We found out yesterday (two days after finishing the living room!) that our landlords want to sell the house. They said that when it sells they'll try to have it be so we don't have to be out until the semester break, so that will be either December (We'll have a newborn!), May (We'll have less than three months left!) or August (This would be perfect!). A lady came to look at the house yesterday, so we'll see what happens with that.
What is it about us that makes our landlords want to sell the house? This is the second time it's happened to us! Last time we were informed right after finals...right after I painted the living room and hallway a beautiful blue. But the thing that gets me, is they always say, "We're selling the house, but we don't know when it'll go, so feel free to stay until we kick you out officially." Last time they told us to stay just in case the new owners wanted to rent also (it was a basement apartment.) We stuck around until we found something to our liking, then we took off.
This time, if it lasts until August, that would be wonderful. But how do we have that guarantee? I wish they would say, "We're selling the house, and we need you out by Christmas. If it doesn't sell by then, we'll take the consequence of not getting your rent check each month." Then, at least, it would be definite, and they would be the ones hurting, not us.
So I've decided not to worry about it right now. Last time was too stressful. I'm going to pretend like nothing is going on (and show a messy house with newborn diapers strewn about the living room) and not worry about finding a new place until they tell us we have to.
January 2020
4 years ago
5 comments:
That is a real bummer! Hopefully you won't have to move until May so you don't have to worry about that with a newborn and everything.
And if it's not until May our place would be available if you needed somewhere for three months....our last two rotations are here so we're keeping our home and leaving everything here. We have been hoping to rent it out while we're gone. ;)
I hope that you don't have to move-- you've made your house look really nice! Hey, I'm glad that you enjoyed the brownies--they are yummy!
Big time bummer! What a bad time to try moving, when you are having a baby and you have so little time to stay in Portland! But you always have a happy attitude about everything, so even though it will be stressful, I bet everything will be A-OKAY.
Oh man, that figures. Your house was just too cute. I like your idea of not stressing about it. Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help. Good luck!
Ouch! That stinks big time, maybe with the market like it is, they won't be able to sell, I think you're right to not worry about it. Good luck!
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