Playing the desperate rental game!
We have to move as the house we are renting has *finally* sold, and we are desperately looking for another place. We really need a four bedroom house, but would be satisfied with a three bedroom (just means dd and ds have to share a room again, and Mack would be in our room).
We found a four bedroom place, but I'm not sure its "the one for us". It's on a busier road than the one we are on, and is also a major pedestrian route. Here, we get lots of drunks walking past, that cause trouble. There, the house is one house block away from *THE WORST* street in town, and so lots of people walk past, and there is a vacant block in the worst street that sides up against the rental backyard. Along with two units. I can only imagine the issues of living in this location. I would worry about things being thrown into our backyard, maybe bait for the dog, or more bricks through the windows. I say more bricks, as when we went to the inspection the other day, there was a brick on the floor in the front lounge room, along with a heap of broken shards of glass. In addition at the inspection, we saw the inside of the house has been totally trashed by the previous tenants. ALL of the carpets need replacing, and the rest of the place disinfected (and I never disinfect anything). The kitchen is a bit scary, there is carpet in the laundry (goodness knows why!), and the backyard is full of *****les in the grass.
But it does have a garage! :)
So I have no idea who lived there previously, maybe the brick through the window was for them, or just a gift from a kind passer by. Whilst we are getting desperate for a house, I really, REALLY hope we don't need this place (which itself would be a really nice house once repaired).
Just had to talk to someone about this house. Has anyone had no option but to move to somewhere like this?
