My problem is we rent from my roommate/best friend's aunt. She doesn't fix much. Dishwasher, screens on the back porch, spider issue, broken side door, crap pipes. All of these were issues before we moved in. The lady and I are looking into places to move in the spring, but are having little luck so far.
Oh and I guess a big one, the furnace went out yesterday. Her son is here fixing it now, but hes been at it for about 4 hours and has told us he doesn't know much about heaters and AC units, but his mom told him to do it so hes trying.
Closer to buying the coop next door.
Apparently we need a year's mortgage payments and a year's maintenance in order to get the place. In cash. In the bank.
Yeah, scraping up a downpayment in a month and that much cash is hard. I think we managed it, but
We put in an offer last week, and got a counter-offer. Now to negotiate down a bit. I just hope the appraisal goes OK. They are asking way more than it's worth, and we're willing to go a bit higher than we should due to its location and the ability to turn our 1 bedroom into a 3 bedroom in NYC. Just hope we can actually get a mortgage that covers the amount. If the appraisal comes in as low as we're afraid of, then the lady who owns the place may take it off the market for a year.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
My apartment complex has an on-property laundry room, which is great. Or at least, it was great. About three weeks ago we had super low temperatures and a pipe in there froze and burst. They still haven't finished getting all that junk straightened out.
Oh shit, I never posted images of our house in here.
I'll rectify that this weekend.
But man. MAN, I love having a house. I love living in a property that's my own so when I play Dragon's Dogma at 3AM with my speakers loud no one complains.
I love having a garage so my car isn't constantly covered in bird shit.
I love having a deck so I can have a BBQ that's worth more than 100$ because no one's going to steal it.
I love everything about having a house. Especially blinds. God, did I miss blinds.
Our furnace wasn't working but the landlord got a guy out to look at it and hey, the motor was dead! But we got that replaced and right now I'm kind of glad I don't own the place because that thing probably wasn't free.
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Man I have really let the weeds get out of control at my house. I have begun poisoning/pulling/hacking them up. My girly arms are not suited for this manual labour.
A co-op. I tend to phone post, and the'-' is hard to do. Http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_cooperative
Big in nyc. I really don't understand the nuances, but basically you own shares in the building and everyone theoretically has a say in how the place is run. It has a board composed of residents that make decisions.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
I'm going to buy a place this year. I'm thinking an apartment out Ashfield way. Should be able to get a decent 2-bedder there, it's on the train line and is still easy enough to get to my customers who aren't in the city.
You start with a sidewalk. And then hmm still got some time left, let's do the stairs. Drive way. Ooh siding and gutters and moss on the foundation and hey where'd the weekend go.
I may have been spoiled by the big industrial grade pressure washers used in truck dealerships to wash truck chassis, but a whole weekend?
It sounds like you need a little more power...
*tim allen grunt*
Well you do some, have a beer, do some more, play with the dog, do some more, have a beer, get an urge to look for that thing you can't remember where you put in the garage, start prepping the mower but then remember the pressure washer is still hooked up, work on that some more, realize this whole time you haven't had music playing, oh yeah and tacos you need tacos
I'm having to make some tough decisions at the moment. I live near London right now, and am looking to buy a house. If I wanted to buy in London, I'd have to save up for probably another two years just to buy a shithole or a flat. If I moved to an idyllic village in the north, I could buy a really bomb place with three bedrooms and a view of the valley and essentially pay cash, but I'd be running the risk of moving that far and really fucking hating it. It's super sleepy up that way.
The roommates I'm subletting from are moving in the middle of the year, so I need to decide if I want to take over the lease or find a new place. This place is absurdly cheap and a pretty nice place, but the neighborhood isn't the best and if they leave they're taking 95% of the furniture so I'd have to re-buy everything anyway. Plus I dunno if I can take over the lease for the same price, if I were the landlord I'd use the opportunity to raise the price a bit because the neighborhood's gotten more expensive in the last few years.
I'm having to make some tough decisions at the moment. I live near London right now, and am looking to buy a house. If I wanted to buy in London, I'd have to save up for probably another two years just to buy a shithole or a flat. If I moved to an idyllic village in the north, I could buy a really bomb place with three bedrooms and a view of the valley and essentially pay cash, but I'd be running the risk of moving that far and really fucking hating it. It's super sleepy up that way.
Would a compromise of living in a city in the North work? Then you'd eliminate the sleepyness with less cost. Unless its a particular village you have in mind that you're in love with.
Or you could consider renting in such a village for a short lease and see if you're okay with that kind of lifestyle.
Gotta say, this is a good idea.
Downside is possibility of finding you don't like living in such a village, being stuck there for a short time until the lease runs out, and having to move again in a few months.
Which is remarkably close to the situation I am in, now that I think about it.
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I'm having to make some tough decisions at the moment. I live near London right now, and am looking to buy a house. If I wanted to buy in London, I'd have to save up for probably another two years just to buy a shithole or a flat. If I moved to an idyllic village in the north, I could buy a really bomb place with three bedrooms and a view of the valley and essentially pay cash, but I'd be running the risk of moving that far and really fucking hating it. It's super sleepy up that way.
Move to a nice seaside town with a lot of tourism, so there's still plenty to do, but real estate won't cost too much?
"Idyllic village" is a phrase you can actually apply to places in the UK. This is so outside of my experience I'm not sure how to describe how it makes me feel.
In other news, tomorrow we're meeting with my wife's dad to see if we can stay with him until emergency housing is available. He'll probably say no! But damned if I'm not going to pull the "responsibility to your grandchildren" heartstrings as hard as I can if that's what it takes to keep my family under a roof.
As someone who's lived in London for the past 5 years, these are my thoughts:
It all depends on what you want out of where you're staying. If you can get by living in Bury St Edmunds, only needing the things every other town and major high street has, and then taking an hour and a half train trip when you wanted to visit London, I would say do that.
London is London. Anyone who's spent time there knows it's completely different from anywhere else but for those extras, you gotta make sacrifices (i.e. It's busy and prices suck) If you're looking to buy in London you've got to know that you'll want that pace of life in the long-term. For most, I think London gets tiring as they get older. Getting by in an OK place for above-average prices is fine for people who know they are getting the most from the city but eventually that shifts and the benefits of London no longer out-weigh the benefits of a better house in a quieter setting.
In essence, what I'm saying is that London is a great place to rent but as soon as I'm starting to settle down, raise kids etc... I'm on the first train to the Home Counties.
We have something crawling up in the ceiling. And it's apparently indifferent to our noises now, as even thumping on the ceiling doesn't make it stop moving.
Probably suspects are grey squirrel, rat, raccoon, or possum. Landlord's son is going to come out tomorrow and crawl up there, bring a trap if need be. I think I should film this for possible Christmas Vacation-like scenarios.
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Depending where you are, like Southern California, some water pipes in the attic are NOT metal or PVC and the critters can chew them to get access to water.
A month after buying, we had a roof rat crawling in our attic and every day it would chew a new hole in the water pipes, causing a new leak we had to repair. We finally killed that bastard, but not after a thousand dollars worth of damage had been done
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Apparently we need a year's mortgage payments and a year's maintenance in order to get the place. In cash. In the bank.
Yeah, scraping up a downpayment in a month and that much cash is hard. I think we managed it, but
We put in an offer last week, and got a counter-offer. Now to negotiate down a bit. I just hope the appraisal goes OK. They are asking way more than it's worth, and we're willing to go a bit higher than we should due to its location and the ability to turn our 1 bedroom into a 3 bedroom in NYC. Just hope we can actually get a mortgage that covers the amount. If the appraisal comes in as low as we're afraid of, then the lady who owns the place may take it off the market for a year.
We're painting and rearranging. Steam cleaned the carpets this morning. I really want to replace it with laminate, but that will be down the road.
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But I'm digging it.
With all that open space, you need one of these:
http://can-am.brp.com/off-road/atv/outlander-x-mr/outlander-1000-x-mr.html
http://www.wowhaus.co.uk/2013/08/14/on-the-market-1930s-five-bedroom-art-deco-property-in-beckenham-kent/
so cool!
I'll rectify that this weekend.
But man. MAN, I love having a house. I love living in a property that's my own so when I play Dragon's Dogma at 3AM with my speakers loud no one complains.
I love having a garage so my car isn't constantly covered in bird shit.
I love having a deck so I can have a BBQ that's worth more than 100$ because no one's going to steal it.
I love everything about having a house. Especially blinds. God, did I miss blinds.
I assume you don't mean, like, a chicken coop.
Vivienne is pleased.
Satans..... hints.....
but that's the way I like them,
Satans..... hints.....
Big in nyc. I really don't understand the nuances, but basically you own shares in the building and everyone theoretically has a say in how the place is run. It has a board composed of residents that make decisions.
At least, that's the plan.
I miss these days so much
this month, it says I owe... $30
it looks like they forgot the actual rent part...? o_O
Would a compromise of living in a city in the North work? Then you'd eliminate the sleepyness with less cost. Unless its a particular village you have in mind that you're in love with.
Gotta say, this is a good idea.
Downside is possibility of finding you don't like living in such a village, being stuck there for a short time until the lease runs out, and having to move again in a few months.
Which is remarkably close to the situation I am in, now that I think about it.
Move to a nice seaside town with a lot of tourism, so there's still plenty to do, but real estate won't cost too much?
Or just move to Huddersfield...
In other news, tomorrow we're meeting with my wife's dad to see if we can stay with him until emergency housing is available. He'll probably say no! But damned if I'm not going to pull the "responsibility to your grandchildren" heartstrings as hard as I can if that's what it takes to keep my family under a roof.
Steam
It all depends on what you want out of where you're staying. If you can get by living in Bury St Edmunds, only needing the things every other town and major high street has, and then taking an hour and a half train trip when you wanted to visit London, I would say do that.
London is London. Anyone who's spent time there knows it's completely different from anywhere else but for those extras, you gotta make sacrifices (i.e. It's busy and prices suck) If you're looking to buy in London you've got to know that you'll want that pace of life in the long-term. For most, I think London gets tiring as they get older. Getting by in an OK place for above-average prices is fine for people who know they are getting the most from the city but eventually that shifts and the benefits of London no longer out-weigh the benefits of a better house in a quieter setting.
In essence, what I'm saying is that London is a great place to rent but as soon as I'm starting to settle down, raise kids etc... I'm on the first train to the Home Counties.
Probably suspects are grey squirrel, rat, raccoon, or possum. Landlord's son is going to come out tomorrow and crawl up there, bring a trap if need be. I think I should film this for possible Christmas Vacation-like scenarios.
3DS FC: 4699-5714-8940 Playing Pokemon, add me! Ho, SATAN!
A month after buying, we had a roof rat crawling in our attic and every day it would chew a new hole in the water pipes, causing a new leak we had to repair. We finally killed that bastard, but not after a thousand dollars worth of damage had been done
FATHER IN LAW GUY SAID WE CAN LIVE WITH HIM
YEAH!!
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