<$Monday, March 31, 2008$>
Houses vs. Apartments
| Husband and I really hope that the mortgage loan and everything related to it comes through, because the last thing either of us want is to have to rent an apartment. We've already gone through trying to find a decent rental house, though, and that was a fiasco that I'm really not looking to repeat. If for some reason, though, it should--God forbid--work out that we won't be able to buy a house, we still have to move this year. In that event, apartments might be something we'll have to consider. Of course, having grown up in LA, Husband would be a lot more open to Los Angeles Apartments, but since we're stuck here, and since he's had some pretty horrible/scary experiences in local apartment complexes, we're both really hoping it doesn't come down to that. Still, I mostly enjoyed my stints of apartment-living, and it's not all gloom and doom. I can still think of plenty of advantages. For one thing, it's much easier to find pet-friendly apartments than it is duplexes or rental houses. There's also the all the landscaping and maintenance you get, which was always a huge selling point for me, what with my complete aversion to yard work and all. I guess I really am getting older, though, because I find myself happily fantasizing about having a yard to maintain, flower beds to plant, even tending a vegetable and herb garden. That's definitely something younger me would never have expected. So in the pro/con balance, it's houses FTW! It won't be the end of the world if we have to find ourselves an apartment, though. Labels: house-hunt, moving |
