So recently we sold our house. Yep, we joined the other home buyers of the past few years and did a short sale. We closed a little over a month ago, and are still breathing sighs of relief to not be homeowners anymore.
We still live in it though. The buyer is an investor, and offered to let us continue living here as renters. So we signed a year contract. Can I just say how grateful I am not to have to move right now? It did not sound fun to do basically by myself while juggling a newborn and two other little kids while hubs studies for the bar.
I was prepared to move. There are things I don't like about my house. I strongly dislike the stairs. Especially when I was preggo. I also don't like the fact that I can't see my kids playing in the living room while I am in the kitchen. When they need a button pushed on the remote or I hear screaming and need to solve a dispute, I have to walk all the way into the family room to do it. Not that it's that far, but it is annoying. I don't like the cluster house arrangement and the fact that we have no yard. The smoking neighbor is also on my list of dislikes.
But once we had the offer to stay, I had to turn my thinking around. As much as I don't like some features of our floor plan, it is a nice house. There's room for all of us, it's not falling apart, and I must say I do love my paint colors and window treatments.
I know there are many people in the world who don't have a home, or if they do, it may be old, rickety, or small. Peoples' homes are destroyed every day by natural and man made disasters, and people are evicted from beloved homes. I am grateful to live in a house in a safe neighborhood and town, with decent neighbors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning. We are extremely blessed.
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Your house is cute! We live in a cluster home, too, but we're fortunate to have a side yard situation instead of no yard. I get your frustration -- our layout sounds similar. But boy am I grateful to have a nice, clean home!
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