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It has been quite a journey finding a house to rent, that was not scary and was in our price range. Actually this house is stretching our budget to it's limit. But, it has 3 and 1/2 bathrooms! we go from 1 to 3 and 1/2--I have already warned the family that willingness to clean bathrooms will have to increase ALOT.
We are renting this house from Bob and Marilyn White. They have lived in the house for 9 years and moved to Malad to be near her mother, who was in Weston. Sis. Whites mother has passed away and the Whites are ready to move to Boise. All their children, grandkids and greatgrandkids are all in the Boise area. They have had the house up for sale for a while and are now willing to rent, so they can move on with their plans.
We had a very nice, older, one bathroom rental house all set up and I for one, was very grateful to have found it. The date for moving into that house was not set because the people living there now-- are building and they need to finish up drywall and paint. So, we were hoping to be out of here and into there ( a rental house with no one else's stuff in it, and better parking for our cars.)--by Septembers end for sure. So.....since I was not sure we could live with one bathroom for years to come, I mentioned, to a nice sister in our Ward, Sis. Tate, that we would like to be next on the list to rent her brothers rental house( a large family home)--when it comes available again. So, we now know we are looking at moving again at some future unknown time.
Well, Sister Tate went home teaching with her husband to the Whites. The Whites were saying they were very discouraged about their house not selling and that they felt so desperate to live closer to their family, that they might consider renting. Sis. Tate could not wait to tell me the information. We talked to the Whites and settled on a 2 year rental arrangement. Bro. White is quite a business man. We could not afford his first proposal--but he came back with another suggestion the following week. We took Kendal and Aubrey to see the house, so they could help us make the decision--knowing there would not be much extra money if we rented this house. When Dad took the final papers back to the Whites, with us signing yes, we agree with the new terms Bro. White had drawn up--Sis White said "Oh good" ! I think she, especially has been very ready to move to Boise. Since then, Bro. White has asked for our credit report and so far it is still very good.
We don't know when we can move in. The Whites are in Boise this week trying to figure out what they will do next. They want to be gone as much as we want to move in, so we are all hoping for the end of Sept or first part of Oct.
The Whites built a large two car garage ( w/ a 1/2 bath ) and then put a big living area above the garage (with a bathroom). This is what makes the place so much more do-able for us. No child at home now, will get this area as their own room--they will be in the house with us. The area above the garage will be great for any company and a place for the kids to have their friends. The house its self is very nice but does not have very much living area. It has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, a decent kitchen and laundry room. The yard is small and a place to put food storage will be interesting, but possible. So many of the older homes we have seen have "fruit rooms", basically a cool, dark room for food storage. But, this house does not have one.
We are very excited that we don't have to change Wards and that we won't have to move to a bigger place some time in our Malad future.
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