, I am still new to the south shore area but am super excited about exploring the area and being closer to Boston.
Jonathan and I started moving some small stuff in on Friday and slept here over night on the new areobed (thx rob & mb) our first night in the house. Despite all the excitement we ran into our first home owning issue, the heating system stopped working our first day in the house. It was the coldest weekend of the year so far in 2010 and we tried to make do with space heaters but it wasn't doing enough. Afraid of the pipes freezing and the creation of a huge problem our first night in the house we had a friend of the family's who works on heating systems come by and help us out. Thankfully it was fixed by the afternoon and didn't tap into our dwindling bank accounts after the closing. We knew that the heating system was old from the home inspection (dating back approximately 30+ years) but we decided to take a chance on it knowing that it would have to be replaced within the next few years.
Saturday was the big move in which both Jon and I moved all our belongings from our houses with the help from lots of friends. We ran into a few slight issues e.g the couch we purchased not fitting through the front door, and the refrigerator delivery guy dropping the fridge on his finger and screaming in pain (eek!) but other than that, we made out ok.
Over the past week we have been adjusting well to the house. We are almost unpacked and are now picking out paint colors for the living room and dining room. We also have a lot of staining to do since the woodwork needs quite a bitof TLC. And finally there is a lot of decorating to do which i plan to use the help of twitter (HGTV, home depot) and online browsing to give me some good ideas! Wish me luck!
Jonathan and I started moving some small stuff in on Friday and slept here over night on the new areobed (thx rob & mb) our first night in the house. Despite all the excitement we ran into our first home owning issue, the heating system stopped working our first day in the house. It was the coldest weekend of the year so far in 2010 and we tried to make do with space heaters but it wasn't doing enough. Afraid of the pipes freezing and the creation of a huge problem our first night in the house we had a friend of the family's who works on heating systems come by and help us out. Thankfully it was fixed by the afternoon and didn't tap into our dwindling bank accounts after the closing. We knew that the heating system was old from the home inspection (dating back approximately 30+ years) but we decided to take a chance on it knowing that it would have to be replaced within the next few years.
Saturday was the big move in which both Jon and I moved all our belongings from our houses with the help from lots of friends. We ran into a few slight issues e.g the couch we purchased not fitting through the front door, and the refrigerator delivery guy dropping the fridge on his finger and screaming in pain (eek!) but other than that, we made out ok.
Over the past week we have been adjusting well to the house. We are almost unpacked and are now picking out paint colors for the living room and dining room. We also have a lot of staining to do since the woodwork needs quite a bitof TLC. And finally there is a lot of decorating to do which i plan to use the help of twitter (HGTV, home depot) and online browsing to give me some good ideas! Wish me luck!
Hi Holly - My boyfriend and I are starting a similar process - trying to figure out where to live! I've been living in Boston since graduating from college (7 years) and now we are trying to figure out the right area for us. I can certainly relate! We are looking in the South Shore, too :).
ReplyDeleteNice! Let me know if you need any advice on anything. Hopefully this blog will give you some good advice:) I like Quincy but I was looking for a more urban area, its definately not too suburban.
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