#the rental market here is so awful and my accessibility needs are increasing so buying somewhere is beginning to look like my only option | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

trans-cuchulainn · 6 months

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i just booked to view two flats (to buy) (i'm probably not going to buy them) (i would only be co-buying them even if i did bc i can't afford a mortgage) (they're in a good location though it would be way nearer to useful things even if there's still no bus) and they asked me no questions beyond contact details when i called them about a viewing. is that normal. shouldn't they have tried to check i'm serious. i had all my answers prepared re: the finances and they didn't care

#essentially my parents had a flat but they hate being a landlord so they've sold it (subject to contract)#and in terms of what to do with the money etc at their age it makes more sense to co-buy somewhere manageable and accessible with me #and then in future if they get old and decrepit and i want to move north (and particularly if there's only one of them tho i hate that idea #they can live in the smaller accessible house/flat instead of their larger and less manageable house #so i wouldn't be tied to it but also in the meantime only have to contribute like 30k ('only') which is <3 years' rent #since my current house is 950/mo and smaller than the flats we're looking at #the rental market here is so awful and my accessibility needs are increasing so buying somewhere is beginning to look like my only option #bc i can't make changes to my rented house to make it wheelchair accessible (it has a FUCKING SPIRAL STAIRCASE)#so we're looking at ground-floor flats without carpet and i could get a ramp for the front doorstep and stuff #essentially future-proofing for my disabilities is also future-proofing for my parents getting old #the only thing i don't like about these flats is that they don't have a garden #they've got communal gardens which is something. but still nowhere private to hang your pants to dry

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