March 17, 2005
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I am still reeling a bit from the news about my furnace, but will manage, as I always do, to find a solution. On the brighter, micromovement forward side I have set up my water and electricity accounts for the house.
Water was easy. One quick call and boom, all done. Electricity proved to be a bit more challenging. (Not as challenging as GAS thank goodness, but challenging).
In order to set up an account for electricity use in Oshawa you must either have a credit check done or put a $250.00 deposit down that remains for two years. After that, if your account remains in good standing they credit it to your account.
Now, in my opinion, if the bank has just seen fit to give me a six figure mortgage this should indicate to the electricity board that I should be able to pay my bill each month. I opted for the credit check - by the way it costs $11.00 and is non refundable.
I also don't realize why each utility charges a set up fee when they don't actually have to do anything except change the name in the computer. Nothing changes with my taps or plugs. Nobody has to come in and turn a switch. I believe this is all a big scam. Not as big a scam as the GAS company is running, but a scam nontheless.
As I near the end of this journey into home ownership I find myself thinking and wondering - if I had known about the stress and difficulty involved in the mere purchase and moving to a house, if I had known what was ahead, would I have done it?
I believe the answer is yes. A shakey, not so convincing one.
The frightning thing is that I know full well that once I move it isn't going to end there. Just the opposite, it is just going to begin.
Ladders, lawn mowers, sprinklers, buckets, mops, sponges...... One million six hundred and fifty four items are going to be required, not to mention the forty seven that I will have forgotten about!
If I actually manage to live through all this - the purchase, the move, the renovations - then I am going to .........well, I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm going to do something big!!
Comments (3)
I think you still would have bought the house. You maybe would have been more prepared or aware of what needed to be done in a situation like this one...or not. At least when this life experience is over it will not have damaging emotional scars (we hope...well maybe on the wallet...lol). It will be a learning experience...for all of us. I'll call you when I'm ready to buy, as you will be a well seasoned home buyer with much expertise and knowledge.
You can learn from my mistakes!! I'll tell you a year from now if I have any scars! As it stands now I don't EVER want to move and I NEVER want to have to go through this again!!
don't forget your friends will be showering you with gifts for your new place and if worse comes to worse, you can always use it as an excuse to go SHOPPING!
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