Hunting again ...

We've started looking for appartments again. Somehow we don't seem to ever follow through though. Maybe we are despite everything too comfortable where we are.

We visited one a couple of blocks down our street. I think it could worked, but I've almost been looking too long to be excited about anything anymore. It's bedrooms are very small, but it spreads out on three stories and thus gives a feeling of space. Has views out the windows. Has a big laundry room, garage and parking spaces. But no backyard, however a small patio in the front, to enjoy a drink in the afternoon.

We spotted a couple of houses too, which we are waiting to visit. But I think we have to remain alert if we are ever to find anything. The properties that are even remotely attractive tend to rent out within the week, whereas the ones that suck clutter the housing ads for months, making it harder to seed them out from the decent ones.

We have barely looked outside PB, although we have been up to La Jolla a few times. We really like our area. We have a fairly short commute to work (ok, thirty minutes at rush hour, but only ten minutes when it's optimal), good access to the I5 and the 52 to get out of town and being sort of midway between La Jolla and the center of San Diego, we rarely have more than a ten minutes drive whenever we decide to go out on the town, should it be for downtown, Seaport village, Balboa Park, La Jolla Cove or a restaurant in the village. Wherever we were to move from PB, we would most likely end up with a longer commute and more traffic jams, something C, the country boy, doesn't cope very well with. Then again, our neighbourhood offers a splendid beach, the gorgious Mission Bay and the views of Soledad Mountain.

There's a fairly large market for renting in PB, but somehow we just don't seem to be able to find the right fit. Gosh, and some of the interiors are so ugly you wouldn't believe it. Step back to the seventies decors and the 2 inch wall-to-wall carpets ... (Not to discard everything old, we actually have at our place now the cutest yellow/pistache kitchen counter that must date from the fifties. But we have tiles on the floor, and berber carpets in the rooms.)

Lets say also we're looking for a little bit of privacy, not an easy mission to fulfill in crammed PB, where houses are most often wall to wall, and the frontyard/backyard if any may often measure as little as 10 square feet. And this close to the beach, parking can also be a problem. Actually, thank god we only have one car yet.

So, anyway, we are looking still.