Home hunting, house hunting,

headache inducing and more. My rear paws are sore too. 

Middle Cat and I went and looked at more places yesterday. One was on a very narrow, very busy road. Yes, it was near a railway line but actually quite a long way from the closest station. It was also rather close to a pub which has a reputation. We prowled off again. These were safety issues.

We looked at another one. It was the "rear" unit, down a long and narrow driveway. No, not a problem for me but Middle Cat, who is a good driver, decided to back out because turning the car in that space was harder than backing out. We looked closely at this place but the bedrooms (there were two) were very small and very dark...and there was no stove in the kitchen. Yes, perhaps something could have been done about that but at a cost. The price was already more than I can afford.

And then there was the one up for auction for the Public Trustee. Even from the pictures on the website this was unlikely but...  It was described as a "homette". Space wise and location wise it would be magnificent. Obviously other people came with the same idea. We all went away shaking our heads. What they want for something that genuinely needs completely gutting and redoing was ridiculous. 

If my BIL was twenty years younger and had a regular 9-5 job it would be an excellent investment. He could have made money on this place - if he had another life time. It had obviously not been lived in for some years. There were leaks, peeling wall paper, tiles missing from the bathroom. The bathroom itself was probably the original built in the 60's. The kitchen was the same. In an attempt to hide the worst someone had covered the top of the stove. What lay beneath it was anyone's guess. The carpet had been removed but you could see the remnants on the floor of the "built-in" wardrobe. No, we prowled off.

There will be other places. I know there will be other places but there have been so many dark and cramped places that I feel disheartened - perhaps even downright depressed by all this.