![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
whyyyyyy do we have so much stuuuuuuff
Jun. 2nd, 2010 09:35 pmWe just moved!
So long, Seminole Woods! Farewell, having to listen to the subwoofer of the neighbors below us four nights out of five! Auf wiedersehen, maintenance guys who think that the proper response to a pipe bursting in the wall is to seal up that wall while the insulation inside is still dripping! Goodbye, multiple people owning dogs in the building which two property managers swore to our faces was absolutely no-dog!
Helloooooo, first working clothes dryer we've had access to1 since 2008!
Instead of paying $1200 a month for noise, dogs, neighbors vandalizing one of our vehicles, and a constant flood of broken appliances, we are now paying $1400 a month to rent a house that -- so far -- seems rather nice. I mean, the fridge and dishwasher kind of needed a good scrubbing, and the shower in my bathroom has a low-flow showerhead that combines inconveniently with the very soft water, and apparently two-thirds of the phone jacks are dead. And, ZOMG TRAGEDY, there are literally more rooms than we have figured out what to do with yet.2 WHAT WILL WE DO. But, I mean, aside from that.
I'm planning to do a little video walkthrough and post it on the Intertubes soon, if only so mechamom will quit bugging us for more pictures &c. In short: it's at the end of, not even really a cul-de-sac, but a glorified driveway for about five houses; it's about thirty years old (though recently overhauled in a variety of ways), so is surrounded by good-sized trees; the backyard is huge and practically infested with birds (and at least one squirrel, though the birds keep chasing it off); and it's really, really, really quiet. Oh, and it has a brand-new sunroom with natural wood (I think pine? I'm not good with trees) walls and a cherrywood (I know that part because it was in the rental listing) floor. And a woodburning stove.
And the people who own it actually wanted to sell it, but they couldn't because ha ha how 'bout that economy, so they put it up as a rental. It will be pretty sweet for both parties if we decide we want to buy it!
Finally, for the record? When you are desperately trying to find enough containers to move all your stuff out of your craphole of a former apartment, those reusable Whole Foods bags that they sell for like two bucks are AMAZING. They're made to hold a bunch of groceries, so their tensile strength is great; and they're made for hippies to carry twenty pounds of granola two miles home because driving cars makes Mother Earth cry, so the handles ride easy in your hands. A+++ would cram full of random junk again.
--
1. Technically, we had access to a working clothes dryer for a couple weeks at Seminole Woods, because one of the times ours broke, they just gave us keys to an empty unit in our building and told us to go in there to do our laundry. Yes, that was apparently a better option than, like, fixing it.
2. Bedroom, bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, sunroom, other living room, other bathroom, tiny alcove that we think is supposed to be the third bedroom, exercise room, laundry room, workroom. And, of course, garage.
So long, Seminole Woods! Farewell, having to listen to the subwoofer of the neighbors below us four nights out of five! Auf wiedersehen, maintenance guys who think that the proper response to a pipe bursting in the wall is to seal up that wall while the insulation inside is still dripping! Goodbye, multiple people owning dogs in the building which two property managers swore to our faces was absolutely no-dog!
Helloooooo, first working clothes dryer we've had access to1 since 2008!
Instead of paying $1200 a month for noise, dogs, neighbors vandalizing one of our vehicles, and a constant flood of broken appliances, we are now paying $1400 a month to rent a house that -- so far -- seems rather nice. I mean, the fridge and dishwasher kind of needed a good scrubbing, and the shower in my bathroom has a low-flow showerhead that combines inconveniently with the very soft water, and apparently two-thirds of the phone jacks are dead. And, ZOMG TRAGEDY, there are literally more rooms than we have figured out what to do with yet.2 WHAT WILL WE DO. But, I mean, aside from that.
I'm planning to do a little video walkthrough and post it on the Intertubes soon, if only so mechamom will quit bugging us for more pictures &c. In short: it's at the end of, not even really a cul-de-sac, but a glorified driveway for about five houses; it's about thirty years old (though recently overhauled in a variety of ways), so is surrounded by good-sized trees; the backyard is huge and practically infested with birds (and at least one squirrel, though the birds keep chasing it off); and it's really, really, really quiet. Oh, and it has a brand-new sunroom with natural wood (I think pine? I'm not good with trees) walls and a cherrywood (I know that part because it was in the rental listing) floor. And a woodburning stove.
And the people who own it actually wanted to sell it, but they couldn't because ha ha how 'bout that economy, so they put it up as a rental. It will be pretty sweet for both parties if we decide we want to buy it!
Finally, for the record? When you are desperately trying to find enough containers to move all your stuff out of your craphole of a former apartment, those reusable Whole Foods bags that they sell for like two bucks are AMAZING. They're made to hold a bunch of groceries, so their tensile strength is great; and they're made for hippies to carry twenty pounds of granola two miles home because driving cars makes Mother Earth cry, so the handles ride easy in your hands. A+++ would cram full of random junk again.
--
1. Technically, we had access to a working clothes dryer for a couple weeks at Seminole Woods, because one of the times ours broke, they just gave us keys to an empty unit in our building and told us to go in there to do our laundry. Yes, that was apparently a better option than, like, fixing it.
2. Bedroom, bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, sunroom, other living room, other bathroom, tiny alcove that we think is supposed to be the third bedroom, exercise room, laundry room, workroom. And, of course, garage.
