our place

About a week ago we accidentally found out that our building is being sold. Our landlords never told us this. Tim's brother Andy looked out his window maybe a month or two ago and saw a guy taking pictures of our building. He asked the guy what he was doing, and found out that the pictures were for a real estate website. Andy asked our landlords, but they said that it was just to get the building appraised.

Then another day, there were some people with clip boards walking around the apartments and our landlords said that they were just seeing if they could get our house on the historic registry. Later it turned out that the people were real estate agents, and again they walked around the building whispering to each other, this time with construction guys measuring things. Then there was talk about the pipes and sheet rock and estimates for work that would be done... There was also the guy with headphones and a strange contraption, zooming around the garden plot nextdoor which is also getting sold. He must've been looking for signs of metal piping below the ground which means someone is most likely getting ready to build right next to us. All that means noise, construction, very likely raised rent, and possibly an eviction. But no one has told us what's really happening. This is all based on eavesdropping and watching what's been going on.

Rather than dealing with this instability, Tim and I decided to take the initiative and look for another place to live. I found one on line, on Sunday we went to see it, liked it, and lo and behold, we just got a call from the owner that we got the place! It's the first time we will be renting a house together. And what a cute house it is! I will post a picture and more details about this place soon. We will be moving towards the end of October.