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stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-31 04:26 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2019-12-31 04:26 pm
Future Plans
So with Darwin living part-time in Albion and Max graduating this spring with plans to move out, we realized we needed to deal with The House.
The House, the one Darwin and I bought together just before same-sex marriage became legal, is huge. It has three bedrooms upstairs, a living room, dining room, breakfast nook, huge kitchen, two bathrooms, and a main-floor laundry area. The basement is completely finished, with a kitchenette, a sitting room, a rec room, a bathroom with a whirlpool tub, two bedrooms, and lots of storage. It has a huge back deck and an enormous, shady front porch I use as my summer office and adore.
When we moved in together, there were four of us, and the house was nicely roomy. Now, however, we're down to two-and-a-half people, and one of them is planning to move out in June. This will leave me rattling around in this giant-ass house all by myself five days a week.
I love this house. I love the layout and way it's built to entertain. I love the cool front porch and the way I can basically move out there during the summer to write. But it's ridiculously large for one person and one part-time person to inhabit, and it's silly to pay the mortgage on space we simply don't need.
So we came to the reluctant conclusion it's time to sell.
This spring, we'll put The House on the market and start looking for another, smaller place in this area. Much as I'd like to, I can't relocate to the house in Albion--the drive is simply too far, especially in winter.
But whatever house I find will need to have a shaded porch for summer writing.
The House, the one Darwin and I bought together just before same-sex marriage became legal, is huge. It has three bedrooms upstairs, a living room, dining room, breakfast nook, huge kitchen, two bathrooms, and a main-floor laundry area. The basement is completely finished, with a kitchenette, a sitting room, a rec room, a bathroom with a whirlpool tub, two bedrooms, and lots of storage. It has a huge back deck and an enormous, shady front porch I use as my summer office and adore.
When we moved in together, there were four of us, and the house was nicely roomy. Now, however, we're down to two-and-a-half people, and one of them is planning to move out in June. This will leave me rattling around in this giant-ass house all by myself five days a week.
I love this house. I love the layout and way it's built to entertain. I love the cool front porch and the way I can basically move out there during the summer to write. But it's ridiculously large for one person and one part-time person to inhabit, and it's silly to pay the mortgage on space we simply don't need.
So we came to the reluctant conclusion it's time to sell.
This spring, we'll put The House on the market and start looking for another, smaller place in this area. Much as I'd like to, I can't relocate to the house in Albion--the drive is simply too far, especially in winter.
But whatever house I find will need to have a shaded porch for summer writing.