Every homeowner remembers the feeling when they first bought their first home. Nothing in the world tastes sweeter than signing your name at the bottom of a buying contract. If you are used to tenancy agreements, this contract is different: There is no paragraph that forbids you to paint the walls or have a house pet. You don’t even need to ask for permission to hang a picture on the wall.
Buying your first home comes with an incredible feeling of freedom, and this is exactly why you should celebrate in style the passing of your tenant’s life to fully embrace the delights of homeownership. While there are many ways to proceed – and one of them includes preparing a breathtaking housewarming party once you’re settled in – you should also be looking at some of the little steps along the way that make homeownership so much sweeter.
Begin the search
For a start, if you are new to this, you need to be aware that the search for the perfect home, sweet home can be time-demanding. You won’t find the house of your dreams in a few days, or even weeks. It will take months! On top of that, you need to count a delay to get a mortgage agreement, especially if this is your first mortgage. Banks and other financial institutions need to check your lifestyle, credit score, career path, and spending habits.
In short, if you are planning to buy a house shortly, you should be working on improving your mortgage application already. You also need to start looking at the places around you, if you are planning to stay local. This will help to identify the areas you like best. To put it in other words, there is almost as much prep work in buying a house as there is in finding it. While you can find a place to rent in a matter of days. This is a big difference.
One Word: Declutter
When you are ready to leave your rented house, you will find that a lot of your old furniture set has lost its appeal. This is because rented places tend to be filled with furniture that isn’t designed to last. Tenants are aware that they may not stay forever and rarely like to commit to big purchases. Although you might be wondering what you could do with all the stuff you don’t want to keep.
You should first ask the following question: Could someone else benefit from it? If this is the case, do donate your items to a charity shop. If you don’t think there is any life left in your old items, the question you need to ask is: Are there skips near me? There should be a local skip and the possibility to hire skip services too for all your domestic waste. Use it to get rid of furniture, clothes, and other elements that you don’t want to see in your new home.
Take time to decorate
Finally, remember the first law of homeownership. This is your house, and you can do whatever you want to with it. So give in to trendy interior décors that you were not allowed to use in your rented place. Whether you are going for paint or wallpaper, you will enjoy this new creative freedom.