nick_md wrote:

Piss in it as an act of defiance, show that drain who's boss.

First thing I tried bud. Didn't help.c

Oh that's rotten luck mate.

That sucks.

Although, does this mean that the one with the snooker room is back on the cards?

Gonna have to move again soon (or extend lease) and for fun we decided to look at an actual house (in stead of apartment home) in Silverado. We fell in love with it. Silverado is a small village (1800 people) in the canyon, all houses are unique, wooden, all different colors and the people all seem to be old hippies. Lots of creative people, really friendly and a good community feel.

House is just 1 floor, big living room with some kinda fireplace, everything is thick wood, real nice kitchen, 3 extra rooms (bed rooms /spare rooms) and a tiny bathroom with a lovely blue bath that has these tiny feet. Outside area where you can barbeque (if we buy one). It's more or less everything we want.

It's just a bit pricey (well over $2000 a month), so we're considering moving in there with a colleague of B, we actually hang out with him quite often, also had him over with Christmas. Best thing is he has a husky, which would be my new friend during day time. We just spoke with him, and he's up for it. He's gonna talk about it with his parents first tonight and we'll have to decide tomorrow. I kinda feel the place might be gone by then, but we do have more options for nicer places than. Plus about this house is, is that one of the bedrooms is close in size to the place B's colleague is currently renting, so he'd still have a good private place.

Have people here done something like this / tips about how to do this? Moving in with an extra person I mean. I know a lot can go wrong, we need some kinda rules written down, about the dog (I'll be taking more care for her than he's currently doing, but he's still the owner so has to pay for food /vet), about privacy (some things I want to talk about with B are easier for me in Dutch, which could be uncomfortable for him) and loads of other things.

He still hasn't fully committed yet, and if this house doesn't come through we need to look for other places. It's gonna save both parties a lot of money, B and colleague can carpool and I'll have a friend to keep me company (we've talked about getting a dog before, but it raises rent and if we want to go camping for a weekend it's just not convenient. We took care of her a couple times before).

I'm pretty excited about it all, would be so nice to live in a place with some character, and the area is great, even has a creek next to it.

As part of a couple, I would run a mile from sharing a house/flat with a third person. But that might just be me.

Just curious, what were the things that got to you in the end?

And I'm not that far in my thirties at all... Neither is the other guy (same age as me, B's the old one).

We'll have to see what he says first today anyway. Since I can't work here, I'd be the one doing most of the chores (I'm off course not going into his room) and weekday cooking. We sure would have to make it clear I'm not his mom.

This house will probably be gone, but it would be so nice to live in something that's not as bland as all the apartment homes. It's like living in a really boring resort.

Even the thought of it makes me feel panicky.

Definitely my idea of hell, but I guess everyone is different.

I share your pain Nina.
I like my place but it can be tough, Clay could really do with a proper garden and I would prefer to be a bit more separated from neighbours or at least have less moronic/selfish ones.
Just signed a new mortgage so I am here for another 2 years then I plan to move on to somewhere better.

Tough times Face but it sounds like your landlord has been pretty reasonable and you have some options.

Roof leak and mouldy floor in London would be a rent increase for not maintaining the property.

Landlords here have been ok so far, but then Orange County is the opposite of run down, people have called it "piece of heaven", it's build like sim city, it's the perfect suburban area, golf courses everywhere, popular cars during the week range from BMW - Mercedes - Audi, weekends are for sports cars and jeeps. The sportier types all have bicycles that I could only dream off and I don't think anyone rides a second hand motorcycle here.

There are more interesting areas, Silverado is our favourite. Laguna Beach and Newport Beach are nice, but that's all bought by baby boomers or famous people. There's a creative vibe there, but second hand is often more expensive than regular stores. Then there's Huntington Beach which does have a surfers past, and they keep up that vibe. It's a bit older though so apartment homes are pretty awful, and houses are again bought by baby boomers.

We could never buy at this point, our situation is way too unstable, we're hoping to stay here for longer than our current visa. Either by extending it or going for a greencard. Last option would mean we could at some point but a van and just ride around the country for a couple months. That's the dream for now.

One of California's problems is definitely that too many people want to live here. Irvine used to be a ranch (think there's some Irish roots there), but there are only a couple of grassy hills left.

@Live, yeah if we would have a garden and more knowledge about our future here, I'd definitely consider a dog too. For now it's just too many extra costs and we don't know if we could keep him /her after two years. California is very dog minded (I've always had cats).

Anyway, I've just bought guacamole so I guess I've lowered my chances on a nice place even more...

Wait, no, it was a film. John Cleese was in it.

Kow wrote:

Wait, no, it was a film. John Cleese was in it.

No that was A Fish Called Wanda.

*creates Kevin mcloud alt*

Facewon wrote:

*creates Kevin mcloud alt*

There can be only one.