We feel your pain..Just went through the same thing looking at lots of crap holes every weekend for about a month. In the end we found a good place and it can be done so don’t give up hope. At one time, just to ease the tension in the car after a particularly hideous rental hunting weekend my husband actually suggested we BUY a place – we all burst out laughing in the car! When compared to buying right now, looking at crappy rentals was actually a preferred option!
Most landlords are on the crack pipe right now because it’s summer and they seem to think they can rent anything to people with kids who want to get settled before school starts – don’t get caught up in the drama if you can help it. My very un-professional opinion having only been a renter for a year now is that in a few weeks people will become more reasonable.
For what it’s worth we’re leaving our Scripps Ranch home for another one without a pool – I can put you in touch with our landlord/property manager if you want to check out this place. It will be available 9/1 – at least that’s when we’ll be out and have had the cleaning companies in to clean and do carpets. You can e-mail me at ourdoublewide at yahoo dot com and I can give you more info. as I do not believe she has listed it yet since we just gave notice yesterday.
