<prompt> Human: My wife and I are taking a final look at a house we really like tomorrow. The down payment is no problem, and our mortgage payments will be less than what were paying for rent right now. So thats all well and good.But, weve never bought a house before, so Im not sure what kind of unexpected expenses were going to have in the few months after we move in. The house is 80 years old but appears to be in good repair. Well have some gardening to do, and we plan to install central air conditioning and ducts, ugh. And, fortunately, the house comes with all the appliances well need for now.Aside from that sort of creature-comfort stuff, are there any less-obvious things we should consider?  <response>: Having just completed the first year in our first house, we ended up spending most, if not all of the extra money on the following: Lawn Mower and weed whip Snow blower and snow shovels Garden shovels, rakes, wheelbarrow, leaf blower, hedge trimmer, broom for garage Kitchen table and chairs expensive if you want real solid wood Garden tear out partial professionally, partial done ourselves. Probably a special circumstance because previous owners had a garden, not a yard which we would rather have and are fixing the rest this spring, but consider any landscaping you want to change. Going into year two, we want to replace all current blinds with ones that look nice and actually work, and add curtains. Were considering replacing the flooring in two rooms with solid hardwood 2k in materials alone. We also have not yet painted or decorated really, and have two mostly empty rooms, a completely empty sunroom, and two more that are currently not what we want them to be.TLDR Houses and things to go in them are expensive. 