I hate renting

We live in a house in Huntington that we rent - we cannot afford to buy a house at all. DH is divorced with 2 kids that he pays child support for, mom lives in the house, and now he is currently out of work - he works part time and does some things here and there to make ends meet, and I have a very good job, but we are not doing too great financially (the PG, although a wonderful event - was an unplanned surprise)

We rent a 2 bedroom house in Huntington and we love the area, but our landlord just told us - after we got home from our 1st dr. appt - that he is looking to move back in around April - long story, but this is what it is. He is sympatheic and said we may have til the end of the summer, but the baby is due in April!

we may have to start looking after xmas - I dont know what will be harder - moving when PG, pr moving with a young infant - also, I am so worried about being able to find a place in an ideal location (meaning - not all the way out East) - but closer to the Huntington area. We will need 3 bedrooms now, plus we have a cat.

DH had a tough time finding a 1 bdrm apt to rent when he went looking with his daughters - who will rent to a whole family?



I know I shouldnt worry, but I am - its a terrible feeling to not know where we are going to be living with our new baby... We have lived in the house we are at for about 2 or 3 years at this point....

Any advice?

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Tough one, huh?

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IMO, I would look before the baby comes. This way you can be somewhat settled when the baby arrives.

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I agree, look before the baby comes. It will be so hard to tote around a newborn. I would move asap even though you love ur place.

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It's not impossible, I would just say start looking early and then pace yourself with the packing.

Our pg was unplanned also and decided to buy a house when our lease was up. I was 5 months pg when we moved. I started doing some light packing 3-4 weeks before the actual move. I packed the stuff DH moved the boxes. We hired mover who did the big stuff.

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I would start looking now!

Look on craigslist and in the paper for the non-fee apartments- I've had a lot of success and haven't had to pay a fee in years.

(we rent too)

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I would start looking now. It's time-consuming and you'll have more time to do it now than later on.

Try Craigslist if you haven't already. We found our apartment on CL last year and are quite pleased with it although some days I wish we had a yard. We are going to stay put though since they let our dog live there.

Best of luck!

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i agree - start looking asap!!!

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why dont you look at complexes vs peoples houses. I found that many of my phone calls were "No kids allowed" type situations. I just moved to sayville. Look in the paper. There are still many places out there. Also maybe put a post on NFR looking for 2 bdrm. there are so many people over there. Someone is bound to know somebody. Good Luck!

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I can relate to what you are going through! We just moved 2 months ago ( i am due in 2 weeks) and it was hard not knowing where we'd end up, what we could afford...we certainly couldn't afford to buy right now...and we were in a small 1 bedroom ..

Craigslist was the savior. I started posting actually on the boards a few months prior to us needing to move...people replied with places and we visited what we could, when we could. Finally we found a great 3 bedroom for LESS than we were spending on the 1 bedroom (we live in virginia though, right near DC). I would start there...and post as many specifics as you can as to what you want-good luck to you, something WILL come along, it just may take seeing a few places first!

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Thanks for all your responses ladies - I know this is not an easy one!!!

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I would look now too.

Most apt. renters do not want kids in them. I know, it stinks in your situation but if someone is renting our part of their house all they are thinking about is the soon-to-be three kids and the two of you.

With the housing market softening there are a lot of houses that are not selling and are now going up for rentals instead. Not sure if this would be a great solution because they could also still want to sell.

It seems like a house rental would be the best solution for you.

Are you limited to certain areas due to kids his?

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HD and I found a great rental on Craig's List and moved when I was 35 weeks pregnant. Now that I have a 9 week old I think it was better to move while pregnant rather than with an infant. Good luck.

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I was about 25 weeks pregnant when I moved, and then moved again when the baby was 3 months old. It is really difficult but I was lucky to have a lot of help from friends and family.

I say start looking now -- and if you can move in before the baby is born even better, since that move was easier for me (but mostly because every one else did the heavy lifting!)

Good luck!

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I think you start looking now. As you get further along it will be harder to pack and move.

I can understand an apartment landlord saying no kids, but when renting a whole house I would think many landlords would allow kids.

Good Luck!