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Hitch · 11-17-2023, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

My parents have made highest bid, so the apartment is theirs.

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Congrats, Mum and Dad!

At least that's one down....

Hitch

Rumpelteazer · 11-17-2023, 09:28 AM

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Congrats, Mum and Dad!

At least that's one down....

Hitch

Yes, that's one less thing to worry about. Hopefully we also find something soon. The whole searching for a house thing is very tiring.

Hitch · 11-17-2023, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

My parents have made highest bid, so the apartment is theirs.

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I *think* the rooms in this maisonette are too small (the bedrooms, I Mean): https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/appa...age-gouwe-228/ but the main living area is pretty great.

I suspect taht this isn't your taste, but: https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/huis...ertstraat-142/ (and it's toward the higher end of your funding range, so...this is a 'probably not,' but...)

Sorry, one more and then I'll stop bothering you--this one might be doable and as it's lower-priced, you can afford the paint, etc.: https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/huis...illenseweg-55/

Hitch

badgoodDeb · 11-17-2023, 10:31 PM

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My parents have made highest bid, so the apartment is theirs.

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YIPEE YAY YAY!!!

Rumpelteazer · 11-18-2023, 05:41 AM

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I *think* the rooms in this maisonette are too small (the bedrooms, I Mean): https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/appa...age-gouwe-228/ but the main living area is pretty great.

We looked at one or two maisonettes and decided it isn't for us. Having grown up living above our store, we would like a normal house. I do love the location.

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I suspect taht this isn't your taste, but: https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/huis...ertstraat-142/ (and it's toward the higher end of your funding range, so...this is a 'probably not,' but...)

We considered this one, but it's too close to a busy road for my sister.

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Sorry, one more and then I'll stop bothering you--this one might be doable and as it's lower-priced, you can afford the paint, etc.: https://www.funda.nl/koop/gouda/huis...illenseweg-55/

Hitch

I've considered this one. I know my sister would want to replace the kitchen and I suspect she would want to same flooring throughout the house. And most likely the walls need doing (I can never see that on pictures, but my sister can somehow). I'm not too fond on the hatch in the attic bedroom ceiling; you can't put any furniture underneath it and it will make it hard/impossible to have space for a bigger bed.

This one came online last night and we messaged each other at the same time about it. My sister isn't certain about Amersfoort, and this one is a further away from the town center (there's a biggish shopping center walking distance) and the train station. And it's close to a highway. But at least the kitchen and the bathroom, whilst not to our taste, won't need to be replaced immediately. The grey flooring will need to be changed and I might want to remove the walls between the two attic bedrooms. The price isn't too high so there is hopefully some room for overbidding and after that there is hopefully some money left over for the changes we would like to make.

Hitch · 11-18-2023, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

We looked at one or two maisonettes and decided it isn't for us. Having grown up living above our store, we would like a normal house. I do love the location.

I thought that MIGHT be the case. Sorry.

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This one came online last night and we messaged each other at the same time about it. My sister isn't certain about Amersfoort, and this one is a further away from the town center (there's a biggish shopping center walking distance) and the train station. And it's close to a highway. But at least the kitchen and the bathroom, whilst not to our taste, won't need to be replaced immediately. The grey flooring will need to be changed and I might want to remove the walls between the two attic bedrooms. The price isn't too high so there is hopefully some room for overbidding and after that there is hopefully some money left over for the changes we would like to make.

Yes, that one is cute! I mean..I like that the living area, the main area, wraps around like that, instead of the sort of straight-shot approach.

Well...the hunt continues!

Hitch

Rumpelteazer · 11-22-2023, 02:35 AM

We went to see two houses yesterday.

House 1. Great location, but the house itself just didn't work for us. The third floor (added in 2021) was great, really light but the lower you got the darker the house got. The word that came to my mind was pokey.

House 2. Again, a great location. And a house with potential, but for the price it needed too much work. Also it was smaller than expected, probably because of the weird attic and the lost space under the roof, which was too low to get much use out of it.

For Friday we got a viewing planned in Amersfoort, but my sister might cancel that one because she doesn't know if she wants to live in Amersfoort. And this morning I saw this house, which I really like, but I know my sister thinks IJselstein is too far from Utrecht.

Our house hunt is getting to be a bit frustrating for me. It's taking up so much time and energy.

poohbear_nc · 11-22-2023, 04:26 PM

Sitting against a heating pad - assembling a storage rack didn't used to result in so many aches & pains afterwards ... sigh ... of course Pixie cat helped immensely ...

Hitch · 11-22-2023, 06:36 PM

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Sitting against a heating pad - assembling a storage rack didn't used to result in so many aches & pains afterwards ... sigh ... of course Pixie cat helped immensely ...

Ah, Pooh...I was thinking about you last night.

Around midnight, I heard a cat outside my house, which is NEVER good. Cats, outdoors, here..that's cat suicide. I tried to find it to no avail, and for some oddball reason, Pooh...I thought of you. Maybe it will return tonight...

Hitch

poohbear_nc · 11-22-2023, 06:43 PM

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Ah, Pooh...I was thinking about you last night.

Around midnight, I heard a cat outside my house, which is NEVER good. Cats, outdoors, here..that's cat suicide. I tried to find it to no avail, and for some oddball reason, Pooh...I thought of you. Maybe it will return tonight...

Hitch

Maybe it was my ghost haunting you????

Even here cats outside are doomed .. coyotes, foxes, hawks, eagles, etc have invaded our neighborhood - I haven't seen an outdoor cat or stray cat in years

Hope you can rescue the waif tonight

Rumpelteazer · 11-26-2023, 05:06 AM

Another day of sorting through my stuff and packing things. Tomorrow I want to finish with my bedroom.

The current plan is that I move in with my sister next weekend. So next week will be spend packing my stuff I want to take me to hers. Most work will be sorting through my clothes; what to take, what to put into storage and what to toss. I don't have much space at her place, so packing the rest (toiletries, cross stitch supplies and electronics) won't take long.

On the 11th my parents and cats will move to their vacation accommodation and on the 14th and 15th the movers are coming to pack up my parents things and move it into storage. Just after Christmas they're getting the keys to their apartment and have two and a half months to get it painted, buy new furniture and get their stuff moved in and unpacked.

I can't wait until December 16. From that date I don't have to clean, order groceries, run errands, etc. I'm going to take at least a couple of weeks to relax and focus on myself.

Currently I'm always tired. There's just so much going on; me moving in with my sister and having to pack my stuff, me helping my parents and the house hunting. If it was up to me we would pause the house hunting for the next three weeks, but I know that my sister doesn't want to do that.

badgoodDeb · 11-26-2023, 03:58 PM

Yeah, I feel for your tiredness. In the three months after I decided to retire and move on the same day,I spent every day boxing things up and throwing or donating what I could. It felt so good when I was finally done and could relax!

Wishing you strength and energy till you can rest!

Hitch · 11-26-2023, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Another day of sorting through my stuff and packing things. Tomorrow I want to finish with my bedroom.

The current plan is that I move in with my sister next weekend. So next week will be spend packing my stuff I want to take me to hers. Most work will be sorting through my clothes; what to take, what to put into storage and what to toss. I don't have much space at her place, so packing the rest (toiletries, cross stitch supplies and electronics) won't take long.

On the 11th my parents and cats will move to their vacation accommodation and on the 14th and 15th the movers are coming to pack up my parents things and move it into storage. Just after Christmas they're getting the keys to their apartment and have two and a half months to get it painted, buy new furniture and get their stuff moved in and unpacked.

I can't wait until December 16. From that date I don't have to clean, order groceries, run errands, etc. I'm going to take at least a couple of weeks to relax and focus on myself.

Currently I'm always tired. There's just so much going on; me moving in with my sister and having to pack my stuff, me helping my parents and the house hunting. If it was up to me we would pause the house hunting for the next three weeks, but I know that my sister doesn't want to do that.

Packing and moving, even if "only" for yourself, is always a mother.

And you're doing your stuff, your parents' stuff and all that AND trying to find a house.

Now you know why people your folks' age (which I believe is the same as mine, and many/most of us here!!!) have ZERO interest in finding new homes and moving, lol. I mean. I have a mad pash on two areas north of me, in AZ, and would adore being there, but the mere thought of packing up and moving--never mind finding a damned house in the first place--makes me want to collapse. I feel for ya!

Hitch

cromag · 11-26-2023, 04:55 PM

Sitting back and relaxing after a long -- and very happy -- holiday weekend.

DNSB · 11-26-2023, 09:10 PM

Wondering about two idiots in a mall parking lot. I got into my car, started the engine and then got to watch the couple going back to the car next to mine park their child in a stroller behind my back bumper before popping their trunk and starting to unload a full shopping buggy.

Feeling the spirit of giving, I flipped the backup alarm switch into manual (three position switch for disable, manual and automatic). The alarm was required to be installed by my last employer so I could claim mileage for using my personal vehicle at work and it is rather loud. Got to watch both of the dimwits jump and start screaming at me.

Who in the possession of a moiety of their senses would park their kid so close to an occupied vehicle that I could only see them in the rear view camera. What they claimed is that they didn't realize that I was in the car and that the engine was running.

11-22-2023, 02:35 AM	#43942
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,340 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	We went to see two houses yesterday. House 1. Great location, but the house itself just didn't work for us. The third floor (added in 2021) was great, really light but the lower you got the darker the house got. The word that came to my mind was pokey. House 2. Again, a great location. And a house with potential, but for the price it needed too much work. Also it was smaller than expected, probably because of the weird attic and the lost space under the roof, which was too low to get much use out of it. For Friday we got a viewing planned in Amersfoort, but my sister might cancel that one because she doesn't know if she wants to live in Amersfoort. And this morning I saw this house, which I really like, but I know my sister thinks IJselstein is too far from Utrecht. Our house hunt is getting to be a bit frustrating for me. It's taking up so much time and energy.

11-22-2023, 04:26 PM	#43943
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,592 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Sitting against a heating pad - assembling a storage rack didn't used to result in so many aches & pains afterwards ... sigh ... of course Pixie cat helped immensely ...

11-26-2023, 05:06 AM	#43946
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,340 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Another day of sorting through my stuff and packing things. Tomorrow I want to finish with my bedroom. The current plan is that I move in with my sister next weekend. So next week will be spend packing my stuff I want to take me to hers. Most work will be sorting through my clothes; what to take, what to put into storage and what to toss. I don't have much space at her place, so packing the rest (toiletries, cross stitch supplies and electronics) won't take long. On the 11th my parents and cats will move to their vacation accommodation and on the 14th and 15th the movers are coming to pack up my parents things and move it into storage. Just after Christmas they're getting the keys to their apartment and have two and a half months to get it painted, buy new furniture and get their stuff moved in and unpacked. I can't wait until December 16. From that date I don't have to clean, order groceries, run errands, etc. I'm going to take at least a couple of weeks to relax and focus on myself. Currently I'm always tired. There's just so much going on; me moving in with my sister and having to pack my stuff, me helping my parents and the house hunting. If it was up to me we would pause the house hunting for the next three weeks, but I know that my sister doesn't want to do that.

11-26-2023, 03:58 PM	#43947
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,551 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah, I feel for your tiredness. In the three months after I decided to retire and move on the same day,I spent every day boxing things up and throwing or donating what I could. It felt so good when I was finally done and could relax! Wishing you strength and energy till you can rest!

11-26-2023, 04:55 PM	#43949
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,392 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Sitting back and relaxing after a long -- and very happy -- holiday weekend.

11-26-2023, 09:10 PM	#43950
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,582 Karma: 169712392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Wondering about two idiots in a mall parking lot. I got into my car, started the engine and then got to watch the couple going back to the car next to mine park their child in a stroller behind my back bumper before popping their trunk and starting to unload a full shopping buggy. Feeling the spirit of giving, I flipped the backup alarm switch into manual (three position switch for disable, manual and automatic). The alarm was required to be installed by my last employer so I could claim mileage for using my personal vehicle at work and it is rather loud. Got to watch both of the dimwits jump and start screaming at me. Who in the possession of a moiety of their senses would park their kid so close to an occupied vehicle that I could only see them in the rear view camera. What they claimed is that they didn't realize that I was in the car and that the engine was running.