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Congratulations! Brookline is such a great area! We decided we couldn't really afford to buy a place in NYC and pay for the wedding, so we're still renting for now. But my FI can't wait until he's a homeowner.
We're doing this, almost on the same schedule as you! We close next week and are getting married in September! Not to mention our house needs some work before we can even move in! Its so exciting, I'm not complaining, we're so lucky to be fortunate enough to be able to do this, but WOW- it does feel like A LOT to take on! Congratulations and may you be joyfully unstressed :o)
I definitely feel for you! Last July we were about to book our wedding for this September...however the day before we were going to put the deposit down we found a house we liked...so we put in an offer, and you know how crazy the whole house process is! So I decided to put the wedding off for a while to deal with the house and get settled in. I have to say I wish I would have done both at the same time because this April we booked our wedding for this August...leaving not much time to plan and so much to do! If I would've started in July it probably would not have been so crazy now! Either way I think planning a wedding, buying a house, and not to mention WORK are so involved and time consuming, that it's probably better that you are doing everything all together, you get it all over with at the same time...the sooner you will be able to sit back and RELAX and enjoy your new married life in your new home!
Good Luck to you!
Thanks! We would not have been able to do it without the help of my very generous family and feel extremely fortunate.
And congrats to you too! I feel like by the time our weddings roll around we will think that any pre-wedding stress is a piece of cake compared to what is to come over the next month : )
And I thought my FI and I were the only people crazy enough to take on these two tasks!! I won't even go into the drama about getting financing. In the end, we had to use our entire wedding savings to add into the down payment. We close July 13th and our wedding is November 7th. Luckily, my FI is starting his new job July 1st and our wedding budget isn't going to affected too much.
GOOD LUCK!!
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Congratulations! Great news (even if it will be stressful for a time).
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Oh yea! We are building and are about to close on the loan and our dig date is the scheduled for the week of the wedding, which is an awesome wedding present but at the same time, there are so many things I could be doing that day. The dig day is symbolyic and they like you there etc. The house has definetly been more stressful than the wedding!
we did the same thing. got engaged early fall (sept). started planning the wedding... then put in an offer in dec for a house... got the house in january... he moved in in feb... got married in march. Dec- Jan were pretty stressful... but it's totally doable.... :)
Just about. We closed on our house in the last day of July and then got engaged in early October. While we're not currently going through the buying process, we're deeply involved in home improvement projects!
Since we moved in, we've stripped wallpaper, textured, painted just about every room, replaced the fence, removed 3 trees & planted 3 new ones, and we're currently in the process of laying sod, landscaping, remodeling/painting/tiling etc. the bathrooms, and replacing our kitchen countertops. WHEE.
Yeah, we're also crazy enough to do both at once. Sometimes I wonder if I'm genuinely insane - I graduate this spring, hopefully closing on the house this summer, getting married in August, moving to England in September.
It's ridiculous.
Congrats! We attempted to do the same, but it ended up that we didn't get our place until after the wedding. I can relate to the stress of it all, but you know, everything happens for a reason. Enjoy your lovely new home...YAY!
I just moved in to our new home we purchased last week. Our wedding is in October.
Expect to feel stressed, but stay calm. Plan it out and clear your schedule from wedding stuff the week prior and the week after. Plan out when you will postpone wedding stuff to the tee so you know it will get done even if you are in 'moving zone' for 2+ weeks straight. It'll be tight but it will be way more manageable if you have mapped it out and stay disciplined. Also, enlist the help of 2 key relatives/packing experts (my mom) and cleaning expert (grandma). They can get you to throw things out or organize. People who can keep you really focused on task at hand. We paid an extra 200 dollars to cover a cleaning person and arranged it with the landlord ahead of time so they would give it to the tenant and they could just take care of it on their time, leaving you free to setup the new place. Again, a little bit of money and planning can help you a lot. I also sent out an email to reliable people to schedule the help with the move ahead of time. They were very happy (we fed them and took pics to mark this milestone) to pitch in. You can do it..it'll feel crazy but it's possible.
The key is to set a packing/moving timeline, just like the wedding: box 1 room a day (at the least), set a moving date with friends/family to help, rent a moving truck (worth every penny) and do it in one load if possible, clean with help.
by the way, prepare your fi for the TEMPORARY stress, be flexible, take good care of your health (sleep/eat/rest/pray) and look for what you can cut out of your schedule for those 2-3 weeks.
lol we are too! we actually pushed the date so that we could afford both and not stress as much!
We're doing the same, luckily we have a long engagement because wedding planning has been on hold lately, but we have plenty of time.
We were going to wait, but then things sort of fell into place financially and we wanted to take advantage of the 1st time home buyer credit....AND our lease is up. Fingers crossed that it all works out!
Omg, congrats!!! My wedding is October 24th.... we're month twins.
My fiance is really looking hard for our dream house too. He has a bachelor pad that we have to put on the market too. We'd like to move in like 6 months.
we're the same, we both have savings, and want to buy a house after we get married, thta is if I can find a job after I move to england; I just hope I dont get too sucked by this wedding and use up all my savings; NYC is NOT a cheap place
We're crazy too! Our timeline is exactly the same as yours - current lease ends July 31, wedding Oct. 17. I totally feel your pain and excitement!
Closing on Monday...complete chaos! Not to mention we still have to buy furniture, paing, oh...and actually move.
How are the other home buying ladies coming along?
This weekend I did not have too many shining moments....it was the last and final weekend of moving our apartment (that we have lived in for four years) into our new condo. It has been a long process, I am tired, and FI has been working nights for the past 3 weeks...so we only see each other saturday during the day (his one day off!) not a good combination. The light at the end of the tunnel is near.
The good news is that with all this house stuff I'm not too focused on the wedding...suddenly we are six weeks out and I didn't even notice : ) Can't wait!
Wow, I just found this post. I did the same thing as you Erin. We are getting married on Oct 17 and closed on our house on July 24. We've painted, put in a new sliding door, ripped up all the old flooring on the 1st floor, had wood floors put in, put in a new patio door, put in a pocket door for the bathroom. We want to remodel the kitchen but that HAS to wait until next year. Currently the kitchen is full of remodling supplies and our old kitchen stuff....now we are starting to get gifts...
It's a lot of stress but good stress, all this is good stuff! We are blessed. I think the honeymoon will be fantastic to be thousands of miles away from remodeling.
Now about that little thing called work that I am supposed to be doing right now...
Wow, we are on the same schedule! You seem very under control!
Our place was move in ready, but we still had painting done and some little odds and ends (installing new light fixtures, etc). Also furniture deliveries, new applicance deliveries have taken up a lot of time.
It's definitely good stress, mostly and YES we are so blessed. I am a little crazed b/c of FI's schedule...if he had a 9-5 job it would be a lot easier. The honeymoon is going to be amazing : ) We won't have taken vacation in 5 months by the time the wedding rolls around.
Congratulations! We are attempting to look while wedding planning, but probably won't take on actually purchasing until afterwards. If our realtor was pushy to get us into a place I could see us buying one before the wedding but he's pretty lax right now with the wedding coming up. Your a champ for doing it all at once!
We were also very motivated by the first time homebuyer credit : ) Wonder if my sanity is worth 8K!
We just put an offer on a place in Fort Point Channel Boston last week and our wedding is in 12 days. Unlike you though, we don't have to worry about moving or anything until after the honeymoon. Meanwhile my fiance's parents have been staying with us in our one bedroom, one bathroom apt - which now has both of our furniture in it from our 2 apartments! I am almost a little jealous of your pre-wedding move.
Erin - Yes the job thing is tricky. My fiance works for a church. He works regular hours M,Tues, Thurs. Wednesday he works until 10 pm, and Sundays he works a 12 or 13 hour day. I work Mon - Fri normal hours. Sometimes it's good beceause he can work on the house on Friday, I can do wedding stuff on Sundays, and we can do both whatever we need to do together on Saturday.
We finally we went on a date on Friday. Some of my parents friends gave us a gift card to go on a date but we weren't allowed to talk about wedding or house stuff... It was actually kind of hard, but it was good. Some people say to have a couple nights a week where you dont' do wedding stuff! I say whatever to that! We barely even have a couple nights a week where we are together. We still love each other though, so that's good!!
Congrats!
We're buying a flat. Choosing the place was not difficult, but now that we have to think about furniture, moving (I'm going to his city, 2200km away) and the wedding is in less than a month, I'm glad I'm not working.
Really, guys, how do you do all that? :)
Congrats!! It's a lot of work but it will be worth it. :) Just make sure you have time for you in the midst of the chaos. That's the one thing I didn't do and I regret it.
I'm with you. We've been engaged since January- looking for a place for over a year now (since March 2008). We put in an offer on a house in June (it's a "short sale"), and we are on month two of the waiting game. It's very frustrating. Thankfully we sorta prepared by forcing ourselves to get certain things done early. So we have all our vendors booked, and now we're working on stationary design. It's still a lot of stress, and a lot to juggle in general!
Best wishes!
We got engaged in February, bought our house in May, have our wedding in a few weeks here, and have been full time students and workers the whole time (fall term started last week). UGH, busy.
We got engaged in April, both graduated from residency in June, bought a house & moved cities a few weeks later, bought a business in July and then realized I was already "behind" in wedding planning for next March! Ack! I still feel like I'm playing "catch up." But now, a few weeks later, things are already looking up. And I've still got a little time.
Might as well jump in both feet first!
Congrats! It's definitely a daunting task you've taken on, I hope you're good at multi-tasking! :)
My fiance and I would love to buy a place of our own right now as well, but with us just starting out in the wedding process and paying for everything on our own... it just doesn't seem feasible (especially since we'd like to stay in SF).
It's definitely hard since all these things fall into the same timeframe... get married, buy a house, etc etc.
We're on it!! But the only difference is, that my fiance is going to build the house.
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So who else is insane enough to take on these two tasks together??
We just had an offer accepted on a condo in Boston (for Bostonians, its actually Brookline, Washington Square...) We are so excited. The next 6 wks will be crazy though. We would close end of July and move in sometime in August (our lease is up August 31). And our wedding is mid-October.
I have done so little on the wedding to-do list since we started looking for places at the end of April...most weekends have been consumed by househunting! This is going to be a suuuuper busy two months (also have 4 weddings to go to and, oh yes...work...) But, I can't wait to move in and get married!!
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