Apparently,
samharber has got bored with waiting for me to buy the house next to him, and is buying it himself (with a work colleague) to rent out. They're charging less than
bacony and I are paying together right now, but
bacony has already said she doesn't think the house there is large enough for the two of us to live in properly, and I don't think I want to pay that much by myself. Well, I could afford it, but it would curtail my frivolous spending somewhat. And anyway, it's a bad idea to have a mate as your landlord. I'll just have to find somewhere else to live when the contract runs out in June...
If only house-buying wasn't so daunting. It's not the expense, I'm reasonably sure I could afford it, it's just having to talk to a mortgage person, and a lawyer, and a surveyor and whatever the hell else and get it all organised ... if somebody would do all that for me and all I had to do was hand over the cash, I would probably have bought the house myself. I know that people are going to say that if Sam and Nook can manage it then it can't be that tricky, but that doesn't make it any less scary.
Oh well, I'm young yet. No need to rush into buying a house just because it's next door to my friends...
UPDATE: Having consulted with
bacony, we have decided to see if Sam is still willing to rent to us. TO BE CONTINUMANUDE>
If only house-buying wasn't so daunting. It's not the expense, I'm reasonably sure I could afford it, it's just having to talk to a mortgage person, and a lawyer, and a surveyor and whatever the hell else and get it all organised ... if somebody would do all that for me and all I had to do was hand over the cash, I would probably have bought the house myself. I know that people are going to say that if Sam and Nook can manage it then it can't be that tricky, but that doesn't make it any less scary.
Oh well, I'm young yet. No need to rush into buying a house just because it's next door to my friends...
UPDATE: Having consulted with
Re: storage solutions.
Date: 2004-03-17 06:52 am (UTC)Once you have a shed, you can get power tools. and from there the world.
Very handy for when the Zombie's come a' callin.
(Do Jehova's witnesses and insurance salesmen count as Zombies? either way the phrase "I have a leaf blower in my shed, and i'm not afraid to use them" will probably put them off their stride.
Ho hum.. Lets see.. Ah yes, the point...
The garden is strictly optional. Also if you dont have a garden, you dont have to pack it with all those annoying gardening tools which will detract from its intrinsic value as a place to put random stuff.