Yes, it’s that time of year again. No, not Halloween or the “holidays are upon us”; it’s time to decide what sort of living situation fits our lifestyle. This year we are looking at the possibility of renting a loft or a small house, or maybe an apartment in a fourplex. Why do we want to move again? One reason is with the fact that we miss our washer and dryer. We have a fairly new washer and dryer along with a few other pieces of furniture in storage and really hate having to “plan” on doing laundry. Then there’s the issue of how we basically sleep on the couch now because our greyhound can no longer go up and down the stairs and he has made his feelings about being left alone downstairs at night quite clear. Oh, and the real winner of how our current complex wants us to renew our lease for the same price we are paying now, which is $130 more per month than new tenants.
After spending 7 hours riding around the QC today, we may have more confusion than decision. Are we “loft” people? The prospect is cool, but are we too old for this? How about those high ceilings-are we going to go broke trying to stay warm? They are located further away, so that means more gas to get to work, but then again we can cancel the gym membership and use the facilities at the loft building, plus there’s a pool and free wifi. Maybe we should rent a house, it would be nice to have a yard, bit then we go back to paying for water and lawn maint. How about a fourplex? No yard, we saw a few close by-what are the odds one will be for rent when we move in 2 1/2 months? I hate the thought of moving again, the actual act of moving totally sucks. But as we try to establish our housing identity we seem to do it quite often.
to loft or not to loft?
