Well, today is Saturday and so far this morning I have dropped of the rental application, dropped of the truck for the Fairfax safety inspection, had the oil changed, had the horn fixed so it would pass the afore mentioned safety inspection, and bought a new wallet. (also had some chai….mmmmm Chai). The realtor said that, barring any felony convictions, or capitol offenses we should hear back on the application by mid week. Then it’s just a matter of signing the lease and starting the move!
So, this last week was house hunting time. We went and saw a total of 4 places. (Would have been 5 but one was already rented.) The first was a small single family house built in 1955. The layout was great with a full basement and everything but the kitchen was so tiny that Dom Deluise would pass out at the sight of it. The appliances looked like antiques. The wall paper was pretty bad too. The yards were of a nice size and it even had a small shed in the back to hide the bodies store lawn equipment. Over all not bad as a back up place but it would need a lot of work. The Second place was a good sized townhouse, but it was still lived in and they wouldn’t be leaving till the 25th which cuts things short, oh and they also said no cats. Since Charlie is a member of the family, that’s a deal breaker.
That was the first day of hunting. The next day we went to see a duplex not far from the house we saw. Walking in I saw the bad omen on the front lawn, they had a ceramic frog perched there. We should have just left right then. Walking in, the place was horribly designed. It looked very cramped and the layout was almost confusing. The kitchen was bigger than the house but still very small and the appliances looked very scary. The downstairs has a living area a dining area the laundry area, kitchen area and a half bath but all in a strange arrangement. It also had a scary trap door crawl space area for hiding bodies accessing cables. The upstairs has one very small room, the master room which was just ok and the other room was painted BRIGHT NEON GREEN. I kid you not, it was a sunny day and no curtains were up, I almost went blind. Needless to say, we were fairly against that one
The last stop was over by the Wegmans, two townhouses within walking distance. One turned out to be the one that was rented so that was a no go, the last one was a middle townhouse facing a small forested area. It has three floors, the bottom being the main living area. A large living room/dining room area with a gas fireplace. A kitchen that is about the size of my current bedroom. So much counter space that Emril would say BAM! Full pantry and updated appliances. Also a half bathroom there. On the other side of the downstairs is a full sized rec room with storage in the back (and a little cat door for Charlie). It has a nice patio that over looks the woods and a half sized shed for storing the bodies outside rec equipment. The 2nd floor has two bedrooms, a full bathroom, full laundry room with full sized appliances. Above that is the master suite and the room there is about the size of my current living room and bedroom combined. It has a full bathroom with a soaking tub and separate shower!
Needless to say, we liked it. This is the one we choose and set up the applications and started the process! Last night we celebrated at California Pizza kitchen and saw National Treasure 2. Then we went home to fill out the paperwork. That’s what brings us to today. I dropped off everything and we should hear back next week on when we sign the lease. While I was out I figured I would stop by my mechanic and get the Fairfax safety stuff done (it was time) and an oil change. Well, turns out my horn went bad and needed replacing. The good news is that it was just the horn unit and nothing in the steering column. That could have been pricey. So I left at 10am and got home right at about 2pm! What a day, and it’s still early! I will keep everyone updated as the move progresses.
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