Spent like 14 months going through this whole process, stressing over rates, losing a bidding war on a place in Charlotte, all of that. Got a decent rate in March and we finally closed on a 3bed in Concord last Thursday.
And I genuinely cannot stop thinking about the lawn.
Like I grew up in apartments my whole life. I had zero concept of what it actually takes to maintain a yard. The previous owners had this really clean looking St. Augustine grass situation going on and I just assumed it kind of... stayed like that. My neighbor came over the day after we moved in and casually mentioned the lawn needs to be treated before summer or it'll turn into a mess by July. Now im down a rabbit hole of soil pH levels, pre emergent herbicides and whether i need a self propelled mower or not.
Nobody warned me about this. Everyone talks about the inspection, closing costs, HOA drama. Not once did anyone say "hey btw you're also signing up to learn turf science."
Already pricing out mowers and treatments and its not cheap, kinda wish i had kept a little more money for random stuff like this instead of dumping everything into the move.