Our landlord is selling our house and apparently we are not going to be part of the deal. Wouldn't you want to buy a house with a built in family? I think it would be quite nice. Some sweet old guy who has spent his life matching socks and planting roses needs to spend all that money he invested in Starbucks and buy a huge, beautiful house by the ocean with a cute young couple and an energetic 7 month old son. We'd even keep our cats for him so he can have something warm and fuzzy to brush up against in the middle of the night (ahem).

Back to reality...

D and I just got back from looking at a little basement suite in Fernwood. Fernwood is a cool area of town - apparently one of the oldest. This would explain why the house had so much "character".

Nevertheless, it was nice - three cute little dogs, a beautiful garden instead of perfectly mown grass, a chicken coop in the back...

Unfortunately, the ceilings were 6 ft high! I know D and I are not tall people but we would need helmets for the rest of our friends!

As well, the woman was painting the entire place a very claustrophobic blue. I don't know a whole lot about decor but if you have a very small suite wouldn't you want to paint it a brighter colour in order to open it up? I understand accent walls and all but every single wall a heavy creamy blue ?
There were nice windows though - and a cat door, which would be handy. The previous tenant left her Burmese cat behind in order to save it the moving trauma. Whomever is to rent the place next has to be OK with inheriting a cat. Fernwood is like that. I thought it was very considerate, some cats don't move very well.

Ah well, back to the search.