We got the phone back yesterday and the real estate guy came to give a cursory glance around the place. It goes up on the market next week (!!), which, yeah, kind of freaked me out a little. But RE guy says that it's marketed as an investment property and that people would rather have it filled with reliable tenants than chase everyone out ... but they would give us legal notice if it came to that.
Cousin/roommate and I were watching that episode of Star Trek where Spock cries about his mom and we were both getting choked up. That's the state we're in. It doesn't help that it's still fecking winter outside. It's a wonder the entire town doesn't have SAD by now. Why the hell am I wearing a sweater and 2 pairs of socks in June??
We did look at a house the other night. Good things - location, HUGE yard, hot tub (!), solar heating and cooling, 2 car garage.
Bad things - The living room was ... oh ... about 6' x 6', give or take. Maybe a tad bigger, but with a stone fireplace on one of the walls, which kiboshes it's use as a TV wall. The whole space is located between the tiny wee kitchen and the tiny wee bedrooms, so it's more of a hallway with a bit attached for a couch. I didn't like the house much because it smelled like socks, but cousin/roommate was really trying to make the living room work, coming up with all kinds of positions for the couches and the stereo. No way. Like Scotty says, you can't change the laws of physics no matter what happens.
Funny thing is the landlady called us last night (our first call!) to ask if we still wanted it. I didn't have the heart to pick up. We didn't even turn in the application and she still called, which I thought was kind of sweet. Most of the time they just blow you off. Made me almost want to go back and re-measure the place ... I mean, gee whiz, it had a hot tub ...
One more final and then I'm done done done -- for a week -- during which time we've apparently got to finish painting the hallway in time to show the place. fahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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