You know how yesterday, I mentioned how I wasn't sure how we would afford IVF unless our house magically sold for asking? Guess what happened a few hours after I posted that? So now what? We need to figure out where we're moving, and soon!
D is being a pain in the you-know-what about the doctor's appointment next week. It's true his job is less flexible than mine, since he works in a shop and not an office, but it's frustrating dealing with all the scheduling. He's insisting on going to the appointment, which is good because they really want him there, but he's making a big deal about taking time off work. Which is a pain, yes, but I can't really do anything about it.
Anyway, big changes coming. If there's anything I don't like, it's big changes and uncertainty. Not knowing where we're going to be living is stressing me out a wee bit. And, if it were up to you, what would you do? Try to buy a less expensive house that needs work? Or go for the more expensive house that's pretty much ready to go? I mean, both houses are perfectly livable, but the cheaper one has a really, really, really, really old kitchen and crappy bathroom that could easily be enlarged and made nicer, but time, money, and effort would be required. But at the end, I could have everything exactly how I want it. The more expensive house is move-in-ready, but totally not my style and I'd want to change everything but I have no reason to, so I can't really justify spending the money. And it's much closer to places that we'd want to go, so less time commuting would be good. It's so hard to know what to do! But I guess having options is good.
Hmm.... I guess I'd take the fixer upper, but have a concrete plan/timeframe in place for renovations!!!
ReplyDeleteI should also mention that last time we checked, the owners of the cheaper house were already negotiating with someone to sell it. I know that doesn't mean it's definitely going to sell, since we negotiated with our first potential buyer and they eventually backed out, but at this point, attempting to buy the cheaper house would probably involve swooping in and trying to beat out someone else. Also, that house has fewer rooms that the newer house(s) that we've looked at.
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