Homeward Bound

In a whirlwind of South Side wheeling and dealing this weekend, the misses and I came away with a phat piece of property that we will be renting for the foreseeable future. Needless to say a whole freaking house will be a monster upgrade from the tiny one bedroom we currently co-habitat and defend against a freakish world of renegade street urinators, hot-tub renting busy-bodies, and over-sexed landlords with too much time on their hands.

It’s a serious renters market out there right now. Over the last week, the misses and I have felt like prized athletes. Folks were calling us with offers, rents were dropping, round table negotiations came into play. In the end, the house we really wanted came down in price to match that of similar priced duplexes we were looking at. so we took the house. We got along well with the sweet old lady who is now our landlord. She must be around 70 and this is the house she grew up in. She was very emotional. We held firm on our price, and lobbied and won full “decoration control”. There is some pretty hideous wallpaper that will have to be dealt with. I will be emptying my beloved storage unit this weekend and after we blast the place with some new paint and rip down some wallpaper, we’ll be moving sometime next week. The first order of business will be to go buy a nice cord of wood and start work on my fall woodpile. The fireplace will be well loved and well used.