WE ARE HOUSE HUNTING!!!!! 🏠

[@itshoneybii]

Which house was your top favorite in this episode? :)

[@ydmf2]

First house had that wow factor walking in, I liked the one level house at the end more🤷.

[@juliaa4344]

#1 was my fav and #5 was 2nd fav!

[@polenghis369]

@@juliaa4344 mine too!!

[@pinky6069]

House #1!

[@MarkandMarie]

House one for sure, although I don't know how I felt about the staircase and landing at the top of the stairs. It felt very awkwardly shaped.

[@rachelleea]

I am so excited about this. I can't wait to come visit 😍

[@asianshell]

The first and last house are the best so far.

[@Belle1900]

I live in Texas, in somewhat similar style new house. Believe me, you'll be thankful if you have a reprieve from the sun with the super hot weather we have in summer. My house faces north with office and formal dining room up front. Kitchen, eating, great room is facing south with a large covered patio that helps with not having direct sun shining in the room. It is plenty light with the two story windows. Master bedroom is on first level with windows facing south (bed area) and attached sitting room with windows that face west. The west facing windows are nice for winter to get some warmth and sun in. In summer, we close the blinds to keep heat out. Good luck in your search.

[@carolespinoza3446]

I love house hunting and house decorating videos 🥰 I loved the first house and last house. Especially the view of the last house! I would love being able to see a sunset most days ❤

[@kwiekati]

Also the first and last house were the best, I even prefer the last one, because it didn’t have as much wasted space as the first one. I personally also liked the 4th house because of it‘s retro vibe (I liked the tiles 😂), but I see that it’s just not your style and also I agree that it was too dark

[@Angie2Pink]

Omg loved this video!! Where I live we mostly have flats as I live in the city so these houses all look so dreamy to me, but I would go with the first one for sure!!

[@MinvlyMusic]

i loooove your vlogs bii!!

[@SandiaLuv]

House number 1!!! I can see great home decor vids and great lighting for your vlogs in the future!!! 💖🌸

[@aoimomochan]

I loved the first house, but the last house seemed really cozy. I'm looking forward to the next set of houses

[@Wooplot]

Gosh houses in Texas/North America really are big. There aren't many this big in Melbourne, and they'd cost a tonne. I feel like the landing at the first house would make a really nice little sitting room/reading nook. A little cozy space with some nice arm chairs, cute shelves, maybe some cat furniture for the kitty.

[@itshoneybii]

It's a known texas thing, its not like this everywhere, just here apparently and some other southern states XD Hence the term "everything is bigger in texas" haha! Agree! I love the idea of a cozy study/kitty room!

[@playwithmeinsecondlife6129]

#5 was my favorite.

[@lauraelainedesilets1189]

I know you will find a great house for your family!! So excited to see. Congratulations ❤

[@fantasyk87]

The first one for sure, if you want something a little bit smaller though (as far as living space/ kitchen), I’d definitely consider the last one too.

[@kwiekati]

You said house hunting coming soon and you DELIVERED 😍 so fun seeing all those houses, american houses look so much different than houses here in Germany

[@MallowMau]

The first house was very bright and modern but way too big. I also liked the last one, the view is beautiful and it looked cozy. The fourth house had a lot of potential. The tiles looked Mediterranean and had Lisbon vibes! Thanks for your video! You look happy :)

[@juliaa4344]

Nice! We are house hunting in the US too (just in Colorado). Funny how us two girls from one of the smallest towns ever in Ontario are house shopping in the US! :)

[@claudiam.5487]

It would be a tie between the first and the last house for me :)

[@GiGiWellness28]

If money is not a concern and the location suits, House # 1 ❤

[@momokofou]

Wow no. 1 is beautiful !

[@rachelm843]

Definitely house number 1

[@SonniiTea]

I feel like the 1st house is the one, the others arent bad but from your reactions I can tell that you really love house 1.

[@asianshell]

I'm happy you're bringing us along with home hunting again, I love these things. Is it possible if you could also break down the cost you'll need? Like for example, in Toronto, a decent sized house is around $1.4 mil and you need 20% as down payment. How anyone could just have at least $280,000 laying around sitting in their bank is beyond me. Also, needing to buy furniture, fixing things up or renovations (lucky is a person that doesn't need to do ANY of that), etc, $280,000 is bare minimum and house-poor. Just a general sense, you don't need to tell us how much you're actually paying for the house you choose (if you choose one) and all that. I also can't believe it's already been 2 years, it really doesn't feel it's been that long already!

[@allybaby29]

I’d like to know this, too. It’s similar in Sydney, Australia. However, I’ve heard that houses in Texas are a little more affordable. Would love to know how down payments over there.

[@SonniiTea]

I'm a homeowner in Texas maybe I can help answer some of your questions. It is true that houses in Texas are more "affordable" than maybe what you're used to in your area. However, in the major cities it is becoming more expensive and is no longer considered affordable to natives. So in general it is advised that you put down 20% as a downpayment and i'll use homes prices in the area she's looking which she said ranges from $490-$600k, which means you would have to pay anywhere from $98k-$120k as a downpayment. Now obviously that's not attainable by most so what people do instead is put 3.5% down ($17k - $20k) with an FHA loan. However when you do that you will have an additional cost on your mortgage that will drop off once you've reached the 20% amount of what your downpayment would've been ($98k-$120k). However there are also other costs that new residents don't consider and that is that Texas has one of the highest utility rates in the US and although we do not have a state tax we make up for it in property taxes, which means that our property taxes are much higher than other states as well. So it really has its pros and cons. Pro being that we may have a smaller sticker price for homes and you can get "more" bang for your buck but the Cons being that the real costs are hidden so truthfully you may not be saving as much as you anticipated.

[@asianshell]

@@SonniiTea Thanks for explaining! What's home insurance like, would you say it's more expensive too compared to other states? Also, I believe some people may need a back up generator? Or do you think that might be more of a problem for those that own a house in a neighbourhood that have houses further apart from each other? I think it was last year or a couple of years ago where in some southern states, I remember TX being one of them, the power went out because it got extremely cold.

[@SonniiTea]

@@asianshell I think home insurance rates vary depending on where you live in the state. So for example the rates in Houston might be higher than Lubbock because Houston is closer to the gulf and they get hurricanes pretty often. I live in the Dallas area and since we're on the very edge of tornado alley, tornados are pretty frequent. In the Austin area they don't *really* get many tornados but the risk is never 0. SO with that in mind I believe insurance companies have raised their rates and ive heard (i havent confirmed so take this with a grain of salt) that some companies are pulling out of Texas altogether because they're losing more money because it. Which reminds me, our car insurance is also higher than other states because of the amount of uninsured motors. Which i never understood because its illegal to not have car insurance here.

[@SonniiTea]

@@asianshell Oh i never answered your question about the freeze. SO our grid is a concern for most. I know a lot of people in my neighborhood had solar panels put in after that and I had some friends that invested in a good generator as well. Again its one of those things that we genuinely didn't expect to happen but now that it has people are more cautious. So yeah thats another thing to consider for anyone thinking of moving here.

[@taebob7b]

No. 1 was my fav didn’t like 2,3,4 no 5 was ok