This coming weekend we are moving …

from our bedroom in the parents’ house to a tiny studio guest house at someone else’s house.

Michelle decided for a few different reasons that ultimately she did not want to move to California …. so we started looking for a 1bdrom apartment just for us.

Some of you may be wondering why we’re not buying a house – especially because that is pretty much all I ever talk/think about – and trust me, we’ve thought about it.

But – really – in California, the budget is a wreck, cuts are being made, unemployment is soaring (11+%). All these things add up to house prices definitely not stabilizing and probably still dropping in the coming year+.

With all these factors, it doesn’t really make sense to buy a house just yet.

So the plan is to live in this new place for about a year, and start house-shopping next spring.

Any thoughts?

There will be a more in-depth post when we actually move, so you can see where we will living, don’t worry.

To get an idea of the neighborhood – here is the house. Our guest house/room is the front left part of the building. You can kind of get an idea from this aerial view.

But I’ll tell you this: it is small. Small. Small. But the pros outweigh the cons. Big time.

The biggest pros are closer to work (by about half), cheap cheap cheap (<$1000 including ALL utilities - even internet and cable), and (#1 for me) .... living in this tiny place will make moving into a house that much more special.

I can’t wait.