Hard to find a place to say YES to
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52209)
Staten Island, New York
April 20, 2026 10:43am CST
So far all the apartments I have looked at either I don’t like or they are good but the building is not. In some instances the price and/or the property tax is too high or they need a lot of work.
Having spent a lot of money renovating the house I’m in now I don’t want to buy anything that requires a lot of work as that will mean even more money to spend.
I have a feeling once we put the house where I live (my mom’s first house) on the market that it will sell faster than I will be able to find myself an apartment I actually want to buy. And one that my mom will approve of as she is buying it.
We need to sell the house first as that money is what we’ll use to buy an apartment once we find one that’s a yes.
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@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr
I am relieved to know that once the house sells I don’t have to vacate it right away. But I want to avoid having to move in with my mom (in case I don’t find anything I want to buy) because I don’t want to put my stuff into storage. And I don’t want to have to move twice.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
24 Apr
I hope you find something acceptable very soon.
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@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Apr
I feel it’s gonna be much easier to sell this house than to find an apartment to buy. Especially when I want a washer and dryer inside the apartment. And I want to be close to transportation. And it will be really good if there was a store nearby for groceries.
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@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Apr
@LindaOHio Lenny’s cousin-in-law who is a realtor told me once that apartments.com is not always accurate and not to use it.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
25 Apr
@lovebuglena Yes, you definitely need all of that. Did you try apartments.com?
@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr
If you can afford to buy the new place without relying on the money from the sale of the first one that’s great. It is more difficult when you need the money from the sale of the first house to buy a new place.
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@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr
My mom paid for it. We paid for the new window treatments and the kitchen appliances.
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@lovebuglena (52209)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Apr
@Ineeddentures The house is too big for me. Don’t need backyard either. And it’s old. Built in 1996. Sometimes it can get a little water in the basement if heavy rain. Plus, my mom wants to do away with it. She doesn’t want to put anymore money into the house either.
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@Ineeddentures (35359)
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20 Apr
@lovebuglena
So why move?
Why sell it?
Why dont you just stay there?
