Why?! Oh WHY?! Can you not test-live a house? You can spend an hour with a car, drive it around, maybe even keep it overnight to see if you want to spend $40,000. You can taste every meal from a hotel's catering department and never book with them, taking your $15,000 reception elsewhere. But we are expected to tour a house for 30 minutes or less and make a 30 year/several hundred thousand dollar commitment based on that those 30 measly minutes.
Why can't I say, "Hey, I like your house. Before I spend half a mil and eons of heartache and buyers remorse for the next 10 years; could I pay you -let's say $150 a night for the next 4 nights, to test it out?" I want to know how long it takes for the water to get hot; does the floor creak; can I hear every sound between the walls; how weird are the neighbors; what's the traffic like - you know all those really important daily living issues. I want to start a revolution in realty - TEST LIVE YOUR NEXT HOME!
Oh, and by the way, don't ever buy a split foyer. You have to step out for solicitors, guests have to make an instant decision when they come in - up or down; and you can't close the frickin' door while all of this is going on.
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