Southamping.
Jul. 15th, 2013 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gemsybobsyI just cannot decide what to do with my life.
Beautiful Salisbury house is expensive and cold, and I'm pretty sure that one more winter here will completely bankrupt me (owing so much from the last epic electric fire burning spree that direct debits will soon be ridiculous). Aaaaaand I'm pretty sure the landlady wants to come back in the next year or so (she's living in France and has hinted to me and Janet next door that she's getting tired of it...)
Anyway, I can't afford a house, full stop. This place was a one-off. Never again will I find such a big and pretty house with this much space, with a huge bedroom with lovely bay windows and ducks outside, even if it is old and as contrary to energy efficiency as you can get (hence why I got the bargain). I keep thinking all sentimentally about this place but I can't - it's not my house and never will be, so I need to stop being so attached to it. :(.
So, kind of looking to move into a smaller, cheaper place before the winter. But if I'm going to be living in a little flat, it'd have to be in Southampton, where my business is based. I've tried 'breaking Salisbury' but it's not happened. For the last year or so I've commuted to Southampton every day, and only reason I travel so far from work every day (well, it's a 25 mile commute, which is tiresome but not that bad really; probably 1.5 hours a day) is for this house. I'm not about to live in a shit flat in Salisbury; it's not worth the commute.
So. I'm casually looking for a nice studio, or possibly a 1-bed place that's a bit drab (drab is actually okay by me, the drab places have more flexibility for 'improvements'!) Somewhere that small would have to have high ceilings so I could stick shelves up for book & CD storage (plenty of boroughs of Southampton are rife with converted Victorian townhouses so this isn't a tall order...) and:
- They'll have to accept a dog. Obviously.
- There doesn't have to be a garden necessarily, but at least a private external front door/porch/somewhere I can put a couple of plant pots.
- There has to be a parking space - I'm not necessarily requiring a private shaded spot with bunting and streamers and a personal valet, but definitely not 'permit only' parking - that being one of the other major pissboilers about living in the beautiful Salisbury house! Sick of parking a mile away when I've got a dog, a hoover and a bag of dirty cleaning cloths to drag around all the time.
- It has to be laminated throughout, or at least not have blue carpets. What is with that blue carpet trend, seriously.
But I also know how to compromise. I've lived in a place with no heating for two years ffs. I'm no diva about these things. When I've asked people for their thoughts they just say OBVIOUS things and make want to produce some CAPTAIN OBVIOUS stickers to slap on their foreheads while kicking them in the shins. I KNOW I've got a dog, and I know all the things I'll have to consider. No I don't want to share with someone again, ffs I've already stated what I want, I'm just pondering out loud whether Southampton's a good move, and what you would do if you were me, oh fucksoaiueho9qwghd?
I live in the real world and I'm clever and practical okay thanks PEOPLE SO STOP TALKING TO ME LIKE I'M AN URCHIN.
but please also do tell me exactly what to do please
tl;dr - To Southamp or not to Southamp, that is the question.
Beautiful Salisbury house is expensive and cold, and I'm pretty sure that one more winter here will completely bankrupt me (owing so much from the last epic electric fire burning spree that direct debits will soon be ridiculous). Aaaaaand I'm pretty sure the landlady wants to come back in the next year or so (she's living in France and has hinted to me and Janet next door that she's getting tired of it...)
Anyway, I can't afford a house, full stop. This place was a one-off. Never again will I find such a big and pretty house with this much space, with a huge bedroom with lovely bay windows and ducks outside, even if it is old and as contrary to energy efficiency as you can get (hence why I got the bargain). I keep thinking all sentimentally about this place but I can't - it's not my house and never will be, so I need to stop being so attached to it. :(.
So, kind of looking to move into a smaller, cheaper place before the winter. But if I'm going to be living in a little flat, it'd have to be in Southampton, where my business is based. I've tried 'breaking Salisbury' but it's not happened. For the last year or so I've commuted to Southampton every day, and only reason I travel so far from work every day (well, it's a 25 mile commute, which is tiresome but not that bad really; probably 1.5 hours a day) is for this house. I'm not about to live in a shit flat in Salisbury; it's not worth the commute.
So. I'm casually looking for a nice studio, or possibly a 1-bed place that's a bit drab (drab is actually okay by me, the drab places have more flexibility for 'improvements'!) Somewhere that small would have to have high ceilings so I could stick shelves up for book & CD storage (plenty of boroughs of Southampton are rife with converted Victorian townhouses so this isn't a tall order...) and:
- They'll have to accept a dog. Obviously.
- There doesn't have to be a garden necessarily, but at least a private external front door/porch/somewhere I can put a couple of plant pots.
- There has to be a parking space - I'm not necessarily requiring a private shaded spot with bunting and streamers and a personal valet, but definitely not 'permit only' parking - that being one of the other major pissboilers about living in the beautiful Salisbury house! Sick of parking a mile away when I've got a dog, a hoover and a bag of dirty cleaning cloths to drag around all the time.
- It has to be laminated throughout, or at least not have blue carpets. What is with that blue carpet trend, seriously.
But I also know how to compromise. I've lived in a place with no heating for two years ffs. I'm no diva about these things. When I've asked people for their thoughts they just say OBVIOUS things and make want to produce some CAPTAIN OBVIOUS stickers to slap on their foreheads while kicking them in the shins. I KNOW I've got a dog, and I know all the things I'll have to consider. No I don't want to share with someone again, ffs I've already stated what I want, I'm just pondering out loud whether Southampton's a good move, and what you would do if you were me, oh fucksoaiueho9qwghd?
I live in the real world and I'm clever and practical okay thanks PEOPLE SO STOP TALKING TO ME LIKE I'M AN URCHIN.
but please also do tell me exactly what to do please
tl;dr - To Southamp or not to Southamp, that is the question.
