Oh the decisions!
We need to find a place to live by next weekend. We are trying to work out what we want most. We know where we would like to live, but most of the places there are not available until August. Dang! We only have a week left in the Residence Inn.
So should we go for a place that is more than we want to pay but is nice, has a basement, has a two car garage, has enough space and has a nice yard that the land lady would love me to play in and create a garden?
Or should we go for a place that is a mile further south than we want to be (ie further from the shops I want to have and the established suburbs that we both like) and go for a nice apartment in a nice area that has just a little verandah but is well within what we want to pay? (but does it have a garage?)
Or an apartment in a managed block that is where we would like to be, is the same price as the place above but is not as nice? Plus it is on a street that shares its name with the maiden name of my old boss. (She was younger than me, actually, not old at all!)
Or maybe keep looking to find another place? Only problem is we need something that is available now. Very little is available now.
Oh, only one of these places has potential for fleece washing (ie a place where I could throw the yucky water away not down the drain). Cathy, I might end up coming your way! LOL
We have looked at several other places but one was too big, one was too small (honestly if you opened the bathroom door and someone was on the loo you would half kill them), one was too far away, one is not available for another month (and was dark and warm but spacious and in the area we want)....
oh decisions, decisions! What would you choose? We would really like to save as much as possible to get as much paid off the mortgage at home and/or buy a place here. We have no furniture and very little in the way of household goods (someone forgot to put them into our air cargo - we will have crockery and cutlery but that is pretty much it). The next month's pay will go on getting a place and getting some basic furniture and kitchen wares. At least I have a toaster for me and an electric kettle.
Locals, do you have any suggestions for good stuff at good (bargain) prices?
Anyone, what would you do? Go for a larger, more expensive place with more space? A smaller place on a nice open space? A smaller place in the area we would like?
Help! We are overwhelmed!
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Yikes! I hate those decisions. But I've usually had a moment when I went into a place and known that I would like living there and gone with that one. How's that for touchy feely?!
Maybe Kristi knows if there are decent thrift stores or an area that has good garage/yard sales? Those can often be good places to get cheap and interesting stuff.
For thrifting, there are the Habitat for Humaity stores. There is one in Loveland on 287 (College Ave in FtC) and the one in town is near me on Taft Hill Rd, just a titch north of Harmony (but don't take Harmony there right now for the Residence Inn as there is a section that is closed). There is Savers, which is near Hobby Lobby and Best Buy and thay are often a bit better picking than the other thrift stores. Goodwill and Salvation Army are both downtown. Near Ross Dress for Less is ARC, another thrift store. DH's favorite used furniture place is called Kathy's and is at Shields and College (they intersect north of Old Town). On the norther side of Old Town there is a place that specializes in used office furniture. Garage sales are pretty big this time of year, though even bigger the first two weekends or so of CSU starting. Staying to the south side of town should prove to have better stuff. If you can put aside some of the purchases the back to school sales at the big box discount stores will start here about mid July - that is especially good for linens and storage solution things.
Kristi has great advice. We chose to move to one of the smaller towns - M used to work for HP/Agilent. It's 11 mile drive to it from our house. More house for our buck. We've lived here for 7 yrs so obviously it worked for us. Your package arrived and yes, you are welcome to come over and wash fleece. I've got the set up!!
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