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I suck at picking paint. A good friend at work helped me with the colors I have. I have a friend that is a artist that will help me this time. I think I mentioned that this same friend is redoing my coffee and end tables that I bought specifically for the condo because they are small in size. Her husband did any repairs that were needed first.
So condos are for sale like crazy at the first place. Now 13 in a total of 125. I am sure it’s due to the high jump in association fees. The 2 bedrooms have a fee of 836. Some of them are 1600 sq ft and cost 500k. There’s also a small lawsuit in the building but people can get mortgages because it’s less than 10% of the total building. It’s from a prior commercial tenant on the first floor. Only 2 have sold but not closed yet. I really feel like I dodged a bullet.
My condo fees are $311 per month and that includes extra money for a heated garage. It’s crazy luxurious, that old heated garage. I don’t care about it, but it sure was a big selling point for DH in convincing him to buy this condo. He parked his Mercedes Benz in it where it will sit most of the time.
That’s funny IL. In this climate I don’t care about a garage. We have car ports which keeps the little weather we get off the car. My HOA fees are 373 which includes all utilities except electric and sewer. I even get my a/c included. I was told my electric bill will be about 30/month.
Smallest space we lived in was our cottage up north we loved it packed it all up and moved there in '08 it seems. A chalet with upstairs really not much other than a bedroom and a cat walk with 1/2 bath. I told this story a few times I think, but it was mid life crisis and shuck it all, sell everything and go north and live a real simple life in the middle of "no where". Ok so good learning experience, where you vacation is not where you should live. Isolation is great dream to visit till we lived there! Anyhow so cute and small, but husband still jokes about how he was laying on the bed and could see the other end of the house and the walls were so close! So I think we need a bit of room.
That’s funny biking lady. 2 people definitely need some individual space. Being isolated would suck on a daily basis.
I need to live in a fairly densely populated area. I can enjoy my solitude without living like Ted Kaczynski. Squirrel soup is not, as Iris Lily might say, my jam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
AS we like to say; A place to get away is only good when trying to get away from something.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
First month I remember thinking OMG what did we do? Husband was happy as he could be grating the two track road on his 8N, no internet or cell service. Second month I believe I was adjusting,,,maybe. Husband announced he was Rotting! Third month he was on a plane to NYC and then to Turkey. Me I moved back to from where we came in a home we bought down the road from where we were 3 months before. We had the northern Mi home(s)for 17 years prior so it was not like we had never been there. we actually sold the place and never returned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I will say it was one of the biggest lessons in life we ever had.
I remember when we were looking around for a, at the time, weekend place. The teeny Elsah, IL is the cutest place around and I was jonesing for one of their old stone houses.One day when were there DH looked around and said in his serious voice “ok, but what are you going to DO here?” no restaurants. No commerce. About 35 houses.Quote:
Originally Posted by BikingLady
He brought me Back to earth. See? Sometimes I do really listen to him.
After that, I expanded my search to include a town with many and strong cultural institutions. it is true that tiny Elsa has tiny cultural institutions, is extremely insular and you have to be a native and you have to be a Christian scientist to get your foot in the door.
Hermann is much more lively with a dozen wineries and tourists. The cultural institutions there do rely heavily on families that have been there for 150 years, but that’s fine. I don’t expect to be a queen bee I am very good being a footsoldier in any organization.