Morning everyone! For me this topic feels very close to my heart because at the moment I would love to give myself a gift: a house, a place to live and settle. It would not just be a gift for me but my partner as well. The reason for this is that we have both found a job in a different part of the Netherlands and thus we have to move. This means finding a place to live and in the Netherlands that is not easy. The market is completely crazy with houses only being on the market for sometimes less then a day and crazy amounts of money being spend. This now leaves us with the paradoxical situation that we both have a decent job, that makes enough money and with a nice savings account, but still we are being outbid and not having had a chance yet, making homelessness in 2 months seem pretty real. So a house is my choice: doesn't have to be big, doesn't have to be pretty. It just has to be there!
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Hope you can sort out the house problem. I know this trouble, have some friends in Netherlands who now have to find another apartment and they said it is not an easy task.
Happy house hunting hope you settle soon, good luck in your new jobs as well.
Thanks so much!
That fits both categories doesn't it?
I'm sitting here with an extension cord across my living room floor to power my computer because I have electrical problems. I'd like to be really pissed, but the truth is the air conditioner works fine (it's going to be 45C today) and I think I've figured out what I need to do to fix the broken circuit. And it's MY place. There's a lot to be said for that.
True having your own place is so valuable. Hope you work out the electricity issue and can keep cool today, because man 45 degrees is hot!
Why not rent for a while? I might rent until the market lets up. While it isn't what you wanted to do, you might be able to pick up a sweet deal if the market crashes.
Haha I already gave up on buying. This is trying to rent. The market for renting is just as horrible here. We got rejected the other day because we responded too late... It had been for rent for 3 hours...
I'm glad you could finally solve that problem
The aircon is of utmost importance in heat like that, running extension should be OK till you get to fix that circuit breaker.
Perhaps an electrician not a bad idea.... just saying we can't always fix everything in life!
Yeahhhhhhh. An Electrician might be the right idea. I can fix it, and I know damn well I can fix it, but the time it will take me with the power completely off is problematic. I can go sit in the Coffee shop until the electrician finishes. I KNOW I can.
I'll know my choice in 24 hours. Monday morning.
Coffee shop sounds like a great option.... or wait for winter to repair on cooler days! Sweltering heat without an AC is problematic!
Electrical stuff could have hair raising events too..., well till Monday 😁
I don't think it'll last til cooler weather, else that's what I'd do. I've pretty much got myself talked into a pro.
😃 Way to go!
Turns out it was a really good choice :) He wired my house into the master switch so he could take out the (obsolete) breaker switch and find one. So all my house circuits are full functioning.
Good morning, although it's almost 5pm here. 😄
I like this self-gift and figure it's a really important one to you, as it would be to all I suppose. You probably don't know this but for the last 20 years I've worked in the property industry and am very familiar with the issue you mention here. In fact, it's the same here in Australia right now although I know it will cool off at some stage. When is the big question.
I really feel your pain as I know many going through it at the moment and with similar situations to you. I suppose all you can do is to keep trying and hope that you get lucky on one of them but I know it's kind of crazy right now.
Thanks for getting involved and I hope Friday finishes up well for you and you have a good weekend.
[Please also feel free to do a post on this week's topic in:THE WEEKENDcommunity as I'll be curating there all weekend.]
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Thanks a lot, yeah we just keep going and hope it works out for us!
I hope so too.
Pretty sure you'd get that home soon. I've always wondered how the bidding system work in other parts of the world
Thanks a lot, let's hope we get it soon!
Fingers crossed 🤞🏾
Gift yourself according to your needs. A house is perfect it can be customized and personalized afterwards accordingly . Hope you get your place soon 😄🖤
Thanks a lot, fingers crossed!
A house is a pretty good gift for sure! That feeling of home is unmatched!
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Thanks a lot!
The real state market went bananas. I hope you can get this gift for yourself and your partner. It is something needed. Hopefully, it won't get to the point where you are kick out to the streets.
Thanks for your reply! We keep looking and coming up with creative solutions so hopefully this will not happen!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for it as well!
Hehehe...but we have many who have the mind of building a very large house and here you are saying just a small house that doesn't look pretty. Although, all human beings with their respective choices.
As an adult living in what's the equivalent of my mom's basement... I'd say i know somewhat how this feels
Yeah it can be tough right now, hang in there and I hope better times will come for you as well!
I believe so.. I believe they will.. by the way what's the economy like in Netherland
And the education as well
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