This whole “try to find a house in less than two weeks” thing is really stressful. I think Ryan and I both figured finding a place to rent in Ocala would be like it is in Orlando… a bazillions houses available!
Whenever we’ve looked for places in Orlando we’ve always had a handful of places to choose from and many options.
Well, in Ocala, the pickings are slim.
Our “dream house” was falsely advertised and isn’t available soon. I found another home for rent on craigslist this morning that got our hopes up, until we found out that the couple wants to sell the house and will be showing it all the time and would kick us out if it sold. Bummer.
We keep refreshing HotPads.com, Zillow and craigslist hoping that something new will pop up. One of the things we were so excited about when we thought about moving to Ocala was having a nice home since our current living situation is… mousey.
We’ve discussed moving into temporary housing if we can’t find anything in time, but that would mean moving twice, which we’d really like to avoid. At least it’s an option.
I’m really hoping something pops up SOON. I’m not a fan of living in limbo!
Dinner
Dinner was yummy! Since Ryan and I were a little bummed about our stressful moving situation, we were both in the mood for comfort food.
Pasta!
Another noodle bowl!
This afternoon’s lunch sparked a craving for another noodle bowl, so I made us bowls of Carba Nada pasta with mussels, shredded Brussels sprouts and marinara sauce.
It’s amazing how food can provide real comfort. This warm and cozy pasta dinner definitely made me feel better.
Hoping to get into bed early tonight with a good book. I need some distraction!
See ya in the morning, friends!
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Nothing is better than comfort food.. I had a baked potato with dinner tonight and I thought I had died and gone to comfort food heaven!
Hope you find a place soon!
Hope it all works out for you and Ryan soon! The waiting period is always so nervewrecking.
I’m sure it’ll all work out soon Julie – they always do
I’m so sorry its rough for your right now…I completely understand how stressful that can be, moving on a deadline. Not a good combo!
Thinking of you both and sending lots of support and best wishes – I’m sure everything will all work out, even though it seems challenging at the time. You will prevail! And this too shall pass
That noodle bowl looks DIVINE, I must try some of that carb nada pasta…where do you get that? I’ve never seen or heard of it before. xyx
Moving and looking for new places always sucks…I’m dreading doing it in January. Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys, good luck!!
I hope you guys find something soon! My boyfriend and I are still living in limbo. We thought we’d be able to move into our new apartment last week, but the complex got the dates mixed up and put down that we were moving this coming weekend instead. We had to make several phone calls and live this entire week out of boxes. My poor cat is probably thinking we have suddenly turne into homeless slobs.
Good luck in your search! I’m sorry to hear it’s going so poorly.
I’m sorry that you are having so much trouble finding a place. I totally know how that feels since I was going through the same thing last summer. We actually found a realtor to help us find a place to rent. She would send us listings and set up appointments to go view them. Sometimes a relator might be able to find places that you can’t find by doing an internet search. Have you tried going through a relator?
Good luck! Keep your chin up. You will find a place
I was surprised to read as many comments as I did before seeing someone finally suggest a realtor!! They really do have better access to all the places for sale “off the beaten track” (aka not online!)
In the meantime, fend off those mice and tell them to stay away, you’re in the house hunting zone!
I am sure you have been looking at listings like crazy but incase you wanted to take a look here’s a link. I have no idea if any of this fits your requirements but I thought I’d post anyway
http://www.rentals.com/Florida/Ocala/?page=1
Hi Julie,
I know you are looking for a gym in your new town with Body Pump. My gym has Group Power, which is the same thing as Body Pump, so keep an eye out for that too!
I hope you find a house. I’m sure things will work out how they’re supposed to.
Don’t get too down Julie, I KNOW for a fact that something good is coming your way!!!
Don’t give up hope! Wise words my mother has ben drilling in my head head lately..Jake and I are so stressed about moving too, we we even got a quote on a POD in case we are homeless on our move out date!!
I feel your pain! I had so many issues trying to find a place to rent in Charlotte. Luckily, my place came on the market the day I happened to be in town, and I snatched it up before anyone else could. I guess you just never know what will be posted today, tomorrow, etc! Good luck!
Julie – have you considered working with a real estate agent? When me & my husband moved into our current place we were using Craigslist and had an agent show us to one of her free listing. But then (bait & switch sorta!) she said she had some fee apartments available. The fee was 1 month’s rent, and while it hurt a bit to pay it, we would’ve never found our current place that we LOVE b/c it wasnt on CL. It may be worth the money.
I hope you guys find a place soon! Something will turn up either way.
These things always tend to work out right at the last minute. Fingers crossed for you!
you may want to try sabatticalhomes.com – you might find a nice place in the area!
Julie – Have you tried padmapper.com? It’s based on craigslist but in map form. (Don’t know if that’ll help you, but it would’ve helped me when we moved to DC from OH a couple of years ago!)
I was JUST about to suggest using padmapper.com and saw the person above me suggested it too.
I used padmapper to find my apartment…it helped a lot!
Best of luck…living in limbo really sucks.
Keep your chin up, Julie. Moving is always frustrating. Is Ryan’s company able to help at all?
I used padmapper.com as well! I’m glad other people suggested it. It is a great site. I’m sure y’all will find a place in time! Don’t settle. After your current situation, you deserve something ideal!
I am sure something will turn up soon. It has to right? even if you just rent month to month until you find a house. keeping fingers crossed. Enjoy your weekend!
I feel your pain girl! We’re getting married in march like I told you and have been looking forever for the right price, location, house, etc. lol Beau (My fiance’) is a painter/construction/whatever guy haha so he could take something cheap and make it fab but the location for the right price is hard. You guys will be in my prayers..might help praying for you guys instead of our situation all the time haha let me know if you need help with knowing anything about good/bad locations