it's just the beginning...

to buy or not to buy a house/land?
kittsee or bratislava?
to renovate or build a new house?
to sell the apartment or get a mortgage?

these were just a few questions we've been trying to answer. after a long time of waiting and decision making, we finally found and bought a house in kittsee. the house is very old but the land is quite big. in less than two hours after viewing it, we decided to buy it. luckily our loan was approved, and after a couple of months or so we got the keys to our future home.

we've visited the site several times, but only to show it to family and friends. the house needs a lot of work. today was the first time we actually started working on it. we planned to clean it up a bit and have the experts have a look.

the idea is to first make it livable as a summer house with a little bit of re-painting here and there, and some... then slowly start the renovations in 5 or 10 years from now, depending on the budget. :D it's a long time to go, but we, and by that i mean i, could already picture our dream home.

in the morning we started cleaning. mostly, it involved throwing out the things the previous owner left behind plus a little bit of sweeping and dusting. it was at least a start and it felt good.

in the evening, we met with hubby's uncle who is actually a contractor. i was really excited with this meeting. we wanted him to have a look at the place and give us ideas as to what we can or cannot do with the place. being the expert that he is, he had lots of ideas and suggestions, but sadly, not the kind that we've expected. he told us that it's just his initial assessment and it's just brainstorming. in spite of this, i know that what he told is also realistic. so realistic in fact that i felt like my dream house suddenly collapsed. :(

sigh! what a tiring day! we will be meeting again in two days. i don't know if anything will change. but for now, we'll first focus on our short term goal and clean up the place, try to make it homey for the summer months, and let the kids enjoy the enormous lawn.