Nesting

[mousme]

My landlords are selling my building. No exact date, since the place just went on the market, but my lease is up August 31st.

I found out about ten days ago, and after my initial reaction of oh my God holy shit I don't wanna! I stopped freaking out and started considering my options. Prompted by a couple of people, and reassured that the Régie du Logement rules state that I can't be kicked out of my apartment with no notice, I decided to go poke at my bank and see if I'm still the credit-score equivalent of the Black Plague.

As it turns out, I'm not anymore. So I got pre-approved for a mortgage, and I am now in the market for a house. Those of you unfortunate enough to be following me on Twitter already know about this, but I figured I haven't been around on this LJ in a really long time and so it behooved me to give a little news.

So I spent this afternoon looking at houses, and telling myself that it's ridiculous to fall in love with the very first house you see. That's what happened, of course, but I'm trying to be objective about it. The other places ranged from "okay" to "Sure, I'd buy that if I wanted to become a serial killer and needed a nice wooded area in which to bury the bodies of my victims." In short, I'm kind of starry-eyed about that first place, in spite of the fact that it has a couple of obvious drawbacks.

There will be more house visiting this week, and I'm hoping that if no other, even more awesome houses turn up in my price range, that that first house won't get snapped right up.


So how's everyone else doing? What have I missed? I know that scads of babies have been born and that we're still waiting on a couple more, but is there anything else going on? :)

Comments

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

Make damn sure you don't get a variable rate mortgage - interest rates are going to skyrocket soon.

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

This. And that serial killer place sounds about perfect.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

No, the serial killer place has no acreage and the storage wasn't good at all. Plus, all I could think was "Paddle faster, I hear banjos!" There was even a cross-eyed cat keeping watch over the front porch.

The place I am currently in love with has acreage and a fire pit! It's about 30 minutes away from you, maybe a wee bit more, so we could visit more often!

Check it out: http://www.remax-quebec.com/en/inscription/M/8549803.rmx?source=centris

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

That is just plain gorgeous!

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Isn't it beautiful? Two acres, a place for a veggie garden and there's already a pre-dug fire pit. I'm in love. I just hope I can pull it all together and make it work. :)

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

I want those bathrooms... How pretty!! I will now be forced to look into CommunAuto... :-)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous. I am GIDDY. Poor Ryan, he spent all of Saturday trying to talk me down, to little avail. ;)

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he'll do that to a girl. I think it's his Puppy-like demeanour... LOL!!

But, he does have his point of view and, sometimes, when one has fallen head over heals, it is a good thing to have the cold-hard-truth side, too.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Heh. He did try to give my the cold-hard-truth part of it, but his objections are, realistically speaking, not very big ones. I can live with some of the "drawbacks" of the property, quite frankly.

Now, if only he would call me back... *frets*

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

Oy. The dreaded "waiting for Ryan to call back" How I remember those days...

He will. Don't worry about that. If he can talk me down off the ledges I was on, both for the selling and the buying, he can do anything

[mousme.livejournal.com]

He called back, all is well. Going back tomorrow for another look-see. I'm about 90% sure this is The One.

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

That is a little gem! What are the drawbacks of which you speak?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

There aren't many. It's an older house (1920), so while it has all been recently renovated it will require more maintenance than a newer house. There's also the bit where I have to maintain two acres of land and a swimming pool all by my lonesome. Thirdly, it's located between the CN railroad tracks and the railroad tracks of the local passenger trains as well. Fourthly, it's a 45 minute drive to my office. So there's that to consider.

Overall, the pros outweigh the cons.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I had heard that, yes, and thank you for the head's-up!