Looking for a house again
Now that Christmas is over we are back to being super busy getting ready for the move. I have been spending hours a day going through websites looking at ads for a house to rent. James has only looked at 3 houses so far. A lot of the places are already rented. Most of the houses are with property management companies. James applied at two of the places but he has not heard anything back from them. I do not know if they take a long time or if they have a lot of people applying.
Well anyway, the very first house James called had told him that they actually do not have the house available yet. The tenants had not been paying rent and she said that she gave them an eviction notice but she has not been able to get a hold of them. She said that she had hoped they would be out of the house last weekend. James called again Monday and was told she was unable to find them but she saw that they still were living there so he should try calling her again Thursday. So yesterday being Thursday James asked me to call her. The woman told me that she finally got hold of the woman and was told that they are in the process of moving out and should be all out this weekend. She also said that she would show the house to anyone that wants to see it before she leaves if she needs to.
The owner of the home then pointed out that the house is older and small. She also made a point to say that she has not seen the house inside lately so she is unsure if there has been any damage from the people that are moving but that she will make sure it is all fixed up. So James tried to call the woman's cell number and it is disconnected. He did drive by the house and said that it does not look that bad. He said it is probably 50 years old but it looks in good shape and it does not look as small as she made it sound. The yard is great. He said that the yard is very big and there is a big field behind it. There is only a house to one side of it but it is not very close and that the back yard has trees all around so you can not even really see the neighbors.
There is also a fenced in dog area in the back. The place is a lot lower price than any of the other ads so James really wants it. The less we pay in rent the more we can put back into our savings.
James is going nuts and wants me to call the woman today and ask her if we can give her the down payment in cash right away to hold it even though we have not seen the inside. The woman is not taking any names or numbers from people since she has not been able to show the house yet. She just keeps telling people to call her back in a few days to check if it can be shown yet. I know she has talked to at least one other family because she asked if I was with Michael because she had talked to a Michael that told her he was coming in from out of town too. So James is freaking out that someone else will get to the house before us.
He asked me to call her today and see if she would take cash to hold it. I told him that seeing as I had just talked to her it would not look right if I called her and asked her that. She told me to call her back if the woman let us see it or after the weekend so she could show it to us. I told James that if he wanted to call he could call her. I do not see her agreeing to it though. She would still be unsure if the people would actually leave when they said they would. Plus she sounded like she really wanted us to see the place first.
James once again has his hopes up on this house and it worries me. This house is why we do not have anywhere to go yet. Each time he talks to the woman he tells me to stop looking at ads and trying to make appointments for him to see houses. Then she tells him to call in a week because the people are still not out and we go back to looking at ads. Madison is supposed to get 3 to 5 inches of snow today so it worries me that these people will not actually move out. I guess we will wait and see.
In the meantime we have only gotten 3 boxes a day packed for the last two days since I have been going through house ads. So we really need to get our butts in gear today. Plus we are also supposed to get that 3 to 5 inches of snow so we will be shoveling too. Now we have two adult shovels and a child's shovel so it should go faster. Dogs are waking up so I better start my day.
Well anyway, the very first house James called had told him that they actually do not have the house available yet. The tenants had not been paying rent and she said that she gave them an eviction notice but she has not been able to get a hold of them. She said that she had hoped they would be out of the house last weekend. James called again Monday and was told she was unable to find them but she saw that they still were living there so he should try calling her again Thursday. So yesterday being Thursday James asked me to call her. The woman told me that she finally got hold of the woman and was told that they are in the process of moving out and should be all out this weekend. She also said that she would show the house to anyone that wants to see it before she leaves if she needs to.
The owner of the home then pointed out that the house is older and small. She also made a point to say that she has not seen the house inside lately so she is unsure if there has been any damage from the people that are moving but that she will make sure it is all fixed up. So James tried to call the woman's cell number and it is disconnected. He did drive by the house and said that it does not look that bad. He said it is probably 50 years old but it looks in good shape and it does not look as small as she made it sound. The yard is great. He said that the yard is very big and there is a big field behind it. There is only a house to one side of it but it is not very close and that the back yard has trees all around so you can not even really see the neighbors.
There is also a fenced in dog area in the back. The place is a lot lower price than any of the other ads so James really wants it. The less we pay in rent the more we can put back into our savings.
James is going nuts and wants me to call the woman today and ask her if we can give her the down payment in cash right away to hold it even though we have not seen the inside. The woman is not taking any names or numbers from people since she has not been able to show the house yet. She just keeps telling people to call her back in a few days to check if it can be shown yet. I know she has talked to at least one other family because she asked if I was with Michael because she had talked to a Michael that told her he was coming in from out of town too. So James is freaking out that someone else will get to the house before us.
He asked me to call her today and see if she would take cash to hold it. I told him that seeing as I had just talked to her it would not look right if I called her and asked her that. She told me to call her back if the woman let us see it or after the weekend so she could show it to us. I told James that if he wanted to call he could call her. I do not see her agreeing to it though. She would still be unsure if the people would actually leave when they said they would. Plus she sounded like she really wanted us to see the place first.
James once again has his hopes up on this house and it worries me. This house is why we do not have anywhere to go yet. Each time he talks to the woman he tells me to stop looking at ads and trying to make appointments for him to see houses. Then she tells him to call in a week because the people are still not out and we go back to looking at ads. Madison is supposed to get 3 to 5 inches of snow today so it worries me that these people will not actually move out. I guess we will wait and see.
In the meantime we have only gotten 3 boxes a day packed for the last two days since I have been going through house ads. So we really need to get our butts in gear today. Plus we are also supposed to get that 3 to 5 inches of snow so we will be shoveling too. Now we have two adult shovels and a child's shovel so it should go faster. Dogs are waking up so I better start my day.
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