Housing: Seasonal rentals, AirBNB and leases

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What you need, structurally, is a large bed-sitting room with an en suite, all on one level. My suite downstairs has a floor to ceiling, 6' wide bookshelf unit that separates one part of the large room from the other.
 
Sounds good Bette. Yeah, I do need it all on one level.

I just have fun designing/ daydreaming about places that would be totally impractical for me, too, because the app I use really has (or did when it was all free of charge) endless design options (you can get right down town finite light and shadow details, too, and add every possible home accessory, wall texture, window view, etc.)...and they're all pretty realistic, so it's just fun to play with. Some people on the app site get super creative and create intricate fairytale castles, haunted houses, futuristic space dwellings...everything...and everybody shares design tips and positive feedback. I guess it's technically "gaming" but we're not competing, just creating. :)

Anyway, I might make a new design, but I have to focus on finding a RL place.
 
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Down town in Fredericton is wet and the water's getting higher ...

Good to keep a high position with forethought about Noah's dilemma ... an alternate enigma in the great pool ... ID ears?
 
I've spent a lot of time online the past few days - checking for new ads every few hours because that's the rental climate right now - and I have appointments to first meet a potential roommate who is also apartment hunting, and then to see a suite for rent, for myself (to live by myself). I don't know if either will work out, but I don't want to commit to looking with someone and then take the apartment offered, if that happens. It's touch n' go. And there's still the matter of my knee and not being able to be on it very long to actually go to places - and I feel more self-conscious about whether I look like a liability. I am letting people know I have a disability and/ or, I am looking for a place without stairs (which obvious reasons for would hopefully come to mind). Saturday and Sunday. We'll see. I am anxious.
 
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There is such a wild range of rent prices. No standard. People are just charging whatever they want and it fluctuates by the week. A few decent places are reasonable but get snapped up immediately. I answered some that didn't reply. One that looked good replied with a schpeil about being a missionary in Africa and not being able to contact a realtor in the "States" and therefore needed a bunch of personal info upfront. I flagged it, and was disappointed that it was a fake. I just saw one that was reasonable ($ for "reasonable" right now is getting up around $1000 for bachelors and $1100-1200 for small one bedrooms), and nice (furnished, looked like a bnb suite) but only wanted to rent for one month (with "possible" extension of an extra month). Some are just ok - very basic with outdated carpets and appliances, at $1000 but utilities are not included (those are usually management companies). I don't trust independent landlords/ owners who are charging high rent for one person occupancies, with nothing included, and there are a fair number of those. There was one cottage suite that looked cute outside - I forget how much but it was overpriced, near $1000, and didn't include everything - but it was so small there was a murphy bed blocking the door! Lol. I don't care how cute it looks, that's untenable for more than a couple of hundred a month.
 
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It sounds daunting. What's the mobile home situation in BC? Would it be possible for your family to help you purchase one at an all seasonal place?
 
Can't sleep. No. Nowhere accessible by bus to downtown (work), that I know of, in this city. The only one I have seen is way on the outskirts. My family wouldn't help me with that anyway. They don't want to help me as much as they're doing already, which is giving me a room that I am renting from them - and they don't need rent other than my share of bills covered maybe. They feel, fair enough, that solely based on my age - again, fair enough, they are traditional that way, no matter the circumstance - I moved out at 18 - I should be renting from them, for their inconvenience as long as I am here but none of us wants me to be here. I can accept that, and it gives me some peace of mind that I am paying my own way but asking them to help me buy a mobile home is out of the question. They might, as a last resort, if it were available on short notice, lend me money to buy shares in a co-op that I would pay back, but I won't count on it.
 
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Can't sleep. No. Nowhere accessible by bus to downtown (work), that I know of, in this city. The only one I have seen is way on the outskirts. My family wouldn't help me with that anyway. They don't want to help me as much as they're doing already, which is giving me a room that I am renting from them - and they don't need rent other than my share of bills covered maybe. They feel, fair enough, that solely based on my age - again, fair enough, they are traditional that way, no matter the circumstance - I moved out at 18 - I should be renting from them, for their inconvenience as long as I am here but none of us wants me to be here. I can accept that, and it gives me some peace of mind that I am paying my own way but asking them to help me buy a mobile home is out of the question. They might, as a last resort, if it were available on short notice, lend me money to buy shares in a co-op that I would pay back, but I won't count on it.
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Never hurts to ask....you're already expecting the answer to be no, it could be yes?
 
I don't think it would be practical.

99.999 likely to be no anyway. I know them. They would've suggested ways they could help already or wouldn't be pushing me to move before my knee is healed. Their suggestions involve helping them not me. If I am in bed with my leg up I am lazy, if I re injure it I should've known better. I need to rest it more...the next day, I need to get out more because it stresses them out that I am resting too much while they are finding chores to do. The mere knowledge of my presence, not labouring, is stressful for them. It's untenable...but...They really don't care if I rent $1000 broom closet. I have before (though rent wasn't that high) and they didn't care. As long as it's a roof and it's not theirs, that is their concern...they are not going to pay for a place that would make me happier and more secure. That's my problem.
 
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I don't think it would be practical.

99.999 likely to be no anyway. I know them. They would've suggested ways they could help already or wouldn't be pushing me to move before my knee is healed. Their suggestions involve helping them not me. If I am in bed with my leg up I am lazy, if I re injure it I should've known better. I need to rest it more...the next day, I need to get out more because it stresses them out that I am resting too much while they are finding chores to do. The mere knowledge of my presence, not labouring, is stressful for them. It's untenable...but...They really don't care if I rent $1000 broom closet. I have before (though rent wasn't that high) and they didn't care. As long as it's a roof and it's not theirs, that is their concern...they are not going to pay for a place that would make me happier and more secure. That's my problem.
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What about your Dad?
 
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What about your Dad?
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No. It’s all part of the “not my problem, your problem” ongoing decades long divorce battle to prove something and end up inadvertently turning it into a competition to see who can be the most neglectful or hurtful parent...but I am a grown woman and ideally, I would like to not be reliant on them or caught in this bs ever anymore. it’s why I was so self reliant in Vancouver and didn’t see much of them over the years. I haven’t talked to him in weeks, and he lives 15 minutes away. My stepmom doesn’t want him helping me. He even lectured me several days after the fact about calling him to drive me to the hospital initially - where he kept me company in the ER while she was at home - instead of calling an ambulance and going by myself “like an adult”. I guess I wanted company and thought he was a good person to call. Sorry. I don’t think he really meant that. I think that wasn’t him talking...but anyway, nothing I can do about it.

I am getting a ride to see the place on Sunday, by my stepdad, so that’s good. That’s about as much as I can ask for, is a ride to places sometimes.
 
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Parents paid for my walker last year, and my current leg brace. They have driven me to appointments. But they are not going to pay my way with housing.

As for my knee. New X-rays will be done at my appointment on Wed, but I am not sure this brace has been much better than the last one, especially at night. It comes undone. We’ll see. Hopefully it will be better news.
 
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Neet website showing Cost of Living in various parts of world
Current Cost of Living Index by City
(the website metrics About Cost of Living Indices At This Website )
Cost of living in Victoria, BC
Cost of Living in Victoria

This is insane
Average home price in Victoria surpasses $900,000 for first time

I see Saanich prices r mad as well

Hmm...Get Paid and Make Money Being a Friend and Party
So families r good and helpful...so, how to create a "family"? Uber version of Find a friend? I betcha without looking someone has tried it lol
 
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Inannawhimsey said:
Neet website showing Cost of Living in various parts of world
Current Cost of Living Index by City
(the website metrics About Cost of Living Indices At This Website )
Cost of living in Victoria, BC
Cost of Living in Victoria

This is insane
Average home price in Victoria surpasses $900,000 for first time

I see Saanich prices r mad as well

Hmm...Get Paid and Make Money Being a Friend and Party
So families r good and helpful...so, how to create a "family"? Uber version of Find a friend? I betcha without looking someone has tried it lol
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You are suggesting I rent out my friendship for cash? God, that is the most shallow selfish way to make money I’ve ever heard of. It’s worse than Airbnb :p:oops: :whistle:
 
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