As our family prepares to grow, Jerry and I have been talking a lot about our current living situation lately. We've lived in our current home for 6 years. It's treated us well. It's been nice to not have to mow a lawn (it's a condo)... it was nice to be in new construction from the beginning. It's in a very convenient location in town and it's been wonderful being only 3 miles away from my parents. However, the time has come to move on. We are busting at the seams.
Working from home makes the space cramp up even quicker. We have 3 levels to our current townhome... and the lower level is dedicated strictly to the studio--which is nice, but we don't use it at all for personal space. This means that Bella's toys end up EVERYWHERE on the main level and are nearly impossible to organize. We have run out of storage and the cabinets are overflowing. Don't even get me started on Jerry and I's closet.... and to be honest right now we have no idea where Baby 2.0 will sleep LOL.. poor kid!!
So, we've started the "talk" about moving. We briefly talked about this when I was pregnant with Bella, but it was impossible. The market was at it worst and Jerry had been without full time employment for a few months which made our budget extremely tight and impossible to save a dime. So, we quickly vetoed that idea and it has been fine.
The housing market still isn't ideal for selling, but its wonderful at the moment for buying. Interest rates are low, house prices are down... you can get soooo much more house for your money right now. So we are exploring our options at the moment. It may or may not happen before this baby makes it arrival, and either way, I know we will make it work. I do hope for our family's sake though that we are able to make the move sooner rather than later. And this next move is most likely going to be our last one for many years to come!
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We are in the same boat, especially since it looks like Joe is going to take a position in Pike- will be so silly for us to live on the south side but both work on the north side! We'd like more room for dogs and baby and to be in a better school district. I also worry about the current house selling, but are in a good position being right by the high school- also figure we can always rent to someone, if necessary. Excited about what a great house we WILL be able to get for the money and would love to live in Washington Township :)
ReplyDeleteWin- that is great!! I'll keep good thoughts for you guys too :):) We'll be staying up here on the north side but definitely want to be in Hamilton SE, Washington township or Carmel school district if possible. :-)
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