The apartment - Our lease is up at the end of this month. We can switch to a month-to-month arrangement while we wait on a house, but our rent will be increasing. We originally signed a one year lease under a promotion that gave us two months free. We had those free months prorated over the year, so without that promotion we'll have to pay the current market value for our apartment, which is $140 more than we've been paying. They're also supposed to increase our rent by $100 a month because we won't be signing a lease, but are choosing not to charge us that extra expense. I'm grateful for that.
House #1 - We made an offer on a house last month. The pros? It has an extra room that we could use for school, is newer and would be insulated well enough that we could probably afford to keep our home warm, has a double garage. The cons? The yard is tiny and oddly shaped, the location isn't very neighborhood-ish. It's a short sale and we're still waiting to hear whether or not our offer has been accepted.
House #2 - This house went on the market about 10 days ago and was the same size as our apartment, which happens to be the biggest place we've lived. The pros? Huge yard, smack dab in the middle of a neighborhood that's perfect for bike rides, etc. Cons? It needed a little bit of work. We definitely prefer a bigger yard over a bigger house, but someone beat us to the punch. The house is off the market, as of today.
Options - One family has offered to let us stay in their guest room. Another family has offered to let us stay on the bottom floor of their house. We've turned both offers down.
The plan - We're going to wait a bit and see what happens with House #1. As much as we appreciate the offers to stay with other people, we really don't want to move twice or have to put everything in storage. As we move through spring toward summer and now that we have many of our belongings stored in a free garage, we're thinking that the mold problem should stop. We're willing to wait a little while on House #1, but if it doesn't work out and nothing else comes through by mid-summer, then we'll give notice here and just move into another rental. We will not stay here through another wet season.
3 comments:
ugh, I *seriously* hear you with the apartment mold.... shuddering at bad memories. Praying for you guys and a perfect housing fit!
How nice of your friends to offer their homes to your family.
Short sales can take some time to hear back from. Praying God gives you clear direction!
I can't wait to see how God blesses you guys! Every instance in my life that I felt like I was being held back, something amazing was waiting around the bend. God is so good. This is going to be great!
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