We Can Work It Out
Finally! I think we finally have the house rental stuff worked out to the point where we can start proceeding with things to get a lease signed so we can move in. Anticipated move in date is either August 15th (which all the girls would prefer as school starts Sept. 7), or at the latest September 1st. it doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I'd actually prefer to move in later, but thats just me. Whenever it becomes available I'll move in.
So we came to some kind of compromise on the parking situation and here it is. Its really stupid, trust me. There is a law in the village we're moving into the limits parking on all village streets to two hours. There's going to be something like 8 cars parking at our property (4 for us, two for the two guys next door, and two for the husband and wife that live in the carriage house). Now, in all likelihood we could park our cars in the street and never hear a complaint. There's probably a 99.9% chance of never getting in trouble over it. The owner of the house is worried about that 0.1% though, and in the event that someone does complain, he wants a solid contingency plan in place. So, if need be, if we have to move a car or two, we need a definite place to put it. There's no long term public lots or anything in the area, so that idea was out.
This is what we worked out. Shari's parents have a friend who just happen to live right down the road from where we'll be living. We went knocking on their door and asked them, if we ever needed to, could we park a car in their driveway, which is plenty big. They said yes, as long as its not an all the time thing, which I don't it will ever be. So, in the event that we need to, we can park a car or two there. All we need is a signed letter from the neighbors saying its ok for us to park there if we need to and the owner will be satisfied and we can move on.
How silly is all this? Very, but the other house we looked at wasn't the greatest. It was a little bigger with more space inside, a big backyard, a deck and an extra half bath, and rent would probably be cheaper. Sounds better, right? Not really. Not for us. Its not as close to town, and the town rocks, by the way. There's like almost everything we'll ever need in walking distance, which is awesome. Although this other place had four bedrooms, one was the size of a closet, and the washer and dryer were inside the house, but in someone's bedroom. So that was out.
So its all worked out and we can finally proceed with things.
In other news, the plan was to go see a movie with Elena yesterday and that plan fell through, which I kind of had the feeling it would. I spoke to her when I left the house hunting and she said she'd call me later and we'd work out details. I kind of knew then that it probably wouldn't happen, and when she called me back and I gave her showtimes she said they were too late as she had to get up early to go to an audition. Like I said, I kind of had the feeling that would happen. I told her to call me when she could go again, so we'll see how long from now that is.
In the meantime, tonight I am going to Jone's Beach with Seth, Shari, and Seth's brother Andrew to go see Tom Petty and the Black Crowes. Should be a good show. Hopefully the weather will be nice as well. Thats the one bad thing about outdoor concerts, rain or shine. And no one like the rain!
Alright, must get ready for work. Have a good day everyone!
Comments
What a hassle the parking sounds like. I always hated visiting friends who lived in college towns because that's where parking gets back in CO. At least downtown you can pay to park, but in college towns there just isn't room ANYWHERE!
Posted by: Jenniy | June 21, 2005 2:26 PM