So I had thought about titling this thread something more along the lines of making Lemonade when life hands you lemons and if you decide to read on you will likely see why. Ten days ago someone broke into our house by kicking in the back door. I was out for a rare night out, meeting some old coworkers for a few beers and wings, my wife was home with our two young boys (8 and 3) when this POS decided no one was home and he was going to break in. He rang the doorbell several times but my wife was up on the third floor and didn't hear the chime till it had already rung 3 or 4 times. When she came down to investigate why someone was ringing the bell at 9:30 at night she saw him in the back yard making his way up onto our deck. She ran upstairs and locked the 3yo in his room, he was asleep, and grabbed the 8yo and they locked themselves in his bedroom hiding in a closet. She was on the phone with 911 when he kicked in the back door setting off our alarm, this didn't stop him from going up to our bedroom and taking my wife's jewelry box before fleeing the house.

All I can say is thankfully they were safe and not harmed but sadly the worst thing he took was my wife's sense of security and safety. She is now dealing with PTSD as a result of this and is petrified to be in our house at night despite me being there and our house more secure than it ever was before. So to not make this thread too long she has decided the only thing to do is move out of this neighborhood and to a town 15 minutes away. We could find anything we liked and didn't want to make any quick decisions we would likely regret so we decided to have a house built instead. Problem is they won't start construction till June/July and the house won't be ready to occupy till November. The housing market in the Raleigh/Durham area is smoking hot right now and our house we have now is actually quite nice and could sell in as little as a few days. Because of this and because my wife does not want to spend any more time in this house she went and found us an apartment to rent for the next 6 to 7 months till our house is done. My fear is that the person in the office that handled the renting agreement and setup didn't know if they would allow snakes or not and will have to talk to her boss tomorrow. I'm anticipating bad news here so this is where I'm looking for suggestions on what to do next.

I have 12 BP's in two racks that I really don't want to sell as I've put a fair amount of money in to my animals and was really hoping to do some hobby breeding next year or the year after. I don't really have any people here close enough to me that I would trust with my snakes, plus I know the amount of work that goes into them each day. Granted it's really not much for those of us that love these animals but it would likely be overwhelming to ask a friend to care for 12 snakes for me. Has anyone ever run into a similar situation where they needed temporary housing for their snakes?

Here are the thoughts I've had so far:
#1: I know a reptile shop owner about 2 1/2 hours away who I may be able to see if he can temporarily watch over them for me, I would of course send some $ his way each month for housing and feeding them for me.
#2: See about renting a climate controlled storage unit, if they allows animals, and housing them there till we get moved in.
#3: Seeing if a local breeder would be able to help house them in a manner similar to idea #1.
#4: ???

I'm looking for sincere suggestions on what others have done to ensure the safety of their family, snakes and all.