So I'm still living in a hotel, me and the cats. Oh joy. One of which is sick.

A couple of weeks ago I posted on the e-bulletin board at work that I was looking for a 2 bedroom house to rent for 6-12 months. Heard nothing...

Last weekend I put a deposit down on a 3 bedroom 1245 sq ft apartment, at the $$$ going rate. I would have, and pay for space, lovely space. No more living cramped. Even if it is for a year. Still waiting for my house in Louisiana to sell, or rent out, silence on that front.

Then yesterday a gal at the office contacted me that she had a 2 bedroom 850 sq ft house, for $400 less per month rent, and it has a large garage. I went to see the house today, and it's pretty cute, but calling that second bedroom a "bedroom" is pretty generous, more like a nursery or a small office; the walk-in closet at my mother's house is bigger.

The gal is in the process of moving out, and there's still a whole bunch of *stuff* that needs to go. My concern is that she wouldn't be cleared out by the time I'm scheduled to move into something. Or maybe knowing she'll have a tenant will get her to get on the ball and hire a local moving company to help her.

One other consideration - the apartment is 15 miles from the office, and I'd be commuting by car. The house is 5.5 miles from the office and I have the choice to van-pool, take public transit - with vouchers means my transit costs are free, or drive in.

So do I go with the spacious apartment, further out, near my new wonderful vet (I have two high maintenance elderly cats) for $400 more per month?

OR do I go with tiny house where much of my stuff (sewing room/needlework things) will have to stay packed for a year or more? And yes, I am subject to cabin fever in small spaces - learned this living in a really tiny cabin one summer where it was nice enough to go outside to escape.

I can afford to pay the mortgage + house rent without dipping into savings if my Louisiana house isn't rented out. Not so sure about paying the extra $400 per month for the larger aparment.

I told the gal I'd give her my decision on monday.
The economical side of me says I should go with the house, but the part that wants space, really wants it's space. I have furniture for a 3 bedroom house (1 doublebed suit, 1 twin bed, and office / sewing room). Ooh, ooh, I could expand easily to a 4 bedroom, anyone want to subsidize me?