Oh What a Year! Part 2; Goodbye cozy unit, Hello grown up house in the hills!

The next thing to say goodbye to was our house- yep, we finally did it! After getting the job we finally had better credentials to be accepted for somewhere, but man this was hard work! We went to soooo many house inspections and Daisy-lady started to get pretty fed up with hearing about our latest 'perfect-house' and then whatever happened to make it not so perfect! There were many we just didnt get, there was one we wanted to sign up to immediately, even though it was pretty far away and in a isolated location, and then we found out that the person was leaving because the house kept getting broken into, there was one we loved but it was being sold so there was no stability, there was another that had amazing views (and OceanMan fell in love with) but it was falling apart, had a dangerous driveway and had the most hideous wallpaper you have ever seen! We would have to do ALOT of work like painting and pulling up carpet to make it comfortable which I just didnt want to have to deal with- especially on a rental. and then there was OurPlace... We were started to get disillusioned that we just werent meant to move, that maybe we werent ready, maybe we should just appreciate the security we have, or maybe move into OceanMan's mum's place to save some money. The lease was quickly running out and we didnt want to have to break lease, or stay for another year.. time was ticking and real estate.com just wasnt providing! I found OurPlace at the same time as the one that was falling apart that he loved but I wasnt sold on. He didnt get to go to the inspection, but I did and it turned out to be the same agent that have us the chance on our first place which we ended staying in for three years! She got excited about us in this place immediately and hinted that if we wanted it it was ours. We filled out the forms for both places and were convinced we would be offered both and then which do we choose? One was big, unique, with amazing views and the other was in a great location but what OceanMan referred to as the 'Safe' option- I personally liked the safe option- especially if were going to stay for a while and have kids! Turns out we didnt even get the big unique house because we didnt offer more money (and turns out that tenant only lasted a month and did all these renovations without even asking permission!). We of course got the place where we knew the agent and were so excited (and apprehensive seeing as I was the only one who had seen it). But we did have to break the lease by around a few months so we arranged to not move in for about 6 weeks which gave the current tenant time because she was also breaking her lease, and us to find someone else so we werent up for heaps of fees. The agents (different to our original agent and the one who gave us this house, she is great) were terrible in assisting with finding new tenants- while it is up to the tenant to find new people and pay the costs, she didnt even come to the inspections- we had to do it all! It was pretty awkward for people to be walking around our house while we were standing there and not the agent! But anyway we found someone good and the fees ended up being very small because we had been there so long. So on the 15th July we moved into our new big hills place! Its 2-3 bedrooms, big kitchen, lounge, sep dining, laundry, 2nd toilet, new bathroom, BIG yard!! and OceanMan loves it!! Its in a great location, we can have pets and it just suits us so well.

The only issues have been... we just had to begin by getting rid of the mouse infestation in the kitchen/oven and now its all good. We also live right next to a school (who own it) and we have heard rumours that they want to bulldoze it and turn it into a basketball court asap and even though we stated on our application specifially that we wanted somewhere we could stay for a few years, they can do what they like so if we have to move in a year we will be devastated!!! So for the moment Im holding off from getting my chickens. The best part though is that my Nonna will finally be able to know that ive moved out of home without condemning me to hell for living in sin- or causing her extra stress that she doesnt need. Updates will follow!