Well, as the title suggests, My wife and I are house hunting.
& man IS IT FRUSTRATING!
I reckon this GIF here describes it all perfectly.
WHY?
Well, as I'm overseas and my Mrs is in another State to the one we want to move to, we are relying upon internet sites that list the houses.
No, we don't believe most of the descriptions out there that realestate agents put in their listings!
I think I can state how I feel about this with another appropriate GIF, as a picture says a thousand words!
I mean seriously, when I read "cul de sac" ????????
WTF is that all about?
Seriously, wtf? why on earth can't they just write a nice little "dead end street" or "no through road" WHY in goodness do they have to use some foreign friggin term to say "little to no traffic" steet, crt, place or whatever the category of road is.
& get this, when I see that , I IMMEDIATELY go look at the map to see this "cul de sac" location and usually right behind it is one of the following three things:
A SCHOOL (YARD)
A HIGHWAY/FREEWAY
Crazy stuff that would never cross your mind until you start looking at Google earth and Googling the area/address!
Now as if that all wasn't enough, the part that kills me is what the first gif with the bunny rabbit and carrot showed.
Half the listings are ALREADY SOLD!
Yep, they are not available to anyone, as they are long gone.
I mean, WTF is that all about?
Seriously, WTF is that all about!
Ohhhhh and here's one that everyone will love!
the photos of the place, like the backyard for example!
I mean, seriously, these agents must hire the worlds best photographers, or they should change their day jobs and become photographers!
I mean, damnnnnnn when I look at the photos in their listing, it looks like I have a bloody football field for a back yard.
Yet when I look at Google Maps, I'd be lucky to fit a ruddy BBQ in the backyard.
Seriously, no exagerations!
These people know their sh#t when it comes to photography, seriously, they are the masters of illusion.
Copperfield, eat your heart out, move over to the illusionists called "Real Estate Agents".
All in all, IT IS FRUSTRATING!
I reckon that I could go on for pages here about it all, but the above experiences are enough to paint a very realistic picture in all this, no BS. I'm telling you, the above ulog is just the tip of that MF iceberg called "House Hunting".
Hope you all enjoy the rest of today and if you ever go into the house hunting game, make sure to have a list of shrinks in the area, because you will probably need one after you manage to finally find a place and if you go by what the listing says, damn, you will be a regular customer at some shrinks office, because chances are you will have some crazy neighbour mowing their lawn every morning at 06:00 or at night at 22:00.
Signing out for the day!
Yours truly.
Good luck :)
Luck?
I've got a rabbits foot on my keyring, need a four leaf clover tattoo'd on my chest, have a anti voodoo chickens head necklace and idk what else for "luck"!
At least that is what it feels like at times!
:)
So fun read you i mean i almost can feel your frustration, definitely here in colombia is easir find a good house, i just hope you can find the best house for you and your wife. Regards
TNX mate!
YIKES sounds like a nightmare! Definitely worth spending the time though even if it takes months on end to find the perfect place to call home! My parents house has a massive park behind it with NO SCHOOL so that's great! Hopefully find something similar one day when I look to buy!
It's "FUN"
Best of luck with the house hunting... I hear the prices are a touch high in Australia at the moment. There really is no substitute for going and seeing the place in person, perhaps it is better to defer until you are both in the right place on the planet?
The prices are an entire story of their own!
Will leave that for another day.
As for checking out the houses, you are definitely right, if they aren't sold yet and you actually get an opportunity to see the house.
Half the listed houses are SOLD (under offer/under contract).
Yet the listing says nothing. So annoying!
We got hyper lucky when we were looking for a place in Netherlands. Right after a market crash, the seller had just bought a place and needed to sell and their real estate agent had gone bankrupt (so no one else saw it) ... And they had terrible photos!
These days (only a few years later) we have friends that have similar stories to yours. Listing goes up and you are lucky if it hasn't been bought in the first day (or even before the listing...).
Stupid luck sometimes works in your favour! Wishing you the best of stupid luck for you!
Ohhh man, that is fantastic to hear that someone I know did well.
Puts a little smidgen of light at the end of this dark tunnel we are going through right now.
Hopefully it won't be a locomotive!
Oddly enough this is the second conversation that reminded me of this!
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
THANKS FOR MAKING MY DAY!
THIS IS A RIPPER!
And the shit doesn't really start until you've had an offer accepted!
I've just settled into a new place after 6 months of waiting for a sale then a purchase to go through.
It's just been shit. I still need to do my massive rant post about it!
Still, all things do come to an end eventually!
Good luck wading through through the BS.
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Heeeeey man, I love it when people just state it as it is, no "gift wrapping"!
Look forward to your rant about it, recommend that you do it straight from the heart, no "political correctness" or anything, the truth isn't always what people want to hear, but it is the truth.
It was so bad even a politically correct version would be damning!
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