Meh

[angharad_gam]

Feeling a bit disillusioned with the property market at the moment. We went to look at a house that had distinct possibilities on the weekend, and decided that we would make an offer, only to discover that the place was already under contract to someone else. The owner had decided to continue with the open inspection just to gauge what other interest was out there.

And there's nothing else really exciting on the market at the moment. Only houses that are not nice, or too small, or too expensive, or have pools (Andy has put his foot down that we are not having a pool). We are thinking about maybe building, but that seems like a veritable swampland of potentially expensive missteps.

*sigh* Maybe we just need to take a break from it for a while.

Comments

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

Why doesn't he want a pool?

[angharad-gam.livejournal.com]

Because they are a lot of work to look after, and he figures he is the one who would end up doing that (which in all honesty is probably true) - and he doesn't even like swimming.

[irreparable.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, that makes sense.

[dotcom1144.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

trust me as someone who had a pool and a set of quite lazy flatmates they are a lot of work - and expensive. I think it worked out about $50 a month for pool chemicals and extra electricity from having to run the pump for about an hour every day

[dotcom1144.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

I wouldn't take a break though. I would maybe try a different approach. If you are just visiting open houses advertised on weekends, maybe take a day off work on a wednesday and set up up a series of appointments with realestate agents for private viewings. You might be able to nab something good before it gets advertised.