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When you PCS somewhere do you stay in the same
home the entire time? Or have you ever moved to another place?
We moved here about a year ago, our lease ends in a couple months, and there is a place 4miles away that is SO much nicer inside! It's also $50/month cheaper and is bigger too (300 square feet bigger). The drawback is the yard is smaller, but, I have a chihuahua so that's not such a big deal.... and there is no driveway, just a 2 car garage. The townhomes are kind of close together and feels a little more crowded on the outside. However the inside is spacious and is really nice and new... there are nice marble floors, stainless appliances, a separate laundry room (ours is in the garage)... our place now has old carpet everywhere that seriously needs to be replaced, but the owners won't... when things break it is also like pulling teeth to get them to fix it.
I'm just trying to think about if we should consider moving or not.
Every other time we've PCSd somewhere, we've stayed in the same place the entire time. Even in Monterey, we stayed in the same place for 3 years, even when I absolutely despised every second of living in that house.
Just wondering, I guess, if moving is worth it... or if it really is just such a hassle, it's not even worth it.. we'll be here for 2 more years... wdyt?
Re: When you PCS somewhere do you stay in the same
But is not having a driveway given more weight if the place inside is 100x nicer? lol. I'm really wondering. Also the master bath is SO much nicer!
Currently my husband parks on the driveway but thats because the washer/dryer is in the garage too. I have an Audi TT so a very small car, I am pretty sure both could fit in the garage at the place I was looking at.
We are at our third house for this duty station. We moved out of the first one because it was teeny & J didn't rate anything bigger without kids. We moved out of the second when I got sick, was hospitalized then went back to MO for a surgery. Now we're in a much bigger place & I'm super happy here.
I would take new, bigger & cheaper over no driveway any day.
If H gets deployed from here, we'll move to a different house before he goes. Our landlords want to sell our house this summer. He retired and moved to another part of the state. His wife and kids are going to sell their house and ours and move up there after the end of the school year. At first this was perfect because H graduates in July and we were going to move in August, but now I may stay here longer if he deploys. I've started looking for other places that are smaller, less expensive, and easier to maintain by myself.
I would also take bigger/nicer/cheaper over a driveway. But I never had a driveway until we moved here and even now we don't use it.
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I usually stay put unless there's something about my current location that is a definite deal breaker. Your difficult landlord who refuses to take care of the carpet problem sounds like a deal breaker to me.
The other place certainly sounds attractive. Two years is a decent amount of time so depending on how much work and expense you would expect to incur it might just be worth it. If you're someone who seriously hates moving take that into consideration as well.
Do you know much about the new neighborhood and why the rent is less for more house? My one concern, without knowing anything, would be the neighborhood. Two years is a long time to have awful neighbors or to feel less than safe.
Do you know much about the new neighborhood and why the rent is less for more house? My one concern, without knowing anything, would be the neighborhood. Two years is a long time to have awful neighbors or to feel less than safe.
The new place is only 4 miles away and is in an awesome neighborhood. It's technically in a different city. As for the rent difference, there is actually no difference anymore, as the lady received about 35 calls about the place and several people offered to pay 100 dollars more a month! So, it would be the same price.
It has A/C, our current place doesn't.
It has TWO ovens. I cook. and I bake. and this is a dream! marble floors, stainless steel appliances - a french door fridge - 3 bedrooms upstairs that are large. 2090 sq feet vs 1700.
She called me last night and really liked the way my husband and I sounded, and our credit scores are really high, not many people have scores like that... so she wasn't going to show it anymore, but will show it to me tonight.
I guess I'll go take a look but the biggest hurdle I think is DH. I'm pretty sure he isn't going to want to move a month and a half after getting home from Afghanistan.
Is it really hard to do a move like this? It almost seems like it would be easier. You can do it a room at a time almost.... wouldn't have to pack up clothes... I don't know... maybe it's wishful thinking
Bribe your friends into helping you with the large items with pizza and beer. It can be a lot of work and you'll be exhausted for a couple days after and for however long it takes you to unpack, but it will be significantly easier than normal since it's only 4 miles. You can definitely pace yourself better that way.