Thursday, November 19, 2009

Housing at Mcguire

We were under the impression that where MIGHT be base housing for us when we arrived to McGuire AFB. I don't know if it was wishful thinking or if we were slightly mislead. But, either way we do not have a house and we probably will not get one until May. The United Communities lady actually told us they have not even started to build the houses we qualify for. (you ever end a sentence with a preposition and you know you should but you do anyways??)We were warned that this might be the case, we were just hoping that something would be available. Actually, something did become available but it was a Junior enlisted house. We chose to turn it down and instead wait until officer housing was ready. In the mean time, we are staying in a fully furnished extended stay. The housing office has taken several quadplexes and offered them to the people who choose to wait for houses. They cost the same as BAH but the commute is all of 5 minutes! We looked at buying or renting a house but for the quality of housing, safety of the community and length of commute....it just didn't make sense for us. So, for another 3-5 years we are happy to be living on base!

2 comments:

The Korsmo's said...

Yeah!!! Those are pretty nice TLF's! I love living on base, so I'm glad to hear you are holding out for the primo, brand new officer housing...should be a beaut considering what these look like! How is mommyhood these days? Getting caught up on some sleep yet? Hopefully you've been enjoying being around friends again...wish I could be there with you and Beth...but I may see y'all first week of February when we pass through to go to Germany!!! I'll keep ya' posted :)

Cris said...

Love it!! Are you already thinking of colors and how you will decorate your house when you get it? I kept looking for Charlie glad he was tucked away resting in the closet. :) Joni kept asking where you were..she was excited to see a glimpse of you in the mirror when you scanned the bathroom. Glad yall are there and safe and so glad we got to talk the other day! Loving all your new blog and LOVE LOVE the pic on the top of your blog page..that should be a huge pic hanging somewhere! Love and miss yall!