(((((Mindfull))))) One thing to remember.... whatever you decide right now doesn't have to be permanent. In fact, I think it would be better to keep your flexibility for a while, unless you are sure.
True, if you can rent a place or sign a short-term lease (6 months or a year) that might be a good plan. In my case I knew once we got back 'home' I'd stay here indefinitely, so I bought a house. Plus there are no good rentals in my little town, just crappy foreclosures they rent cause no one will buy them!
That's true, you know your area so you would know which properties are likely to have good resale...
In my case I knew it was win-win because the house I bought is .2 miles from the PreK-2nd grade building, and .1 miles from the Middle School. Plus it had a good-sized, but non-landscaped yard. It was so much easier to have a garden co. put in new landscaping when there was nothing to take out! So I know if I do decide to move it won't be that hard to sell...
Don't even talk about landscaping. I have no vision or even know what plant is what. I'm always asking myself, "Is that supposed to be there or is it a weed?". I have no idea what to do with the yard, especially if I have the sell.
I'm more of a just mow here and don't mow there kind of guy. And sometimes I'm not so good about the second thing.
I hear ya on the plant vs. weed debate! I've been watching something grow in the flower bed around my mailbox for about a week now that I can't identify. I would hate to just pull it if it's seeds that have just finally germinated!! LOL
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
Don't even talk about landscaping. I have no vision or even know what plant is what. I'm always asking myself, "Is that supposed to be there or is it a weed?". I have no idea what to do with the yard, especially if I have the sell.
I'm more of a just mow here and don't mow there kind of guy. And sometimes I'm not so good about the second thing.
--Fergie
Ferg - Seriously...? You have a fault? SHOCK! I think we need to talk about this...
Me-46, D-21, S15, S13
After many years w/my head in the sand... I FILED Divorced 6/2011
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
A)I know what I like B)I know how to call people who DO know!
I knew the area of the yard I wanted landscaped, I knew how I wanted it to look, and I knew I wanted to attract birds and butterflies. I also typed up a list of the plants/flowers I KNEW I wanted (white daisies, purple salvia, butterfly bushes, black-eyed susans, etc).
Then I looked up garden centers in our area and called up a family-owned place where we always get our Chrismtas tree. The owner himself came down, spent 20 minutes looking and listening, and had a plan. Of course he measured and did other technical stuff after that... One week later he had a blueprint drawn up. It had a ton of extra things I hadn't thought of, I kept some and crossed some out. Then they installed it, and I just have to do upkeep now (watering, weeding, replacing stuff that dies). Long story I know but it looks so much better now!
Of course if you are not keeping your current place I probably would not bother. If you are, I will say that extra landscaping also eqauls LESS GRASS to mow!
One week later he had a blueprint drawn up. It had a ton of extra things I hadn't thought of, I kept some and crossed some out. Then they installed it, and I just have to do upkeep now (watering, weeding, replacing stuff that dies). Long story I know but it looks so much better now!