i'm about to start some training at work, but i HAD to post a quick update about our brand new adventure.
i just faxed our first rental application.
we may have even found our new home. yes, already.
we just looked at a place in south austin, near all the places we frequent (ie opals, alamo drafthouse, soco, etc), in a neighborhood of many, many duplexes. 2br/1ba, washer/dryer, new a/c. FENCED YARD. and a landlord who is a contractor and likes to fix things himself. AND he likes the idea of helen planting things and wants to reimburse her for any plants she plants.
oh, and three dogs? one being 50+ pounds? no problem. cats? no problem. can we paint the walls? no problem. and the tenants on the other side of the duplex have lived here for four years?
did i mention that there is no ho ass anywhere in sight?
and that it costs 1/4 less a month than we're paying now?
yes, we are girls on a mission. can you tell?
Posted by bananie at August 23, 2006 12:06 PM | TrackBackGood for you girls! ho'ass-es can be such a pain. been there, done that. Love your blog. You keep me laughing or thinking...sometimes both. :)
San
Posted by: Sandy J at August 23, 2006 1:28 PMYay!
Sometimes a bad thing turns into a good thing and it sounds like there is a certain amount of karma to this.
I lived in a condo for a while and the head of the HoAss was a crotchety old lady retired from Ma Bell. She and her minions tried to enforce things like what color blinds you could have and what sort of planters you displayed in your yard. We had stupid rules like your trash can had to be in by 9 a.m. Little difficult to do when you work at 8 a.m. and the trash isn't picked up til 8:300ish. Oh she also freaked out because my former brother in law stayed with us for a month one summer while on summer break and had a hippy looking van (heh, he WAS a hippy) and it was parked in our driveway. I guess she thought that made the real estate values go down.
These people NEED A LIFE or a new hobby, badly. Maybe you could leave some Soduku books in their mailboxes??
xo
Lis
hi sandy :) when are you visiting austin?
lisa, thanks for the hilarious and true commiseration. oy.
i'm thinking about leaving the ho-ass a hairball effigy of each of our pets.
Glad to hear that things are looking up for you girls!
Posted by: Nicole at August 23, 2006 8:36 PMwow, this is a wonderful news. I am so happy to hear that! Yes, this is going to be a great new start. Although I will definitely miss you around, I am still very excited about the news.
Posted by: Chris Liu at August 23, 2006 9:05 PM