https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 20:38:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641571 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:26:14 +0000 MediaNaranja 2641571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 31 and DH was 35, after 3 years of marriage. We've been here just under a year (started looking at this time last year, closed in early January). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641473 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:38:11 +0000 snowjewelz 2641473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We closed on our house like 3-4 months before our wedding; I was 28, I think? Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641408 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:54:13 +0000 Ajsmommy 2641408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Old compared to these other responses!! LOL.. I was 36 and dh was 33, we had been married 1 yr. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641313 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:49:17 +0000 ValentineMommy 2641313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 26. Dh moved into the house with me, and we still live here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641311 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:47:28 +0000 cascademom 2641311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 29 when we purchased our condo. We closed 6 weeks after we got married. Last year, we sold it to buy our house in the suburbs. So, it was good to us for 6 years of marriage and two kids later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641304 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:35:19 +0000 LindsayLou 2641304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 23 and he was 25, and we actually weren't married yet. Technically our first house was only in his name, but we househunted together and made the decision together, and both paid the bills. We'd only been dating for a year and a half at the time, but had already been living together for close to a year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641303 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 11:34:09 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2641303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH was 27 when he bought a condo. I moved in when we were married 2 years later. We then bought our forever home when I was 29 and he was 30. We currently rent the condo, and plan on keeping it for quite a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641208 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:59:44 +0000 Rescuemom10 2641208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 26 he was 28. We had been married for like 3 months. LOL</p> <p>Seems quick but we were together for a long time before then. Already lived together for 4 years. We saved a ton, our wedding we paid for ourselves and paid for out right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641203 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:55:50 +0000 kes18 2641203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were both 30 when we bought it together. Married 1 year, and our first was ~4 months (she was a surprise). Pretty much the first opportunity we had as I had grad school and didn't start a fulltime job until I was almost 27 and DH has just graduated at 28! We live in a fairly low COL area. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641190 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:45:15 +0000 FaithFertility 2641190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: I was 25 DH was 26 it was during the Obama Tax credit for First time homebuyers so it was a no brainer to try </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641189 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:43:12 +0000 Trailmix 2641189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 33 and DH is 34 and we still don't own a house :shocked: Entirely bc we live in NYC where it's just not feasible. We will move soon and hopefully buy a house, I'm tired of renting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641180 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:36:35 +0000 mrsrain 2641180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>30 and 32. We moved in right after our 5th anniversary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641175 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:31:28 +0000 MaryM 2641175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 29 and single. DH and I had just started seriously dating (but we'd been "just seeing each other" for about 4 years)</p> <p>We bought our second house together when I was 35 and he was 42. I'm glad we waited a few years into our marriage (we'd been married 3 years) to attempt buying a house because it made compromising our priorities a little bit easier. I think it would have been a mess had we tried to do it as newly weds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641136 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:58:35 +0000 bushelandapeck 2641136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>26 with my then boyfriend, now ex-husband. Hindsight and all that :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641125 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:45:25 +0000 josina 2641125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were 26, had been living together for 4 years, and got married 2 years later. (Originally bought the house in my name only, and then refinanced post-marriage in both names after a remodel) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641027 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:27:05 +0000 mamabolt 2641027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH bought when he was 27, right before we met. We bought together 3 years later, when I was 27 and he was 30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641015 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:44:32 +0000 808love 2641015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh and I had been together for about a year and we bought a house in our 30s. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641013 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:43:42 +0000 PawPrints 2641013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 26 and DH was 24, We had just gotten engaged and were married one year later. Still in that house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2641000 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:37:37 +0000 Mrs Spoon 2641000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 35. We lived in SF for almost 10 years, so yeah, as soon as we moved out of the Bay Area we bought our first home within 8 months. Later than most people but it was the right timeline for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640996 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:27:35 +0000 raspberries 2640996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were both 26 - together for 8 years, married for 3 years. But we waited until after we bought a house to have kids... I'm pretty sure it would have taken a lot longer to save up a down payment if we'd been paying for daycare too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640990 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:06:06 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2640990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in our late 20s, 2 kids, married 6+ years, and still renting. We live in a high cost of living area. I don't make that much but dh makes a good amount and we're still making nowhere near enough, and the inventory is low too.</p> <p>We do have the down payment but anything we could find in our budget would still be nowhere near as nice as our rental or in a way worse neighborhood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640966 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 20:39:08 +0000 Eko 2640966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am closing on my new house Thursday. I'm 29 and DH is 36. This is my first house but not DH. We've been married 4 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640907 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:01:05 +0000 regberadaisy 2640907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>24? 25? We had been together for about 6 years </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640901 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:21:36 +0000 yin 2640901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 23, and DH was 26 when we bought our home. We got married 8 months later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640889 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:31:23 +0000 NCSUchick27 2640889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are still renting. I am 30 and DH is 33, and I don't see us buying a house anytime soon. We live in a high cost of living area, and we don't think we want to stay here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640883 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:54:32 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2640883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a condo while single at 26 &amp; again at 37, then met DH less than 6mos after the 2nd one. He'd built the house we live in now &amp; so we renovated my condo &amp; I sold it just over 2yrs after buying it &amp; 6 mos after we were married. We'll likely sell "his" house &amp; move in the next 3-5 yrs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640851 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:51:43 +0000 oskarsmommy 2640851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>34 &amp; 35, but we live in Los Angeles, prices are astronomical. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640850 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:49:43 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2640850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still haven't, and I am 34. We don't plan to buy until after I get out of the military. (At least another 7-8 years). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640849 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:47:19 +0000 DesertDreams88 2640849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were both 25 and had been married for 4.5 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-purchased-your-first-home-1/page/2#post-2640841 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:32:53 +0000 looch 2640841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Old, by these standards. I was well into my 30s. </p>