Property hunting

Well I’ve been meaning to make this blog post for a while but my electric went down for 3 days then the other times I was busy relaxing as I’ve been feeling rather stressed so time to look back on the hunt.

The first place I went to see was a hobbit hole. Hell Bilbo Baggins looked like he had a lot more space in his hobbit hole than this place had. The bedroom roof at its tallest was 6’0” tall and it sloped a lot. Given I’m 5’10” the estate agent should have told us not to even waste my time going in. The slope of the ceiling meant I would probably give myself a concussion going down stairs to use the bathroom every night. They were asking £93,000 for a place that was ridiculously small. I’m not sure if they want that payment in leprechaun gold as I’d need to be a leprechaun to consider that place spacious. It also had its front door in a job centre car park. So that place was an obvious no.

The second place was a flat that cost just under £85,000. Its kitchen was pretty disgusting, its bathroom had mould on the walls and there wasn’t even a light bulb in the living room so we couldn’t see it properly. It also has a parking space which you have to rent at £25 a month and a communal drying area. That was also a no.

The third place had sloped ceilings throughout and looked nice but it didn’t feel like somewhere I could ever feel comfortable living as it would never feel like my flat. That same thing was the problem with the fourth place as well. I couldn’t see myself living in either of them due to their sloped ceilings.

The fifth place smelt like old people was dirty and dark. Its not like opening the blinds would even fix this place because its right next to a street. For many its also on their walk home back from town after a night of drinking. It needed completely new flooring and a total redecoration. And at £95,000 it was really not worth that amount. It also happened to be near  train track so I’m not sure whether that would make the apartment rattle or not if you were living in it. So that was a no.

The sixth property was lovely. Its only problems were that the living room and bedroom only had single glazing and that it is a shared freehold which means I have to wait and see what the contract that’s yet to be drawn up would be like. So that is not a no yet but at this rate it probably will be.

I personally didn’t go see the seventh place, my mum went by herself. All she had to say was that it was a nice place other than the fact it was disjointed. As the parking space was around the corner and the garden was a fair bit away and it had one of those high voltage electric point things next to the garden. So that is unlikely, especially since there’s only 70 years or so left on the freehold or leasehold whichever my mum said. I forgot.

The eighth place that I went to see today we couldn’t get into because the key which had been recut from the original by the look of it didn’t work. So that one will have to be rescheduled for another day since it didn’t go to plan.

So property hunting has been overall pretty depressing. As my escape chances are looking pretty low right now to be honest. I have another property viewing today so I thought I’d use this free time to vent about how difficult I’m finding property hunting at the moment. My mum is considering how easy the place would be to sell as well when I want to move on and to be honest I think everywhere I have viewed the people are struggling to sell their places because of the faults with them and I’d rather not be lumbered with them when I want to move on. So yeah here’s hoping something good comes up soon.

That moment when life as you know it ends

Well I haven’t posted anything for a long time. I blame my boyfriend for giving me his login for Netflix. That has taken a lot of my time up. However it has stopped my DVD addiction as I haven’t bought a DVD in a while, so I guess it does have it benefits. Well all through last year I talked about gutpunching 2013 and making it my bitch, I guess I kind of want to do a summary which probably should have been written before February but I guess living my life is more important than writing about it.

Gutpunching 2013 didn’t go exactly to plan, but I have no problems with how it went anyway. I got my first job, which I know I complain about but I do like working there, just sometimes people annoy me. Sure I’d like better hours and better pay but it will do for now. I also got my first boyfriend, which meant dealing with a dickload more firsts but I am happy with him so it was worth it. It hasn’t been easy getting used to being in a relationship as it’s something that I still find hard to believe happened to me. But here I am having nearly been dating him for 6 months. My life was also turned upside down by my mum getting a boyfriend. And my confidence has actually improved a fair amount which is good. I didn’t gutpunch 2013 the way I thought I would but I got there. I ended the year with a feeling that my life had improved a bit.

Well on to gutpunching 2014. This year has already presented challenges already because my mum wants to move in with her boyfriend which means me and my brother have to move out. My brother has just recently gotten a mortgage and had his offer on a place accepted. It makes me a bit of a burden to be honest. So I am moving out at some point this year which means I’ll have to deal with all the stuff that that will bring with it. I will have to continue improving my confidence and dealing with my relationship and the fact that when I move I will spend more time with my boyfriend. I must get round to actually passing my driving and quit putting it off.

The thing that makes all of this gutpunching 2014 seem impossible at the moment, is that I’m currently experiencing that moment when life as you know it ends. The house I grew up in and lived in for 16, nearly 17 years will no longer be my home or my residence. Everything that was a constant will be gone. My family has begun separation to a degree, we’re separating to live our own lives. Sure the benefits of no longer living in this house with my family are numerous. Just the stability it provided has gone. I am afraid. I am worried. Its happening rather fast. Life as I once knew it is ending and all I can do is watch knowing eventually I will be ok with this, but right now I want to hide and wait for this to go away. Its like the floor has collapsed beneath me. I have no idea how living somewhere new will affect my sleeping pattern because its not exactly great with new places. I have previously said my house no longer feels like a home. Its because it isn’t, we’re 3 people looking at living our own lives separately of each other. Just I had no idea it would happen like this. My life will soon happen whether I’m ready or not.

I guess I’m just going to have to try gutpunch my way through 2014 the best I can. Its not going to be easy but nothing ever is. I have a lot to learn, a lot to figure out and a lot of living to do so I guess I’ll try blog as much as possible, however I’m going to give up on pressuring myself into a regular update thing because I don’t want to spend more of my time blogging about little things in life when I could be doing something more important. So now its time for me to quit talking about life and get back to living it.