Weekly Theme Most Expensive Thing Ever Bought

I am sure most people will say the same thing as I am about to. I have to say the most expensive thing my husband and I have ever bought (so far) has to be our house.

And for most people it was not that expensive! In 2000 we paid $59K for it. It is an older house built in 1957 and we are the second owners. A little over 1000sq ft, but we have a HUGE lot. The house needs a ton of updating. Let’s put it this way – the water heater is original to the house and sits in the kitchen. Have you ever heard of a Martha Washington water heater? The bathroom is 1950s pink! LOL

We are in a pretty good neighborhood and have a wonderful neighbor next to us who helps us with whatever we need.

Housing values in this area have really started to climb in the last year or so. One street over from us they have a pending offer of 113K! So in about 3 or 4 years when we are ready to move to a bigger house (we actually out grew this house before I became pregnant – but financially we are here for a few more years) we should make a pretty good profit.

Second part of the Question – Did we need it. YES! I could not take living in an apartment for one more year. We were robbed twice while there. Not in our house but our vehicle was broken into twice. And the management kept raising the rent (which was more than our house payment is now) and would not do anything about the crime.

Heaven forbid I EVER have to move back to an apartment.

First entry for today