The house project...

[scottishlass]

As some of you know, His Hubbiness ™ and I are looking for a house. For the past year it has been put onto the backburner though, as His Hubbiness ™ was not sure whether or not he gets accepted at a school in a different state. However, there has been put a stop to new teachers in that state and now we are somewhat in limbo.

I told His Hubbiness ™ to make up his mind. It's either buying a house or staying put with a rent that gets higher and higher while nothing is done to the house and its maintenance anymore (yep the management company who bought the house is one of those locust investment companies that squeeze money out of sound companies and then leave the shell for bankruptcy).

And frankly speaking ... I want a house. I want a garden for me and the dogs, big enough to have both flowers as well as vegetables in it and where the Cs can laze around in the grass, in the sun or shade. Perhaps a few chickens as well and a haggle of geese for snail control. And I want a house ... a sewing room which can double up as a guest room, a room of my own, a kitchen big enough to actually cook comfortably in there and sit at the table and chat with the neighbours or friends. I want a hammock in said garden where His Hubbiness ™ can while away his summer days. All of this for less each month than staying here in this apartment.

As His Hubbiness ™ is still undecided whether or not persuing the out of state work option, I have decided that I don't want to move to some godforsaken village in the middle of nowhere Hessia. I want to stay here, in Nippon High Central where I have my eye candy (manga haired Japanese youths) and my friends.

So I found three possibilities all about 25 to 30 kms away from our home town. These houses are all well within our price range, even cheaper than we are willing to pay (which means either smaller rates per month or less years to pay those rates off).

House option #1 in Moenchengladbach (30 km West of D'Dorf)
139.000,00 EUR
four rooms, guest toilet, bathroom, 500 square meter of garden
German link




House option #2 in Solingen (20 km East of D'Dorf)
120.000,00 EUR
6 rooms, ca. 1.550 m² garden
German link


House option #3 in Haan (15 km East of D'Dorf)
150.000,00 EUR
5 rooms
German link



I really like #1 very much ... though the kitchen is tiny.

Comments

[little-witch27.livejournal.com]

No.2 has pretty shutters (which you'd either paint or replace anyway *lol*) but right away I loved no.1. Ivy??

I also don't want you to go away from Nippon High Central. ;)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yep no. 1 is pretty and I'm sure you can knock down a wall between the pantry and the kitchen to make that room bigger :) But that is only judging from the few pics they posted on the web site.

But yeah no.1 is a beauty .. and BRICK and IVY??? WOOT?? That front door has to go ... either red, blue or black with a big brass knocker. The whole house looks so British. I just need to persuade Olly now to set up a meeting for looking at it.

I also don't want you to go away from Nippon High Central. ;)
Selfish little witch! :P But seriously, I know. No more visits from a certain red-head even though THEN I would have a guest bedroom. *hangs head*

[little-witch27.livejournal.com]

Waaah, I'm coming to see YOU! We could always go to D-dorf for the day! XD

[qnuy.livejournal.com]

aww...I'm falling in love with #1 ^^

I hope you can settle the project soon and get your dream house, Una

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yup no.1 is instant love ... Here in my neck of the woods you don't see many old brick houses, they all are more or less built in Tudor style and/or covered with slate.

[kathputli-girl.livejournal.com]

Ooh both of those houses are pretty cute!!8D

[kawinslow.livejournal.com]

I'm with little_witch, those green shutters are cute as hell. But House #1 is so interesting with it's traditional exterior and modern interior. And hey, if you own the house, you are free to make any modifications to the kitchen you want, right?

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

House nr. 1 looks great, though #2 isn't bad either. Good luck with the house project!

[heyoka.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, houses that big for that cheap?! BRB, moving to Europe.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

It is still very expensive, especially around the area I live. :s