San Diego Temp House Help!

[StaceyStan]

Help!!  My husband is stationed in San Diego, and my 3 year old daughter and I are in Kansas. Counting boot camp and air school he has been gone for almost 6 months. We are on the waiting list for housing; however it is 0-4 months out for where we can be, and when I called last week we were 80^th in line. (Seems like eternity)  We are considering doing some sort of temporary housing just so we can be together as a family again, but they all seem so expensive. Has anyone or does anyone know of any other options for us?  This would be our first time PCing, and I am going crazy knowing that the ship is in dry dock, and he has all this free time that he could be spending with us. Also, my poor daughter is at the end of her rope with missing her daddy. Any advice or pointers would be amazing!! 

[Jessicay24]

Hi StaceyStan I can't really help you out on this unfortunately...but I am sure someone on here can.  I would be going crazy if I were you just waiting on housing to open up especially with a young child!  I was wondering if you could give me a little insight though.  My fiance is still in A school and will be in San Diego in September (we are getting married when he comes home on leave) but we really want military housing as well.  I cannot follow him until December when I graduate college but I was wondering how the housing process kind of works there.  I have two miniature dachshunds and have noticed having two dogs and moving to San Diego is going to be a pain because between that and his rank and the fact we only need 2 bedrooms, only one place applied to us.  So did you apply for multiple places or a particular one you wanted?  I am just curious because he isn't there yet and I am such a planner into the future and obviously with the Navy this cannot happen much!

Good Luck with everything and hopefully your daughter can see her daddy soon!

 

[StaceyStan]

 

 

I am still sort of new to this as well however this is what I have found out. You can’t apply to housing until he has singed orders form his command or squadron. Then he will go to the housing office and apply for housing, and I believe that if it is only you and he then you only qualify for a one bedroom, but I may be wrong. Make sure you tell them that you have 2 dogs, and because they are smaller dogs more options should be open for you. Our dog is large, so there is only option for us. Make sure he gets a email address through the Navy as soon as possible, that held us up a few days waiting for that to come in. Then he will go to the housing office and apply and get on the list. Sometime the wait is not very long depending on what you are looking for. If we didn’t have a dog we would be able to move right away, but every time I think about getting rid of her I just start to cry.  It really nice at night when I know she will let me know if anything is wrong outside or even with our daughter. They love each other very much, and I can’t bear to take the dog away from my daughter at the same time as her Dad. Hope this helps, let me know if you need anything else!

[Jessicay24]

Thanks for the advice I am not sure if he has a navy email yet I will definitely check on that.  He does have orders and he plans on making the housing office one of his first stops when he gets there so hopefully that will go well ha!  And yeah my dogs are like my babies, I am sure yours is the same to you too, I would be so sad to get rid of them or just one.  Not to mention they get depressed if they are separated from each other!  That is so sweet your dog watches out for you daughter I wouldn't be able to give her up either if that were the case.

[mnsanchez87]

rent a one bedroom, rent one with all utilities and that requires a low deposit. Some apartments out there rent month to month. I say thats your best option. I hope you get everything situated. Im from California not too far from San Diego. I know it's expensive. Thats everywhere in Cali. Enjoy it! I miss it so much it's so beautiful!

[ilovecountry]

I'll be doing the same in 6 months. Currently I'm very close to San Diego but we've been looking into it quite a bit. As sketchy as it may seem, Craigslist has great listings for Coronado (if that's where he's stationed. just assuming.) San Diego BAH is very high and you can find a decent apartment-some even gated with swimming pools, gyms, etc. for a fair price. From all of the advice I've received- it is most wise to forget about using your BAH on base housing in San Diego. It takes too long- and you can find an equivalent if not better priced place to live and have money left over. You're coming to the end of summer tourism in San Diego-- prices will fall dramatically within the next month as spaces free up. Now would be the best time to take advantage. There are month to month leases as well that cover utilities, and even have wifi for free.

[Anti M]

Coronado is one of the MOST expensive areas, and not always a good choice (tourist area,  charming, but no parking).  We just never found what we wanted there, and a month to month lease in SD is very unreliable (my opinion, YMMV).  

My hubby was stationed on North Island (Coronado), and we took a place above Mission Valley (Birdland, almost in Linda Vista)  which allowed cats. Our dog stayed in WV, we could not find a place which allowed dogs of any size which we could afford, and he was an E-6!!!!   Our housing wait was so long, we just stayed put in our rental rather than do a second move ourselves.  Everyone he worked with lived far offbase, like in El Cajon or Santee.

Navy housing in SD is fine if you can get in, but you should stay flexible.

[skell456 (AO wife)]

I was directed to this site which has helped me out a lot   http://www.ahrn.com/   Also consider staying in a hotel.  A lot of them have weekly or monthly rates that are cheaper than a house around there with no other obligations.  Remember that the utilites are included when you stay in a hotel so sometimes it can save money. My 3 year old and I stayed in a hotel while we looked for housing in Pensacola it was actually nice felt like a vacation. LOL  Good Luck We are on our way out there in a few weeks.....Just got orders for the Carl Vinson, but only verbals so it could change who knows