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Feb. 21st, 2012 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danuvWe have to move next summer. The high school Rhiannon would be moving into is ranked like 375/399... in Georgia. So it's possibly one of the worst high schools in the country. Whee. The neighbors are working hard to improve it but I don't think it's going to make dramatic improvements that quickly. On top of that we really need a yard for Jack and Thomas loathes having to haul all of the groceries up to our third floor kitchen. Can't say I blame him.
So our intention had been to move somewhere to Marietta (*cry*) or possibly Decatur (if we could find something reasonably priced) and rent for a few years and then maybe buy but as I was thinking about it last week the less I wanted to deal with moving again, ever. If we put our tax refund with Thomas's bonus and save up a bit more I think we'd have more than enough for what I'm reading is a fairly normal downpayment % these days for a house in the general price range I'm considering. And when I looked up our credit score it wasn't nearly as terrifying as I expected it to be. I think if we work on improving it over the next year we should be in pretty good shape by house hunting time.
The idea though is terrifying. Roots, man. Roots. And roots in suburbia. While I'll keep it on my list, I doubt we'll find what we need in Decatur. It's possible but unlikely. The only decent school districts for high schools in town are incredi-fucking-expensive or at least out of our one salary range. So yeah that makes me sad but really it's not like I leave the house to ever take advantage of living intown and some of the districts near Marietta are actually pretty close to Thomas's job (the city there also being well out of our price range) and the schools are great (most of them).
I think it's good though that I'm giving myself plenty of time to get used to the idea, get over my terror of home ownership and educate myself.
So our intention had been to move somewhere to Marietta (*cry*) or possibly Decatur (if we could find something reasonably priced) and rent for a few years and then maybe buy but as I was thinking about it last week the less I wanted to deal with moving again, ever. If we put our tax refund with Thomas's bonus and save up a bit more I think we'd have more than enough for what I'm reading is a fairly normal downpayment % these days for a house in the general price range I'm considering. And when I looked up our credit score it wasn't nearly as terrifying as I expected it to be. I think if we work on improving it over the next year we should be in pretty good shape by house hunting time.
The idea though is terrifying. Roots, man. Roots. And roots in suburbia. While I'll keep it on my list, I doubt we'll find what we need in Decatur. It's possible but unlikely. The only decent school districts for high schools in town are incredi-fucking-expensive or at least out of our one salary range. So yeah that makes me sad but really it's not like I leave the house to ever take advantage of living intown and some of the districts near Marietta are actually pretty close to Thomas's job (the city there also being well out of our price range) and the schools are great (most of them).
I think it's good though that I'm giving myself plenty of time to get used to the idea, get over my terror of home ownership and educate myself.
