Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20161116194210/@comment-1496755-20170205121128

Oh, I see. I had thought you lived alone, but I understand now. I can only imagine how horrible it is. As my dad likes to say: "The key to family happiness is that every generation lives separately." And I fully agree with this. Since I moved out, I have been happier and I think my folks are a bit happier too (I know they were irritated by me staying up all night or listening to music after midnight).

I wish you best of luck in your search for a home - I know how exhausting it can be. Throughout my own search I saw some really dreadful places. I even felt compelled to go get a rabies shot after visiting one of them - it was so decrepit, dirty and smelly. There were also nice and new places (shiny new furniture too) but in very inconvenient places, in the middle of nowhere. And there was also that one place that was nice and in a good spot too, but tangled in some legal quagmire (mortgage-related stuff), making any attempt to buy very complicated. And a place where the previous owners had done some really stupid modifications. And let's not forget that place smack in the middle of town, across the street from city hall actually, which had some pretty weird structural anomalies (it was built before World War 2) - the floor in one of the rooms was almost shaped like a dome and the bathroom was practically eviscerated.

So yeah - arm yourself with patience. Lots of it. And don't lose hope.