desperately seeking a home

Well we made the flight and the drives (though I was hallucinating by the end of the first day - was kinda fun), picked up the dogs and dropped them off at my dad’s and finally made it to Georgia. All is going well except we have no home :( - but that will take time to find and organize. Luckily we have a room at the TVQ (Temporary Visitors Quarters) on the Kings Bay base - and I have to say - it isn’t to shabby for $30/night.

Today was a busy day. We hit up the Housing office (only got lost twice trying to find it) to see if they have any referrals for the area we want to live in (they don’t). So we took a drive to the area to just look around the area and maybe for a realtor. Liked the area (on a clear drive it is only 20 minutes away from the base) and found a real estate company that seems nice. Got a number of potential places to cruise through the neighborhoods to see if we like them. Talked to the bank about getting a mortgage and need to call a number to get a pre-qualifying value so we have a better idea of how much we can spend. Took a base tour to see some of the base’s services (gas is 2.96 on base) only to find they aren’t many and they are much smaller then we are used to but that is OK since we will primarily getting stuff out in town.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving so everything will be closed. Sounds like a wonderful time to just sit back and relax for the day. Friday is soon enough to run around some more.

3 Responses to desperately seeking a home

  1. Cal Evans :

    Welcome home!

    =C=

  2. Eric :

    Welcome to the slow and calm life of Kings Bay. We came here from Norfolk ourselves last year so I understand what you mean by availability on base. This area has numerous homes for sale and the prices are dropping. In Sugarmill (right off base) in my neighborhood there are no less than 10 homes for sale within 2 blocks from Mary Lee Clark Elementary. One with inground pool, fenced in yard, on a cul-de-sac across from me for instance. Look for the Navy Federal CU and turn down that road, Colerain. Apartments and then homes. Left side is the newer areas of Sugarmill, but on both sides you will find houses of all prices. MLK is a great school if you are in need of one and I can’t complain about St. Marys Middle School either. Either way good luck, and welcome to the area.
    -Eric-

  3. Jeff :

    Hey so what’s it like being back in the mainland now?
    The only things I’ve heard about are ice storms and mass shootings every few weeks…

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