So the kids have been troopers the past few days. As you all know, we are in temporary housing - good for a 3+ months, but we need to have found a new home by then. Our stuff arrives on Saturday, afternoon, so if we'd happened to have found a place by then, we'd only have to move once. So to that end, I've quickly sifted through the availability inventory and have sadly not found anything I'd take hands down. There is a lot of really crappy real estate out there, but for sale and for rent. I am continually amazed at the stuff that has clearly rented before and landlords that are surprised that one might object to (including but not limited to), 200 year old kitchens (at leas they look that way), buckled flooring, 1950's kitchen appliances (can't believe they still work), converted garages being passed as bedrooms (look ma, just add carpet and a full wall shelf that blocks the doors), "move in condition" means its currently vacant, and "no major problems" apparently excludes sewer back-up and a whole house termite fumigation.
All I can say is thank god for google maps and craigslist. I can look at photos, get a "street view" look, a quick satellite view to see the yard and general neighborhood, go back to street view to "walk" down the street and see the neighborhood, and all before I've made a call to rule a place out.All said and done, with a little diligence, there are nice places, and with a little patients, one of them will become our new home.
If I don't kill Kieran first, he may even get to enjoy it. Today in one of the rentals, he a. tried to slide down the stairs face first, b. tried to climb the brick fireplace to the ledge above, c. benign - picks a citrus fruit at every house that has one. We've had oranges, lemons, and grapefruit to date, some ripe, some not so ripe,
So we are surviving. As of 10:36 pm on Thursday, we are staying the course and keeping with this place until the right place come up.
More on this topic later.
