So, last week Marco decided to sell the house. This means I’ll have to move.
For those of you that aren’t aware, Marco is one of my best friends, who decided to move to Texas about five years ago now. Right before he made that decision, he had bought a house in a rather prestigious part of Hoorn, the town I live in right now. He wanted to keep the house, at least for a little while longer, so that he could return to the Netherlands if things didn’t go according to plan. Made great sense at the time.
I was just out of college and I needed a place to live, so with Marco leaving and still paying the mortgage on the place, and me needing a place to stay, it was quickly decided that I would move into his house, to keep it occupied, to keep an eye on it, and to relieve the financial burden on Marco. It was all supposed to be temporary, but since then, four or so years have passed.
In the meantime I’ve had two housemates, one being my cousin Kim, the other, more recently, being Samantha. Samantha moved out a few months ago, and got a great little apartment on the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam, right across from my work, incidentally. The two of us were basically carrying the brunt of the cost for the house, and Marco was pretty happy having two people that he trusted living in his house and paying off his mortgage for him. When Samantha left, he had to start paying half the mortgage again, and, well, I guess it wasn’t worth it anymore, so he decided to sell the house. I completely agree with his decision, in fact, I have encouraged him to sell a couple of times over the years.
But now I’ll have to find a new place to live. I want to move into the city, simply because my work and friends are here, and here’s where I spend most of my time. The only things I have in Hoorn are my mother and Kung Fu. Despite Moulsari’s objections to my logic in a previous post, I think I’ll free up a significant amount of much needed personal time if I manage to move into the city’s centre somewhere. I’ve asked around, and I’m trying to find a flatmate, simply because with a double income you’ll be able to find a nice place that much sooner.
So far I’ve generated a few leads, non of them very attractive, but hopefully things will pan out once I really start putting some effort in. I’ll keep you posted.
