Being homeless is no fun. Okay not really homeless. But, close enough. We've had a call into the housing office for a few days to see if there was a chance we could get into our place a little earlier than 31 July. So today we went over to the housing office on Bolling AFB to sign some paperwork to get into our house and inquire about an answer to our question. Unfortunately they told us the place just wasn't ready and there was no way to get in earlier.
So. On to our next question. Because Drew and I have been discussing plans for our furniture (we know we'll have to scale back on what we've got...we're trying to work out what we want to keep, sell or store), we asked the lady at housing if we would be able to get into the house or one similar to actually see how big (or little) the rooms are. It's peak PCS season, so we know they're super busy, but it never hurts to ask. The lady sent us over to a house that was supposed to be open for a family moving in later that day. So, we packed up the kids and headed over to see the house. Bummer #2. The house was locked. But as we were heading out of the housing subdivision, Drew got a call from the lady at the housing office who asked us to meet her at another address. They had been going through their records and found a house (same layout) who's potential residents had not gotten back with housing in the set time. This house was move-in ready. We were thrilled as we pulled up to the house, walked inside, looked around and realized that we have a really good view of the Potomac River from our Master bedroom and our deck! We can easily view downtown Washington from off to the right and Old Town Alexandria off to the left!
The irony of the whole thing is, just yesterday as we were driving along the Potomac to Mt. Vernon we saw a HUGE house for sale along the river and joked about why our realtor didn't take us to see that house. Surely a mere couple million dollar house could be worked down to our $375,000 cap. Yes? And now, we really can say we have a house on the Potomac! Looks like we'll be moving in sometime next week (provided we can get our stuff delivered!). Wahoo! There's a light at the end of this tunnel! What can I say? We were just in the right place and the right time.
13 years ago
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YAY! Hey just to let you know, I was telling my husband about your housing situation yesterday. He said it would probably be worlds better for you guys, especially Drew, to live on base because of the commute. Traffic stinks around here all the time, especially 295 during rush hour. If he has to go to the pentagon he will still have that problem, but at least if he works on Bolling he won't have to worry about it!
So happy for you guys, Jess! :) That's awesome. I hope you get your stuff soon...we get our UAB's next week but our HHGs won't be here until August. Aaack. Thank goodness for the LC at the AFRC...:P
lol, only military people would have any clue as to what she said.
So happy to hear you're back in the area..hope to see you again someday soon!! Hope you get settled soon!! ;)
Hey old friend! Welcome back to the states! My little bro was just called to the Washington DC North Mission. Does that include you? E-mail me please. I don't think I have your e-mail and i have some news and q's that are hard to cover by blog.
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