Ngo-2012, mna nomyeni wam sagqiba ekubeni sithathe eli nyathelo lilandelayo kunye-nokutyala imali kwikhaya lokuqala e-Atlanta, Georgia. Besitshatile ngaphezulu kweminyaka emihlanu, kunye nomyeni wam ongaphezulu kwe-avareji amanqaku etyala ka-780 kwakuthetha ukuba siza kuvunywa ngokulula ukuba sibambise. Sasifuna ikhaya kuluhlu lwama- $ 250,000 esinemali mboleko eyi- $ 1,200 ngenyanga esinokuyibuyisa kwiminyaka engama-30.
Sigqibe kwelokuba sijonge kuphela kumakhaya axelwe kwangaphambili kuba lolona khetho lufikelelekayo. Bavakala ngathi yinto enkulu: Babezona zinexabiso eliphantsi kwimarike, oko kuthetha ukuba bendinokulawula intlawulo yenyanga kunye nengeniso yomnye wemisebenzi yam yexeshana ngelo xesha. Sasicinga ukuba singabagqatswa abagqibeleleyo bokusebenza kunye nomthengisi. Sasingenazo izilwanyana zasekhaya, akukho bantwana, akukho bantu baxhomekeke kubo, kwaye akukho misdemeanors yangaphambili yezomthetho yalo naluphi na uhlobo. Kwakungathi sihleliwe.
Kodwa uluhlu olulinganiselweyo lwamakhaya axeliweyo lusothuse: Ukungena kwethu kwindawo, bekukho amakhaya amaninzi aqala kwimarike. Kodwa kuba besifuna kuphela ukujonga ubhengezo kwaye wayefuna ukuhlala ngaphakathi kwendawo ye-metro, kwakungekho zininzi iindlela ezikhoyo. Ukongeza, besikhangela ikhaya elingena-frills: akukho sitiya sikhulu, eyadini, kwigumbi eliphezulu, okanye kwigumbi elingaphantsi. Kwakukho amakhaya ambalwa okuqala kwimarike ahlangabezana nazo ezi mfuno, kodwa azikho ezininzi ezazichaziwe. Ngokwenyani kuye kwafuneka ukuba samkele ukuba amakhaya ethu aya kuba nezinto ezithile ezihlekisayo ukuze bafumane ulwakhiwo esiluthandayo.
Emva kokunyenyiswa, safumana ikhaya elinye losapho esilithandayo elinomgangatho ongaphantsi ogqityiweyo kunye namagumbi okulala amathathu-konke kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali. Yayiyinto yokuxelwa kwangaphambili, okuthetha ukuba abaniniyo babefumene isaziso sokuba indlu yabo iza kungena kungekudala.
Kodwa kwakhona, kukho ezinye izinto ezothusayo kuthi. Amakhaya aya ekuhluthweni xa abanini besilela kwintlawulo yemboleko yabo. Kuba abanini banxitywe imali, ngamanye amaxesha kuguqulela ukuba iipropathi azigcinwanga kakuhle (kunokwenzeka ukuba bahlawule nayiphi na imali eyongezelelweyo kwintlawulo yokubambisa, hayi ukulungiswa). Oku kuthetha ukuba amakhaya axeliweyo ahlala efuna ukulungiswa kancinci-ngaphakathi nangaphandle-nje ukuba afunyenwe ngumnini omtsha.
Sasicinga ukuba ilungile, kodwa kungekudala kwacaca ukuba sityeshele izinto ezimbalwa kamva ezaye zacaca gca ukuba singazihoyi.
Utyelelo ngalunye, siqaphele imikrwelo engaphezulu emgangathweni, imidonga eludongeni, kunye neethayile zekhitshi ezingekhoyo kunye neebhanti zomnyango. Kwakukho umonakalo wesakhiwo esingaboniyo, nokuba. Isibetho esikhulu sifikile xa ukuhlolwa kwekhaya kutyhile ukuba siya kufuna ukulungisa uphahla. Iya kuxabisa i-5,000 yeedola kwanangaphambi kokuba sifudukele ekhayeni- indleko ebesingazilungiselelanga kwaphela. Kwakuyindleko umthengisi wearhente yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba wayengenakuqikelela-kwaye khange akhankanywe ngabaniniyo kwiinkcukacha zokubhengezwa.
Oku kuzisa kumxholo wabanini. Khange ndiqonde ukuba imeko inzima kangakanani kubo. Siya kulithenga ngqo eli khaya kubanini bamakhaya bangoku- hayi ebhankini- phambi kokuba ligqitywe ngokusemthethweni. Ngokusisiseko, singathatha ubambiso kubo. Konke oku kukhokelela ekubeni ujongane nabanini bangoku ngaphezulu kwesiqhelo. Babekho xa siqala ukutyelela ipropathi. Babelapho okokugqibela sijonga ekhayeni xa sasicelwa ukuba sihambe. Kwakunzima ngokweemvakalelo kubaniniyo.
Ndiyakuqonda ngokupheleleyo oku: Bajongana nokuphulukana namakhaya abo ngenxa yokuba bengakwazanga ukwenza iintlawulo. Inokuba lixesha loxinzelelo kunye neemvakalelo. Kumele ukuba kubenzima ukuba abathengi abaza kungena bajonge ekhayeni lakho xa ukuyibeka kwintengiso akuyonyani. Nangona besiphakathi kwamalungelo ethu asemthethweni njengabathengi abafuna ukubakho, kuye kwafuneka sishiye ukuhlonipha iminqweno yabo njengabaqeshi abakhoyo ngoku. Kamva kuloo veki, safumanisa ukuba abaniniyo bagqibe kwelokuba abazukuthengisa.
Sasisazi ukuba alizukubakho elinye ikhaya kwintengiso yeli xabiso, ke sagqiba kwelokuba siphelise umnqweno wethu wokuba ngabanini bamakhaya kwangoko nangoko. Sigqibele saya eLos Angeles, apho ngoku siqesha indawo yokuhlala eHollywood… ngaphezulu kwendlela ebesinokuhlawula ngayo indlu exeliweyo.
