SimplyL
10-24-12, 2:36pm
Our landlord had contacted us earlier in the year, regarding whether we had interest in renewing our lease (when it's up late December). This would go into year #3 living here. We responded that it's our intention to stay, however, it was too premature to make that decision/sign a lease renewal. He has yet to provide us with a renewal, so we're at the stage where we're just double checking rentals in our area.
We both agree that some of the cons to this place are:
A) so much wasted space, including a bedroom that won't even have a bed in it and huge open areas in the living room, empty cabinets, drawers, closets.
B) two flights of interior stairs, which are really bad for me on days when my Rheumatoid or Spondylitis are at their worst.
We're not able to move into the cabin on the homestead full time, as the commute is too lengthy for husband and his erractic military schedule. We actually tried this in 2009 by moving into a 900 sqft mobile home that was a halfway drive between where he works and the homestead. After a few months, he couldn't take it anymore. And then, I began weekly treatments for my condition, that requires me in the city anyway. We're not in a position where we can have husband rent a cheap room and then come home on weekends. He's been deployed 8 times in 16 years plus all of his future travel, when he's home we need consistency of being together. So.. a rental out here is important for the work/school week. Oh, also we have the factor that the schools the homestead is zoned for are the bottom of the list for the entire STATE. I'm not in the condition to homeschool until my health improves, especially without dad being there to support/help regularly.
Anyhow.. I searched for rentals and everything that I've seen available that is cheaper is still huge square footage or not suitable in other ways. There's a couple that are in a rural town not far from here, that may work. We'll see what husband says. Will require a school change, no more biking.. but I'd be able to have chickens, a garden.. that would be great.
Where we are now, there's very few cottage/carriage house set ups. They do exist, however, they are primarily rented out word of mouth to singles/couples (not a couple with 2 children). Hmm.. so I emailed my friend who is an Associate Broker to see if she has any ideas, and I wrote a wanted ad. We'll see if anything pops up.
Anyone else find a challenge with locating a smaller home in their area? It would be great to find something smaller and less expensive, which would help us reach our goals more quickly. The potential is to save an additional $350-$400/month and still live in something comfortable and central, if it happens to be on the market in the right timing. We could ask landlord for a month to month, after our lease expires. However, during the Winter break is the ideal to move, we've found.. since kids are out of school/husband has leave that he's available to take.
Hop in and let me know if you've contemplated reducing housing expenses further, even if like us, you've already reduced to begin with. It would be amazing to find that ideal place in this same area that we live, knowing I've seen them advertised (not in MLS, though) before.
We both agree that some of the cons to this place are:
A) so much wasted space, including a bedroom that won't even have a bed in it and huge open areas in the living room, empty cabinets, drawers, closets.
B) two flights of interior stairs, which are really bad for me on days when my Rheumatoid or Spondylitis are at their worst.
We're not able to move into the cabin on the homestead full time, as the commute is too lengthy for husband and his erractic military schedule. We actually tried this in 2009 by moving into a 900 sqft mobile home that was a halfway drive between where he works and the homestead. After a few months, he couldn't take it anymore. And then, I began weekly treatments for my condition, that requires me in the city anyway. We're not in a position where we can have husband rent a cheap room and then come home on weekends. He's been deployed 8 times in 16 years plus all of his future travel, when he's home we need consistency of being together. So.. a rental out here is important for the work/school week. Oh, also we have the factor that the schools the homestead is zoned for are the bottom of the list for the entire STATE. I'm not in the condition to homeschool until my health improves, especially without dad being there to support/help regularly.
Anyhow.. I searched for rentals and everything that I've seen available that is cheaper is still huge square footage or not suitable in other ways. There's a couple that are in a rural town not far from here, that may work. We'll see what husband says. Will require a school change, no more biking.. but I'd be able to have chickens, a garden.. that would be great.
Where we are now, there's very few cottage/carriage house set ups. They do exist, however, they are primarily rented out word of mouth to singles/couples (not a couple with 2 children). Hmm.. so I emailed my friend who is an Associate Broker to see if she has any ideas, and I wrote a wanted ad. We'll see if anything pops up.
Anyone else find a challenge with locating a smaller home in their area? It would be great to find something smaller and less expensive, which would help us reach our goals more quickly. The potential is to save an additional $350-$400/month and still live in something comfortable and central, if it happens to be on the market in the right timing. We could ask landlord for a month to month, after our lease expires. However, during the Winter break is the ideal to move, we've found.. since kids are out of school/husband has leave that he's available to take.
Hop in and let me know if you've contemplated reducing housing expenses further, even if like us, you've already reduced to begin with. It would be amazing to find that ideal place in this same area that we live, knowing I've seen them advertised (not in MLS, though) before.