House Hunting Checklist
Buying our house here in Ontario was whirlwind of activity. We drove from Nova Scotia to Pembroke, Ontario and were here for less than a week. During that time, we wanted to look at houses, make an offer, secure financing and have a home inspection. It was busy, but we got it done!
One thing that helped us was to plan ahead. We knew our price range and had a pre-approval done on a mortgage. We also had our list of “needs” and “wants”. I wanted three bedrooms, two bathrooms and gas heat and John wanted a garage. I bought the house on my income alone so I couldn’t be too picky.
House Hunting Checklist
To help you on your house hunting journey, I’ve developed two House Hunting Checklist printables. The first one is your wish list where you and your partner write down everything you want in a house. At the bottom, I have your Minimum Must-Haves. These would be items that you would not compromise on like number of bedrooms or type of heating.
The second printable is for your clipboard as you check out each of the houses on your list. Use one sheet for each house you visit to take notes and record all the important details.
If you view a lot of houses, these sheets will come in handy at the end of the day when you are ready to discuss the homes you like and want a second visit.
For me, it came down to two homes. I made an offer on the first home and it was conditional on financing and a home inspection. During the home inspection, water was pouring into the basement and the home inspector said the foundation was bad. I backed out of that offer because that was way more work than I wanted to deal with. After a home inspection on the second house, we took off conditions and had set a closing date for a couple months time. It’s interesting how things work out.
Feel free to share this post with your house hunting friends so they can use the free house hunting printables to help them stay organized and make decision making easier.
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I love these printables…so attractive and easy to use…thanks!
Wow I found house hunting diffucult in the same area, let alone from another province! Thanks for the printables!
Awesome checklist! Don’t want to miss a thing.
Great printables, these will come in very handy for those looking for a new home. When building yourself, I’d add check out your builder and the firms working for him. Ours was a complete mistake and we’ve paid dearly for using the firm that we built with.
those would be so essential! Easy way to keep everything in order and what things about that particular house you liked or not and possible problems to check out if you put in an offer.
Great printable. Not house hunting right now but will share this with anyone I hear that is.
Very nifty idea – we’re not looking right now but we want to start improving the house we’re in so it’s helpful to see examples of what people are looking at
Great printables to keep it altogether while out house hunting!!
a very helpful and handy sheet to have!