Finally a place to call home

Tweet

As some of you know, our old house that we just moved out of on Novemeber 1st has a major mold issue. We also tried talking to the landlords in trying to fix the matter. We got nowhere with that so we decided to move. There was not much option for houses until we came across an ad in a local town paper. Three bedroom 1 & 1/2 bathrooms and very spacious. That exact day we seen it we phoned asking if we could set up an appointment to take a look. That evening the landlord told us to come by the following Sunday. It was Thursday. We were very curious about the outside at least so we took a drive to see what we could. Finally we found the house and noticed how large it was and the location where it was. WOW that's all we could say! It was at a beach so it was a beach house. A very big beach house lol. It looked great on the outside but no windows were allowing us to peek in because of blinds or curtains hanging. We hung out for awhile and just checked out the yard and took a walk around the beach. At that time there was no snow of course. Sunday came very slowly only because we were anxious to see what this house looked like inside. So we arrived earlier to have the tour. To my suprise, the disappointment filled the air and I was not at all liking this house. Even when we took the tour to see the rest of it. There was so much that needed work that I didn't think it could be finished in so little time. We explained to the landlord the mold issue and what's been happening around our old house that we were renting and he told us to get out of there! He told us that we had first dibs on the new house because we seemed to be the first in need so we filled out the applications and gave him our references and left. My hubby had to talk me into moving in there and for him that's not so much easy to do with me [em] lol[/em] I ended up agreeing and we called the landlord and told him that we would take it. So he decussed everything that he wanted to fix in here before we moved in. He told us that he needed to put in some heating ducts for the heating to go upstairs as there wasn't any before. Also he needed to gut out the upstairs bathroom and he could have that done in the two week period. He at first wanted us to move in right away because he was worried about our health with the old house and it's issues, but I told him that I didn't want him rushing too much to get all these things finished and if need be, he and his working crew needed to come and fix more things while we were staying there then come over and do it. It wouldn't be a huge interuption in our lives. So he agreed to that. Before we moved in, he re-did both bathrooms the kitchen and put in new heating ducts now there is ample heat upstairs. Our landlord now is really making it enjoyable to stay here. We're really loving it here at our new home and location! Are you a home renter or buyer? Are you happy with your landlord or not?