Topic: House Hunting
We will (hopefully) be driving over to Winside to look at a house today. We don't get to go inside, but Jim's pretty good at judging a house "by its cover." This would be an ideal location as it is halfway between Norfolk (work) and Wayne (where Robert lives). It's also not too far from Stanton, and Wood Duck WMA. So, basically, it's 20 miles or less from everywhere we go on a regular basis. It's a 3 bedroom house, it has central air and a fairly new gas furnace and water heater. That's good. No garage or appliances, though. It's $380, possibly $390 if the landlord decides to charge extra for my cat. He's not wild about allowing pets, but my "she's 17 yrs old, she just lays around" line seems to work well. And there's a 2 bedroom apartment in the basement. That's not so good. But, we're very quickly running out of time. No, strike that. We have already run out of time. Each day that passes without us finding somewhere else to live grates more on Jim's dad's nerves. I don't think he understands what we're going through. He hasn't looked for a house or a job for over 30 years. His ideas about how it should be done are a little outdated to say the least. We are trying, but it's hard. Jim works in the evening, I work overnight. That means I'm making the phone calls, and we go see things when we can. There aren't that many places that allow pets, and there are far more that are too expensive for our budget than "reasonably priced." Realistically, $400 is about our limit. And we need at least two bedrooms so that Robert has somewhere to sleep when he stays with us. Finding a decent two or three bedroom house in a non-threatening neighborhood that allows pets and is under $400 seems nearly impossible. If it isn't one thing, it's another. We found that house in Plainview, but can't get anywhere with the landlord. We looked at a house in Meadow Grove, but $350 for two tiny bedrooms, no air conditioning and no basement? We found the house by Neligh, and it was sold instead of rented. There's a house for sale in Plainview for $5000 with a payment plan of $250 per month, but I'm a little worried about what they mean by "it needs a little work". I don't know. Between my job and this house hunting, it's a wonder I get out of bed at all.