first a quick history
In March I asked my landlord if we could extend our lease and he said no--he was planning on moving in.
Late March-Early April we started our search.
We saw a place listed as 2400 square feet ---however 700 square feet were in the garage which also had a couch and TV in it making it 'livable'. Pass. (and 200k marble countertops )PASS PASS
We saw a place with a stoned kid hiding in the closet (during a school day. where else you going to hang out). We made an offer (ex kid) and then the owner decided against renting it. Seems you had to take the kid too to get the deal.
We saw a place listed for 10k with a July 10 move in date (a little high in price but it was alright). We made an offer and the owner responded with an end of August move in date and increased the price to 13k. We declined their new and improved terms.
We saw a place with lots of mouse traps scattered about, appliances that seemed not to work, a stench of mold even with 5 air purifiers running, and a 12 degree decent driveway approach. We said no fucking way.
We saw a house with platform beds, and much of the extra furniture from Animal House and no garage. Pass.
We saw a house with lots of animal skins, kitchen appliances that didn't seem to be grounded, and was a mile walk to any kind of transportation. We made an offer--getting desperate as the clock was ticking. Our offer was rejected because they received a similar offer from a family with only 1 dog, and they accepted that offer. Postscript something fell through with the other offer, and they cleaned out the animal pelts, removed much of the clutter in the house, bricked off one of the garages to make it their storage space for the aforementioned clutter and then decided to increase the rent by 33%. We did not reoffer.
We gave up on trying to find anything we liked and settled for something that might just be ok. We wound up moving into a very small house across the street from our last house. After moving in it became clear that it was too small, too loud, and really not furnished at all. Oh crap. The owner agreed to let us break the lease. We will be moving out after one month.
And moving to a pretty great place in East Aspen. Yea. However, some of the terms suck. It's a great home, book your dates but ......well the rent is 11.5k per month which is pretty pricey (but given the house and the location actually 'Aspen reasonable'. However, we must vacate the premises for a week in the spring and a week in the summer so the owners family can use the home. WTF. Also we pay the utility bill as a pass through to the owner and none of them are negotiable. So I am paying for streaming music, security and more cable boxes than I ever thought of owning. And I have to run the wine cellar (fan and cooling) whether I want it or not. And it's a big wine cellar. And we are not big drinkers (I guess I should work on that).
Oh yea and the dates between when we have to move out and move in leave about 12 days of twilight zone leading right into the start of school. So if you don't know me but see someone walking two golden retrievers mumbling the serenity prayer to themselves you probably found me.
SERENITY NOW
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