Yesterday Mette and I learned the plans for the building in which we live. It seems the owner has some extensive alterations in the pipeline and these are so intrusive and annoying that we have decided to push forward our plan to eventually move into the country side. I don't know when this is going to happen, a lot will depend on how the housing market reacts in the next year I think. Denmark has been witness to a sharp rise in house prices for close to six years, ever since we got back from England in fact and waiting for this bubble to burst has been a part of the plan.
Things are looking good (for us) since the market appears to be stablilising now and with luck, prices will start to drop again. We've already decided that our best option is to move to the north of Århus (Mette wants to have a sea view). The biggest problems are compounded by neither of us have a driving license, so that is another bridge we'll now have to cross.
Freja will be better off in the country side. The city is becoming more and more brutal, with ever heavier traffic and all time levels of increased social violence as the advance of 'modernity' devours all before it. She can run about and play without fear and we can also get a dog! I've always wanted a border collie called Laika.
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A house in the countryside by the sea... It sounds like a dream come true, and I can't think of a more lovely atmosphere to raise a child in. :)
...Yeah, but its probably gonna cost more than we can afford...Maybe we an find a house on a hill where you can just about make out the distant sea on the horizon
Good luck with your 'house by the sea', but anywhere near Århus will be horribly expensive.
Even small houses around where we live (Århus commuter zone / ½-hour by car, agricultural / no sea, good schools) aren't cheap.
Housing estates in the small villages are OK, and you get bus / small shops.
Property in the dead zones (such as Mors; beautiful, but no jobs) is dirt cheap.
I don't anticipate a housing bubble bursting, besides, Euro interest rates are on the way up, so what you'll end up paying won't go down anyway.
Mette is talking about Mols!
I think she's dreaming, but we shall see.
She's dreaming.
From Grenå, and around to the North is affordable.
We could pool our resources and make an anglo danish viking wargaming hippy commune with its own server and rifle range...
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...or maybe not
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