New Place?

[captain_slinky]

khristle and I are at odds regarding this new place we looked at last night.

Long story short: We have till November 10th to decide if we're moving or staying. Going month-by-month here is not an option, as the rent on what WAS an $850 apartment would then go up to $1200. Signing a lease would take it down to $940, which would then be raised next time we sign a lease. Considering the amount of larger and/or better places we can get for that type of money, we're officially in a mad scramble to find a new place that will take cats, will allow for our craptastic credit and isn't more than maybe 20 minutes away from her work.

SO! Last night we looked at a Double-wide trailer in Bothell. it's in a Mobile Home Community where all the land is OWNED (as opposed to the usual park where you rent the lot you put your trailer on). It's an older late 60's/early 70's trailer that has been slowly upgraded through the years, but just barely.

It's in EXCELLENT condition.

No pet deposit.

Our excellent rental history impressed the owner and we wouldn't have to go through a credit check.

He's VERY open to a Lease-To-Own situation.

It's 2 MINUTES from Crystal's work.

We'd have a back yard, front yard, side yard and patio. Plus, covered parking.

We can move in by December 1st.

Personally, I love the place. And unfortunately, Crystal hates it :( Lots of little stuff like the fact that it still smells like the old tennants (who moved out a week ago, carpets have not yet been cleaned). The bathrooms are tiny. The Master Bathroom is too open. The built-in Buffet and curio cabinet are too dark. And she can't think of where we would put the cat boxes.

Concerns that we BOTH have include the fact that we would have to pay Water/Sewer/Garbage and that there don't seem to be any parks as close as they were here in our current apartment (one right outside our window and 5 more within walking distance).

Comments

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Have had one, but it was thge old-skool "RATZ LIVE HERE" open-type compost heap. I need to look in to one of those contained ones like you have, because Crystal is DEATHLY ILL AFRAID of rats/mousies.

Although, in King County it seems that everything goes in to one bin, compostables and non-compostables...

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

You could always do that, although if you decide to have a veggie garden in the available garden space having your own bin would be very advantageous. Also, composting on site means less stuff in your recycle bin, athough 40 gallons is pretty big if you compact stuff before throwing it in.

I spent around $70 on my worm bin, its really nifty, although you could build one out of scavenged pallet lumber for (almost) free. And the contained worm-bin ones are pretty vermin-free... well, except for the worms that is. But yeah, if you decide to go that route let me know & i'll bring you some wormies. (Molly would probably LOVE feeding the worms...)