So a lot has happened since last i blogged. We moved to Brisbane at the start of August and I’m now back to the 100km commute to get to work. Thankfully this time it’s almost all highway driving and I have company in the car most of the time too.
When we were looking for a house we found the one that we are in with the owner looking for “a family that wants to stay for a long term in the house”. That was exactly what we were looking to do. We wanted a place we could set up base in for at least a few years so that we could save some money, with a view to buying the next place we live in.
Unfortunately that doesnt look like it’s going to be the case. The recent market/financial troubles have caused the owner to re-evaluate their position and they have decided that they are reluctantly going to sell this house. We figure that this is the house they have chosen out of their portfolio as it has just finished being refurbished/renovated and they feel that they have the best chance of return on it.
This makes things particularly frustrating for us as we have to put up with the realestate bringing potential buyers through to see the house. So far we’ve had a small group of potential buyers come thorugh last saturday, and we have another coming through thursday afternoon.
This is the first time that something like this has happened to us during our entire renting history and it has come at, what can only be described as, the worst possible time. We can’t really afford another move at the end of our lease and with Stacey currently trying to nurse a fractured ankle it leaves most of the work to me. I’m barely coping with everything that is going on at the moment and this added stress is not something that either of us are enjoying.
We’ve even half heartedly started looking towards buying a place of our own, but with our current lack of savings (yeah moving up here was expensive) we dont feel that we are in a position financially to do that.