The only thing that makes my eviction okay is that I'm not being booted for doing something wrong. Is that finding a positive in such a sucky situation?
We have looked at a rental house and a duplex so far. The rental house it basically down the street from where we live now. It had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a kitchen with a dining area, a separate dining area, living area and a den. It had a small front yard which wasn't a problem. The back yard was good size but it had no real grass growing mainly because it is pretty shaded by trees. There was a garage although only a Mini would be the type of car that would fit in it. Wouldn't be a problem though because I would have just used it for storage. Above the garage there was an efficiency that was being rented to a college student. Again, not a problem except it is just kind of weird that 1)someone would live SO close to the house and 2)someone would actually live in such a shit hole! My wife and I both though it was a dilapidated but apparently not. My kids like the house but we weren't sold. It had wooden floors throughout except in the kitchen there was cheap ass linoleum. You could see the kitchen floor sort of bowing because the house is an old pier-and-beam home. Still not too much of a problem. It wasn't quite kept up like we would want it. It was actually pretty run down looking. We opened the water heater closet and there were rat pellets on the floor which meant if they are there, they are probably other places as well. It wasn't completely the landlord's fault because the previous tenant hadn't actually full moved out yet. Although, the landlord didn't exactly sound like she was going to fix up much of the house for us to move into anyway. They were asking $1400/month for rent. That wasn't too bad because I pay $1335 now but that's ALL bills paid (utilities - gas, water, electric). This is the part that I'm not looking forward to because I've been spoiled with one payment, one check at the beginning of each month. We weren't excited about the prospect of having to move into there but we aren't exactly in a completely flexible situation. We said we'd think about it and think about it hard.
We decided against the rat hole although it was still an option if it came down to the street or the rat hole. I think the rat hole would win.
We did a quick walk-through on a duplex because the tenants are still in it. More so than the rat hole. The rat hole had all the previous tenant's stuff out of it. The duplex still had all their stuff in it and they weren't moving out until the end of the month. This was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, kitchen, dining room, den room, living room and sort of storage room/walkway. It also had a nice, little patio and yard in the back of the duplex. It looked way better than the rat hole. It was really nice. The guy was asking $1650 which is way more than we have been paying and again it didn't include all bills paid. Man, this is going to suck living somewhere else. As previously mentioned, we've been spoiled to the Nth degree. Sucks! Sucks!
We liked the duplex but are hesitant because of the monthly rent. $1650 is basically three-quarters of my take home pay a month. Times are going to be really tough and our plans to pay a lot of our credit card debt down this summer is not going to happen but at least we won't be living with the rats! Not yet, anyway!
We went home and discussed it. We didn't like the $200-300 extra in rent alone but like I said, it was much nicer and we are in a bit of a bind. It's still in the same school district. It's nicer than all the others we've seen (we've seen one other, lol). It's a little further from my work but I guess we can't have EVERYTHING the way we want it.
So, it looks like we'll be taking the $1650 duplex. It actually may be $1550 because the landlord said he'd take off $100 if he didn't paint. We said that would be fine depending on how bad the walls look after the current tenant moves. I hope they are fine because I would really like the extra $100 off.
It's funny. The $1400 rat hole landlord called to say that she'd take off $100 as well, making the rent $1300. That would be nice but I don't think the place is cleaned enough to be habitable, especially with my allergic-to-everything children! It was a tough call price-wise but my kids' health is more important and apparently expensive. LOL!
So, we move in to the new place around July 1st. I'm not looking forward to the packing and moving. I hate moving and I always have but I've lived in 4 different places in 6 years. How's that for hating moving? It's the wife's fault. She can't stay in one place for more than two years. Of course, the place we are having to vacate was a good choice. The best choice she has made so far.
We have looked at a rental house and a duplex so far. The rental house it basically down the street from where we live now. It had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a kitchen with a dining area, a separate dining area, living area and a den. It had a small front yard which wasn't a problem. The back yard was good size but it had no real grass growing mainly because it is pretty shaded by trees. There was a garage although only a Mini would be the type of car that would fit in it. Wouldn't be a problem though because I would have just used it for storage. Above the garage there was an efficiency that was being rented to a college student. Again, not a problem except it is just kind of weird that 1)someone would live SO close to the house and 2)someone would actually live in such a shit hole! My wife and I both though it was a dilapidated but apparently not. My kids like the house but we weren't sold. It had wooden floors throughout except in the kitchen there was cheap ass linoleum. You could see the kitchen floor sort of bowing because the house is an old pier-and-beam home. Still not too much of a problem. It wasn't quite kept up like we would want it. It was actually pretty run down looking. We opened the water heater closet and there were rat pellets on the floor which meant if they are there, they are probably other places as well. It wasn't completely the landlord's fault because the previous tenant hadn't actually full moved out yet. Although, the landlord didn't exactly sound like she was going to fix up much of the house for us to move into anyway. They were asking $1400/month for rent. That wasn't too bad because I pay $1335 now but that's ALL bills paid (utilities - gas, water, electric). This is the part that I'm not looking forward to because I've been spoiled with one payment, one check at the beginning of each month. We weren't excited about the prospect of having to move into there but we aren't exactly in a completely flexible situation. We said we'd think about it and think about it hard.
We decided against the rat hole although it was still an option if it came down to the street or the rat hole. I think the rat hole would win.
We did a quick walk-through on a duplex because the tenants are still in it. More so than the rat hole. The rat hole had all the previous tenant's stuff out of it. The duplex still had all their stuff in it and they weren't moving out until the end of the month. This was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, kitchen, dining room, den room, living room and sort of storage room/walkway. It also had a nice, little patio and yard in the back of the duplex. It looked way better than the rat hole. It was really nice. The guy was asking $1650 which is way more than we have been paying and again it didn't include all bills paid. Man, this is going to suck living somewhere else. As previously mentioned, we've been spoiled to the Nth degree. Sucks! Sucks!
We liked the duplex but are hesitant because of the monthly rent. $1650 is basically three-quarters of my take home pay a month. Times are going to be really tough and our plans to pay a lot of our credit card debt down this summer is not going to happen but at least we won't be living with the rats! Not yet, anyway!
We went home and discussed it. We didn't like the $200-300 extra in rent alone but like I said, it was much nicer and we are in a bit of a bind. It's still in the same school district. It's nicer than all the others we've seen (we've seen one other, lol). It's a little further from my work but I guess we can't have EVERYTHING the way we want it.
So, it looks like we'll be taking the $1650 duplex. It actually may be $1550 because the landlord said he'd take off $100 if he didn't paint. We said that would be fine depending on how bad the walls look after the current tenant moves. I hope they are fine because I would really like the extra $100 off.
It's funny. The $1400 rat hole landlord called to say that she'd take off $100 as well, making the rent $1300. That would be nice but I don't think the place is cleaned enough to be habitable, especially with my allergic-to-everything children! It was a tough call price-wise but my kids' health is more important and apparently expensive. LOL!
So, we move in to the new place around July 1st. I'm not looking forward to the packing and moving. I hate moving and I always have but I've lived in 4 different places in 6 years. How's that for hating moving? It's the wife's fault. She can't stay in one place for more than two years. Of course, the place we are having to vacate was a good choice. The best choice she has made so far.
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