Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Our real-estate agent decided it's too far to travel to see us, and handed our business over to another, more local outfit. She didn't say that exactly, but I can read between the lines. We're picky :-)
So tonight, we're off to see some more houses - we hope. Also, this weekend. On paper, it's not always easy to whittle down the list of properties available. There's certainly a bunch of them on the market in Guelph for under $200K, but we want certain things, and these are not always searchable on the web. Having a garage is important - unless you like digging your car out of snow in winter, and burning your backside on the seats in summer. So the method we're employing right now is to print off the list of houses in the price range we want, delete those with not enough bedrooms/bathrooms, get rid of those with no garage, and dump the ones that do not have Forced Air Gas heating/Air Conditioning. After that, it's down to locale. Too close to railway lines or next to a school will get a property the chop from our list, as will being too far away from the 401, or right next to any major road. Did I mention we are picky? Updates later on this as we find more properties that we want to look round.
The Leafs are back to winning some games, and the trade deadline has passed, so no more new players until next season. This time round, they have a good depth of experience, some young blood, and a couple of old-timers to help steer the ship. I think they can win the cup this year, after a long drought.
Weather update - brisk and bracing, but dry. Most of the snow is going or gone, getting ready for the next dump which will no doubt be along in a week or two.
So tonight, we're off to see some more houses - we hope. Also, this weekend. On paper, it's not always easy to whittle down the list of properties available. There's certainly a bunch of them on the market in Guelph for under $200K, but we want certain things, and these are not always searchable on the web. Having a garage is important - unless you like digging your car out of snow in winter, and burning your backside on the seats in summer. So the method we're employing right now is to print off the list of houses in the price range we want, delete those with not enough bedrooms/bathrooms, get rid of those with no garage, and dump the ones that do not have Forced Air Gas heating/Air Conditioning. After that, it's down to locale. Too close to railway lines or next to a school will get a property the chop from our list, as will being too far away from the 401, or right next to any major road. Did I mention we are picky? Updates later on this as we find more properties that we want to look round.
The Leafs are back to winning some games, and the trade deadline has passed, so no more new players until next season. This time round, they have a good depth of experience, some young blood, and a couple of old-timers to help steer the ship. I think they can win the cup this year, after a long drought.
Weather update - brisk and bracing, but dry. Most of the snow is going or gone, getting ready for the next dump which will no doubt be along in a week or two.
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