Today we had the opportunity to check out a house in a village named Brand about 25 miles away from the base on Grafenwoehr. It was, as promised in the ad HUGE. It was 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and it had a backyard terrace with an immaculately maintained garden, a large lawn, and a very nice sun-room that overlooked both. It was also located on a main thoroughfare and had a basement and attic, so in other words...there were 4 stories to this place. Needless to say, it was too huge. Now that I mentioned all of its' good points, I will not hesitate to list the reasons why Justin and I walked away from this particular opportunity.
The current tenant, to his credit, told us no lies. He explained that the Landlord has been "renovating" for the past 4 years he had lived in the house, but next to nothing has been accomplished. He warned us that although the Landlord is very kind, he can be absent-minded and slow to fix things in need of maintenance and there were many things in need of attention.
The house was built in the 1800's. Not necessarily a bad thing, except that each and every year showed: The walls with their cracks and missing paint, the rickety staircases, the damp smell of mildew in the air, the pervasive dark throughout all levels of the house. Then, the deal breaker! Apparently the place is also infested with spiderssss! Eek! I walked out with the creepy crawlies and Justin did not look convinced either.
On the way back to our hotel room, Justin's sponsor Katherine told us we would be looking at another apartment tomorrow evening, this one is a 2 bedroom 1 bath. We saw the outside today during our drive, it looks cozy and well-maintained and it has a large fenced yard for Sox to run around in. We admired the sunset as we returned to the car and Katherine was kind enough to take our picture to include in today's blog.
The search continues!
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