We live on a dead-end, extremely pot-holed street. Our neighbors all know each other and they're not people I really wanna know. I'd like to point out that I'm not being a snob about this either. Some of them do drugs, I've smelled spice when I was outside and the people across the street have had the cops called on them a couple times for domestic disputes.
The inside is equally crappy. I'll make a list.
1) It's cramped.
2) We don't have a dishwasher
3) We have one cabinet for all of our (eating) dishes and another for pots, pans, cooking gadgets (like crockpot, mixer, processer)
4) We have one bathroom that is really tiny.
5) There's no shelving (like a pantry) in the kitchen at all.
6) Most of our windows aren't properly weather sealed. The ones in the front shake when there's wind and we can feel a draft.
7) There is a train track behind our house. Literally right behind. I could probably hit the train with a rock from my back door.
8) We are not allowed to paint the walls at all.
9) We are not allowed to have any pets. Period. Not even fish.
10) Our street goes directly onto a major street that is impossible to get out of depending on the time of day.
11) The stupid plow guy always traps us in our driveway by building up snow down at the end.
Some things I like:
1) We have a great front and back yard that we don't have to mow.
2) We have two bedrooms so Lily has her own room.
3) We live in a duplex so we only share walls with one other family.
4) There's no one in the building next to us so we have the whole driveway to ourselves.
5) Our rent is only $550 a month
That's about it...
So I've been looking for weeks for somewhere better but here's the kicker, we live in a town with a major university so everything is suuuuper overpriced. So I've been pretty discouraged for a while.
Which brings me to my next point. A few months ago, I was talking to my mom about how her and dad wanna move to Florida but they can't because my younger sister is going to college here and is staying at home. So she offered to pay half of the house payment for my sister and have us move in and take the other half.
Let's look at the pros and cons.
Pros:
1) Sooooo much more space in every aspect.
2) The master bedroom which is where we'd sleep has its own bathroom.
3) Also huge yard
4) We'd have more storage both because there'd be an extra bedroom and because they have a garage.
5) Dad has offered to put a door on the stairs so my sister wouldn't walk in on us if we were walking around in our undies.
6) I grew up in this house so I know most of the neighbors and the ones I don't know, are training to be paramedics. Yeah.
7) We can paint and have pets here. In fact, my rabbit is already living here.
8) The appliances are pretty old but they all work. Plus there is a dishwasher.
9) Very quiet street that's not directly on a busy street
10) Our main babysitter would be downstairs haha
11) We wouldn't be trapped in our house
Cons:
1) We're no longer living alone.
2) We have to actually mow our yard
3) I know they've had past problems with the ventilation for their dryer
4) Stairs.
5) Bills would cost a bit more but not a whole lot.
So really, this idea seems great but I just don't know if I'd ever be able to convince Dustin to move in with my sister just because he loves living alone. I love the idea because I was ten when we moved there so all of my developmental years happened there and I have so many happy memories. Plus oh my god, all the space.
I wonder how I could convince him to do it...
