This is directed not just at you, in particular, but at whoever is having the same or similar set of concerns and is reading, because it seems like I need to clarify:
I do not need to get a job. I don't think people are understanding this situation accurately.
Grant's job pays really well. We're doing fine as it is. We got behind on our mortgage and it caused a lot of people to assume a lot of things, which is to be expected, because this is the internet. Anyway, as a moving package, his company is paying for us to visit Maryland three times to check the area out and find a house, giving us $5,000 in moving expenses, and adjusting his salary up to compensate for the higher cost of living. That is all their standard relocation package and does not include the promotion and raise he's going to have soon after for the project he's working on that is centered out of Maryland. Additionally, we are currently use to paying over $1,500 per month in gas, tolls, car maintenance, car insurance, and his train fare, and that is going to go down drastically after we're there. We are already budgeting for winter clothes and heating expenses. There are tropical expenses, too, like how we had to pay $15,000 for a new roof when we moved into this house because the codes are so important, and how we have to spend a couple hundred dollars every summer on hurricane supplies, and of course replacement shutters and missed work, not to mention home damage, when one comes through. Fences and decks rot much more rapidly in south Florida, cars and bikes even rust faster!
Almost all of the rentals I've looked at so far say they're fine with pets; Kristin just moved with 4 cats. Additionally, along with Kristin, my sister and father in law are both also currently transitioning to renting (by choice) because they are tired of paying the sky high property taxes and insurance down here (ours is over $10,000 per year), and having to deal with maintenance and repair costs themselves.
We are going to get a chunk of money when we sell our house, to have in the bank and move with, because we owe much less than it's worth (we'll get somewhere between $40 and 80k, after paying the realtor, depending on how much more the market swings up by then - $40 is the minimum we'd profit now, and it's been going up for awhile).
All that said, I am not trying to discount your comment and appreciate your well wishes. And, I hadn't thought of snow tires, so thank you for mentioning that. I am feeling frustrated that I'm getting comments here and questions over on tumblr that range from implying to flat out saying, "You have no idea what moving is like and are so ridiculous!" I realize you're not being rude like that and apologize if you feel attacked, here.
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Re: good luck with your move
Date: 2012-11-22 03:46 am (UTC)I do not need to get a job. I don't think people are understanding this situation accurately.
Grant's job pays really well. We're doing fine as it is. We got behind on our mortgage and it caused a lot of people to assume a lot of things, which is to be expected, because this is the internet. Anyway, as a moving package, his company is paying for us to visit Maryland three times to check the area out and find a house, giving us $5,000 in moving expenses, and adjusting his salary up to compensate for the higher cost of living. That is all their standard relocation package and does not include the promotion and raise he's going to have soon after for the project he's working on that is centered out of Maryland. Additionally, we are currently use to paying over $1,500 per month in gas, tolls, car maintenance, car insurance, and his train fare, and that is going to go down drastically after we're there. We are already budgeting for winter clothes and heating expenses. There are tropical expenses, too, like how we had to pay $15,000 for a new roof when we moved into this house because the codes are so important, and how we have to spend a couple hundred dollars every summer on hurricane supplies, and of course replacement shutters and missed work, not to mention home damage, when one comes through. Fences and decks rot much more rapidly in south Florida, cars and bikes even rust faster!
Almost all of the rentals I've looked at so far say they're fine with pets; Kristin just moved with 4 cats. Additionally, along with Kristin, my sister and father in law are both also currently transitioning to renting (by choice) because they are tired of paying the sky high property taxes and insurance down here (ours is over $10,000 per year), and having to deal with maintenance and repair costs themselves.
We are going to get a chunk of money when we sell our house, to have in the bank and move with, because we owe much less than it's worth (we'll get somewhere between $40 and 80k, after paying the realtor, depending on how much more the market swings up by then - $40 is the minimum we'd profit now, and it's been going up for awhile).
All that said, I am not trying to discount your comment and appreciate your well wishes. And, I hadn't thought of snow tires, so thank you for mentioning that. I am feeling frustrated that I'm getting comments here and questions over on tumblr that range from implying to flat out saying, "You have no idea what moving is like and are so ridiculous!" I realize you're not being rude like that and apologize if you feel attacked, here.