House saga
Changed to the desktop so hopefully should have time to continue.
We went to look at another house this evening, and it was really lovely. Sadly the Baron took an aversion to it due to the industrial chimneys visible in the distance. He completely disregarded the space, the lovely garden, the huge potential (it has a living room diner with an intergral garage that has permission for conversion) the river at the bottom of the garden and the gorgeous kitchen to focus on something in the distance that isn't even in the house.
He is pissing me off. He has a dream house in his head that is simply not affordable on the money we have to spend. We aren't going to get a large house with a large garden in a nice area - something will have to be compromised on, and he simply isn't willing to. I want a garden, but with enough room to sit out and have a BBQ. That's it. I want the space inside and I don't want to live in a council estate (one beautiful house actually was!), but I know what we can expect on our budget in this area.
The Baron, on the other hand, objects if he sees communal playing areas in a five mile radius (maybe that is a slight exaggeration!) and judges the area on the hapless people walking down the road. So the above house was ruled out because we passed some grubby looking kids skateboarding down a road we needed to access.
This house isn't perfect. It doesn't have the same easy access to the main road nearby, but it doesn't face another house either. Swings and rounabouts. Something has to be compromised on.
I have this evening to prepare for the first viewings of this house. And where is the Baron? Asleep on the sofa. He decided to stay up watching some stupid fundamentalists slate those who believe in evolution (althought their argument was hysterical - they tried to disprove evolution using an example of evolution!). So he is tired and won't help. Bastard.
He won't look at anything unless forcibly dragged out, he wouldn't come to the mortgage advisor, nor would he talk to them on the phone (claiming I would be better) and he has barely helped to get the house in order. I know I have had holiday, but this is a joint effort. It just seems to be me and my split personality.
Off to clean.
posted by DMouse007 @ 3/08/2004 07:27:00 PM
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