So my realtor called this week to inform me that someone else had placed an offer on the house that my husband and I were interested in. We have been debating the wisdom of purchasing this house for about a month. We even went and looked at other houses and kept coming back to "the one". The house had everything we could want in a home.
After a month of agonizing over the decision and discussing it with everyone who would listen. A few of those poor souls had to listen to me change my mind every day.(Thank you, thank you for your patience.) The debates kept coming back to the same thing; we are renters, not homeowners. A house feels like a trap to us. We are forever putting money into it, having to think about it, and living there until someone else decides to purchase it.
The debates were hilarious since I was the one continuously advising my husband of how owning a home was a financially smart idea. Then he told me to make an offer. He had to tell me three days in a row before he realized I wasn't reacting. Suddenly, we were making an offer and I froze. My life of freedom, travel, non-responsibility was over. I couldn't do it. No matter how I tried to rationalize it. The fear had taken control.
So I told our realtor (who by the way is great, so if you are home shopping let me know) that at this time we couldn't make an offer. I have decided to compromise, so if anyone knows of a good rental home or even if you pass a sign, could you let me know.
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3 comments:
Obviously, Fate decided to put you out of your misery and let someone else have the house.
There are rental homes all over the place! Have you found one yet?
The house can seem like a trap sometimes. After the end of a long-term relationship, I live alone again and it's hard to maintain the yard and the chores and do the projects I want to do. My garage roof leaked, my water heater died - thank goodness for Mom and Dad!
The plus is that I CAN do whatever I want with it. I can paint or plant flowers or do a major renovation or do nothing. And my mortgage payment costs about as much as renting. Renting can be nice because someone else takes care of maintenance and stuff, but then you have the idea of someone walking freely through your home and looking in your dresser drawers or whatever weirdness some people do. And when I lived at Centlivre several years ago, which was a DUMP (but all I could afford at the time), and I asked maintenance to patch a hole in the wall, he actually put a piece of CARDBOARD over the hole. So I ended up doing my own maintenance anyway! And then when my ex and I rented a house to live in, we had to do the yard work, so part of the joy of renting depends on where you end up!
I can give you the name of my old landlord, though, if you're interested. He seemed like a decent guy and even sent us cards after we moved out to thank us for being such good tenants!
I have found several I am interested in, but they will not allow pets. I have a cat and medium dog. So I guess I am still looking. E-mail me your former landlord's info. as long as he allows pets.
I do worry about maintaining a yard. I would rather pay someone to take care of it. I would hate to destroy someone's yard unintentionally.
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