Brotherly closeness?
I just heard my brother has been offered a house in my street. The way things work here is that you enrol for a rental house with a housing agency and they go down a list of people. Kind of like organ donation, at the top of the list you get first pick but you have to register what houses you are interested in the whole time you are enrolled.
Because you don't know how far up the list you are you never know what house you get a serious chance at. In this case my brother was already renting from this agency but they are planning to remodel and raise the rent so he had to leave his flat. That obligated them to find him a house fast and it gave him a faster trip up the list I think.
He had been offered a house in another street near here already but he didn't like it, this current house he loved. It's green since last year and I think not everyone would be as enthousiastic. The color is perfect for his tastes though, he is crazy about '70 stuff.
Having my brother live on my street will have benefits and drawbacks. I think it will at least allow me to help him out with things and I'll be able to keep an eye on him. That part he will not like but I'd rather show up at his door with a box of canned beans than have him at my door at the end of the month because he spend all his money and has no food. If I give him survival packets it's cheaper and he has no excuses.
Part of my plan is also to teach him really cheap recipes and how to stock his pantry at the beginning of the month (when he still has money). Non perishables for teh win! He wants to get cats but I am not going to encourage that until I think he has the money left over to afford that. A balance of -20 at the end of the month doesn't leave room for any of the things he wants, like Internet and pets.
Did I mention he got back together with his girlfriend? They are fighting like old times...*smirk* But she has a better handle on him than I do so she will help curb his decorating tastes into something less psychedelic. Not that she doesn't like the same things but she is more inclined to know it looks better on one wall than 4. I really appreciate that.
I just hope he manages to keep the neighbours happy and he doesn't end up overloading them with loud music and potsmoke when he has his friends over. But other than warn him there is nothing I can do about that.
How this all plays out is going to be very interesting though.
~Iflie
Because you don't know how far up the list you are you never know what house you get a serious chance at. In this case my brother was already renting from this agency but they are planning to remodel and raise the rent so he had to leave his flat. That obligated them to find him a house fast and it gave him a faster trip up the list I think.
He had been offered a house in another street near here already but he didn't like it, this current house he loved. It's green since last year and I think not everyone would be as enthousiastic. The color is perfect for his tastes though, he is crazy about '70 stuff.
Having my brother live on my street will have benefits and drawbacks. I think it will at least allow me to help him out with things and I'll be able to keep an eye on him. That part he will not like but I'd rather show up at his door with a box of canned beans than have him at my door at the end of the month because he spend all his money and has no food. If I give him survival packets it's cheaper and he has no excuses.
Part of my plan is also to teach him really cheap recipes and how to stock his pantry at the beginning of the month (when he still has money). Non perishables for teh win! He wants to get cats but I am not going to encourage that until I think he has the money left over to afford that. A balance of -20 at the end of the month doesn't leave room for any of the things he wants, like Internet and pets.
Did I mention he got back together with his girlfriend? They are fighting like old times...*smirk* But she has a better handle on him than I do so she will help curb his decorating tastes into something less psychedelic. Not that she doesn't like the same things but she is more inclined to know it looks better on one wall than 4. I really appreciate that.
I just hope he manages to keep the neighbours happy and he doesn't end up overloading them with loud music and potsmoke when he has his friends over. But other than warn him there is nothing I can do about that.
How this all plays out is going to be very interesting though.
~Iflie