Thursday, October 9, 2008

Answer to prayer??

We have been working with a realtor for quite a while now. She has been trying to help us find an apartment to rent. We've been working with her way before we knew we were going to have a baby. Unfortunately she hasn't found anything decent in our price range.... until now.

Picture it. 2 bedroom apartment on the 1st floor of a house. Front and backyard with fencing. Washer/dryer to be shared with the people upstairs. Utilities included. 700$ a month! Seriously, we're paying 735$ a month in rent, plus our heating bill was astronomical last winter, for just a one bedroom. If we could live in a 2 bedroom for that cheap it would be wonderful. We haven't seen it yet, and we have to check out the location. It's in Audubon, so theoretically it should be closer to work for me. And any neighborhood is better than the one we're living in now. I'm kind of thinking that since our apartment is close to a dump anything would be better, but I have seen some pretty bad places, so I'll hold my tongue.

If we lived in a "real house" I would have much better chances of finding someone to allow me to watch their baby at our house, and then I could quit my job and stay home with Ryleigh!

There's a few catches though. Like the 1,10$ security deposit we would need. And the fact that we would be breaking the lease for our current apartment and would be responsible for paying the rent until it gets rented out by someone else. But, we'll go see this new apartment tomorrow. If it looks perfect for us then we will be trusting in God to work out all the money details. In the long run it would help us save more money each month, so it would be a good financial decision...... meanwhile we'll be trying to find a money tree in the woods somewhere. haha

5 comments:

Shelly said...

jeepers! we pay $1000 a month in HH, 700 sounds AWESOME!

Anonymous said...

I think we should all get together, buy about 20 acres in Wyoming and each build our own homes. Wyoming is in the top five best states to live in. Has the same population as NJ but twenty times the land area and kids go free to college!
Just a thought!
Happy house hunting and we'll keep you in our prayers.

JerseyGranny said...

We'll be praying for you! Seriously, Frank...Wyoming??? :)

A Repletion of Reverie said...

theres some good elk huntin' in wyoming.

Anonymous said...

I'm tellin ya, its beautiful country out there!