I'm moving to my first house today.

Walking Man

Walking Man

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Actually it's a condo. I have mixed feelings about owning a condo......
but right now, since I'm in school at night, it's probably the best thing.
So, wish me luck, let's hope my cat and her dog gets along.
 
The animals will reach an understanding, with moderate attention on your part.

The humans, well.... that's tougher.

Best wishes in all the relationships.


Kis
 
Way to go.....having a yard is great....until you get these darn chigger bites all over your legs from just mowing the lawn.....:mad:


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Good luck on the new home. I know when there was a cat and dog living in my home, the cat really hated the dog when people were around, but if you stepped very quietly, and snuck up on the two, youd find them snuggled up together sleeping. But of course as soon as your presence was known the cat would get up hiss at the dog, and amble away only to return as soon as he thought you had left the room again.
 
Congrats on your new hme WM!:D There is nothing like being a homeowner!

One of these days a Condo might appeal to Barb and me but we're both gonna have to get older and feebler in order to be ready for one.
It still chaps my ass too see Barb out mowing the damned lawn and the 50 foot easement behind our back fence but I'm hoping I'll be able to help her once I get to walking better.
With a condo we wouldn't have that problem, but we also wouldn't have it if we move in with our daughter that's making a place for us.:D
 
Congrats on the house! Now time to start building a shop. :D
 
I could never understand the concept of "owning" a condo. To me it seems the same as renting an apartment with some legal and tax differences.

"Owning" a home means to me that it's mine. I can do what I want with it. I can modify it, I can move it, or I can even tear it down if I want. I can dig up the lawn and make it all garden, and I can put up a shop or storage shed in the backyard.

But, with a condo, you can't do any of those things because you are sharing it with other people. You may own your apartment, but all you can do is live in it according to the conditions and rules of the condo association.
 
In a few years when you have an asset with some serious equity, thats when you can really appreciate the difference.


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houses are a luxury in my part of the world. a 30 year old 1500 sq foot home will run you about 400K.
 
Ben Arown-Awile said:
"Owning" a home means to me that it's mine. I can do what I want with it. I can modify it, I can move it, or I can even tear it down if I want. I can dig up the lawn and make it all garden, and I can put up a shop or storage shed in the backyard.
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You can still pretty much do whatever you want to do on the inside, like tear down walls, etc. Most people with home never add rooms on the outside anyway. And as far as the outside goes, yeah, we're paying some fees for the law to be maintained, BUT, right now, I'm in school, and my finacee is planning to go to school, so my time is very limited. Condos are also perfect for hard working people who work long hours who need their home time to be relaxation time. Most of these people don't even time to think about replacing the carpet.
 
Walking Man said:
BUT, right now, I'm in school, and my finacee is planning to go to school, so my time is very limited.

Condos are also perfect for hard working people who work long hours who need their home time to be relaxation time.
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Yep, can't argue with that.
Barb has a sister who lives in a condo that was bought by her now deceased mother-in-law. She and her husband was taking care of his mother and a condo was the pefect solution for them as his mother was in her 90's and needed full time care. Then her husband walked West and it was even a better solution for them as they didn't have any worries about the extremities of the building.
The mother lived to be 102 years before she walked West a few years back. She left the condo to Barb's sister for being such a good caretaker.
Now it's the perfect solution for a widowed lady in her late 60's that's retired and doesn't have to worry about building maintenance, security and all the other things that come with owning a single family dwelling.
Different strokes for different folks.:)
 
Only Condo owner I know is a old (and slightly insane, but in a good way) friend who smiled and nodded when everyone told her she was crazy to take her half of the sale of assets in her divorce and buy a one bedroom condo in a huge building downtown in Chicago. The building wasn't even completely finished, but she'd had enough of "suburban living" for several lifetimes.

In past years I've visited her and watched the planes fly BELOW us at the Chicago Air show!.

How old IS the John Hancock building, anyway? :D


(Talk about appreciating in value!)

The life style is not for me, obviously, but she's where she wants to be.


Kis
 
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