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homeeconomics1012011-01-28 09:16 am
sporky_rat) wrote in homeeconomics1012011-01-28 09:16 am
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New Home Hunting!
So, I'm hunting a new home. Let's all share ideas and tips on finding yourself a new burrow!
-Check the police. Here, I can call the non-emergency number and say, 'Dearest Copper, how often have you had to visit this area for break-ins, robberies and other crime?' and they can tell me!
-Visit the neighborhood you're thinking about, both during the day and at night. Is it noisy? Dangerous looking? Streetlights in good repair? Sidewalks, even? Are the people friendly around the area? For example, several of the places I'm looking are what are considered the slightly dodgy areas, but they're full of older retirees and college students these days, not the dodgy folk who moved to SE Burg.
-Find out who your electricity/gas/water would be with and get ideas on what it would cost.
-Make sure you've made sure that you can fit your moving vehicle in the driveway or parking lot. Yeah, I made that mistake once. Never again.
-Craigslist, if possible. They have pictures sometimes!
Anyone else?
-Check the police. Here, I can call the non-emergency number and say, 'Dearest Copper, how often have you had to visit this area for break-ins, robberies and other crime?' and they can tell me!
-Visit the neighborhood you're thinking about, both during the day and at night. Is it noisy? Dangerous looking? Streetlights in good repair? Sidewalks, even? Are the people friendly around the area? For example, several of the places I'm looking are what are considered the slightly dodgy areas, but they're full of older retirees and college students these days, not the dodgy folk who moved to SE Burg.
-Find out who your electricity/gas/water would be with and get ideas on what it would cost.
-Make sure you've made sure that you can fit your moving vehicle in the driveway or parking lot. Yeah, I made that mistake once. Never again.
-Craigslist, if possible. They have pictures sometimes!
Anyone else?
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(Of course, standardized testing is problematic, in Ontario it can be really skewed by ESL students, for example.)
But yeah, schools.
And when I was actually looking at houses, the friend accompanying me has a really sensitive mold allergy, and our area has seasonal basement flooding - I ruled out any houses that bothered her allergy.
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