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Apartment or House? Oct 3, 2021 5:01:24 GMT -5

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Post by Popcorn&Candy on Oct 3, 2021 5:01:24 GMT -5

There is no doubt you should also have a connection with the property before buying it: if you don't feel the love, it does not really matter how practical the property. BUT I still feel there has to be answered questions, as I listed in my previous post.

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Oct 2, 2021 11:34:25 GMT -5 alsr said:

My new construction is an one story of 4 bed/3ba with 2 great rooms, one with my piano and the other one will also serve as my husband's home office, both with fireplace. We will have a large yard that I have an ambitious but simple plan for. Sounds enjoyable but the journey there is very painful. I am hoping we can move in before the end of the year. I should be able to tell in the next two weeks.

Annie it sounds really nice and I am keeping my fingers crossed that you will indeed be able to move in by the end of the year.

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i prefer a (non-HOA) house because i like to make stuff "mine." i modified the crap out of my current apartment but hopefully by the time I move it will have been long enough that it will need remodeling anyway and i can still get my deposit back. I removed the vertical blinds, screen door, shelving in the closet, painted every surface (even the doors and trim), put down concrete stones in the yard etc. i like the freedom to fix stuff myself, too, rather than waiting on the landlord and their repair people.

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Oct 5, 2021 9:57:23 GMT -5 butterstix said:

i prefer a (non-HOA) house because i like to make stuff "mine." i modified the crap out of my current apartment but hopefully by the time I move it will have been long enough that it will need remodeling anyway and i can still get my deposit back. I removed the vertical blinds, screen door, shelving in the closet, painted every surface (even the doors and trim), put down concrete stones in the yard etc. i like the freedom to fix stuff myself, too, rather than waiting on the landlord and their repair people.

I don't blame you. Although an HOA can help if you have some households in the community that just let things go and their property is messy but they often get so restrictive that you can't do somethings that are reasonable or you can't do anything without their approval.

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butterstix Junior Member i am probably procrastinating Posts: 75	Apartment or House? Oct 6, 2021 8:16:08 GMT -5 heatherly and kjay like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by butterstix on Oct 6, 2021 8:16:08 GMT -5 i have considered that side of things but the city already restricts a lot so i don't want to pay extra for someone to tell me what i can't do

heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	Apartment or House? Oct 6, 2021 12:44:53 GMT -5 kjay likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Oct 6, 2021 12:44:53 GMT -5 Yeah. HOAs can be okay, but there's no promise they won't add more to the list one day... and that would not be fun!

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Oct 5, 2021 9:57:23 GMT -5 butterstix said:

i prefer a (non-HOA) house because i like to make stuff "mine." i modified the crap out of my current apartment but hopefully by the time I move it will have been long enough that it will need remodeling anyway and i can still get my deposit back. I removed the vertical blinds, screen door, shelving in the closet, painted every surface (even the doors and trim), put down concrete stones in the yard etc. i like the freedom to fix stuff myself, too, rather than waiting on the landlord and their repair people.

Call me next time you are looking to rent. I might just go back into the rental business.

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Post by butterstix on Oct 17, 2021 20:42:49 GMT -5

well i was planning to move to san diego sometime in the near future so if you have anything downtown at least 450 sq ft and under 1500$ I'll be there. barring thati will probably die in this studio in stupid oc.

alsr Elite Member III Posts: 7,901	Apartment or House? Oct 17, 2021 22:49:37 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by alsr on Oct 17, 2021 22:49:37 GMT -5 The HOA where I live now is $480/month. All they do is mowing the grass in my front lawn and keep the street lights on.

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Oct 18, 2021 5:15:19 GMT -5 kjay said:

Oct 17, 2021 22:49:37 GMT -5 alsr said:

The HOA where I live now is $480/month. All they do is mowing the grass in my front lawn and keep the street lights on.

$480 a month! Mine is $800 a year.

Hmmm.

...and all this time you have been making out that you live in a nice neighbourhood.

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Post by alsr on Oct 18, 2021 22:12:02 GMT -5

I don't like this neighborhood that much to tell the truth, each time the sales person from the sales office told me a neighbor wants to visit me, I was not that thrilled. I make one excuse after another, they are kind of snobbish in my opinion.

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Oct 18, 2021 22:12:02 GMT -5 alsr said:

I don't like this neighborhood that much to tell the truth, each time the sales person from the sales office told me a neighbor wants to visit me, I was not that thrilled. I make one excuse after another, they are kind of snobbish in my opinion.

Neighbours are a very mixed bag. We get on fine with the ones on our left. We say hello, and we have the occasional chat. They are ideal neighbours.

On the right is quite different. We get on very well with them, and often have long chats, and help each other out. But he can be a bit opinionated, and if/when we fall out with him/them it will get awkward. So great neighbours, but with question mark over their qualities.

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Oct 19, 2021 3:02:53 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Oct 18, 2021 22:12:02 GMT -5 alsr said:

I don't like this neighborhood that much to tell the truth, each time the sales person from the sales office told me a neighbor wants to visit me, I was not that thrilled. I make one excuse after another, they are kind of snobbish in my opinion.

Neighbours are a very mixed bag. We get on fine with the ones on our left. We say hello, and we have the occasional chat. They are ideal neighbours.

On the right is quite different. We get on very well with them, and often have long chats, and help each other out. But he can be a bit opinionated, and if/when we fall out with him/them it will get awkward. So great neighbours, but with question mark over their qualities.

Ours are a very mixed bag too but things usually run well. I could live in the middle of nowhere lol. It does make me feel priviledged not to have to live in a terrace house in town with tiny back garden though. Ok for some but I like space.Things could be far worse.

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Oct 19, 2021 3:33:31 GMT -5 jen said:

Oct 19, 2021 3:02:53 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Neighbours are a very mixed bag. We get on fine with the ones on our left. We say hello, and we have the occasional chat. They are ideal neighbours.

On the right is quite different. We get on very well with them, and often have long chats, and help each other out. But he can be a bit opinionated, and if/when we fall out with him/them it will get awkward. So great neighbours, but with question mark over their qualities.

Ours are a very mixed bag too but things usually run well. I could live in the middle of nowhere lol. It does make me feel priviledged not to have to live in a terrace house in town with tiny back garden though. Ok for some but I like space.Things could be far worse.

I had a friend who wanted to live in the middle of nowhere, but with no more than a postage stamp sized garden. lol

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Apartment or House? Oct 19, 2021 4:58:37 GMT -5

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Oct 18, 2021 17:23:06 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Oct 18, 2021 5:15:19 GMT -5 kjay said:

$480 a month! Mine is $800 a year.

Hmmm.

...and all this time you have been making out that you live in a nice neighbourhood.

It is Cherry. Thry keep up the grounds very well.

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Post by heatherly on Oct 19, 2021 9:21:13 GMT -5

All of the noisy and obnoxious people in my entire neighborhood happen to live directly near me lol when I go for walks... it's so quiet and peaceful.

Now it's the season for more fire burning and chimneys, and our one neighbor makes the entire neighborhood stink.. it's hard to be outside for very long without feeling like you're suffocating in a cloud of smoke. I hate it because I really like cooler weather and like to be out in my yard most during those times.. and they ruin my ability to be outside.

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Oct 19, 2021 9:21:13 GMT -5 heatherly said:

All of the noisy and obnoxious people in my entire neighborhood happen to live directly near me lol when I go for walks... it's so quiet and peaceful.

Now it's the season for more fire burning and chimneys, and our one neighbor makes the entire neighborhood stink.. it's hard to be outside for very long without feeling like you're suffocating in a cloud of smoke. I hate it because I really like cooler weather and like to be out in my yard most during those times.. and they ruin my ability to be outside.

Which reminds me, we are heading for firework season.

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Oct 19, 2021 9:21:13 GMT -5 heatherly said:

All of the noisy and obnoxious people in my entire neighborhood happen to live directly near me lol when I go for walks... it's so quiet and peaceful.

Now it's the season for more fire burning and chimneys, and our one neighbor makes the entire neighborhood stink.. it's hard to be outside for very long without feeling like you're suffocating in a cloud of smoke. I hate it because I really like cooler weather and like to be out in my yard most during those times.. and they ruin my ability to be outside.

It's getting rare here now and I do notice when I walk past a house which is burning an old fashioned fire. It used to be a nightmare drying clothes outside years ago. The worst I get is the neighbour's barbeque. It is irritating as I am affected by fumes. The worst are diesel fumes though. If I cross the railway just after a train has passed I can instantly smell the fumes. I avoid walking beside busy roads as much as I can.

alsr Elite Member III Posts: 7,901	Apartment or House? Oct 23, 2021 23:42:47 GMT -5 heatherly and a_muppet like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by alsr on Oct 23, 2021 23:42:47 GMT -5 Fireworks are not allowed in this city where I am now.

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Oct 24, 2021 2:36:43 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Oct 23, 2021 23:42:47 GMT -5 alsr said:

Fireworks are not allowed in this city where I am now.

aka the city of happy dogs.

oh yes, there are dogs everywhere in this city and other animals as well. I saw turkeys walk on my lawn quite often, they look at the construction workers with a daring look.

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Oct 24, 2021 5:27:15 GMT -5 kjay said:

Oct 24, 2021 4:18:28 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Turkeys are such funny looking birds. They always make me smile.

They are dreading next month here in the States...

Now dont say this too loudly but apperently in the UK there is no one to slaughter the Turkeys... Sssh or it could lead to a US turkey refugee rush all claiming asylum in the UK..

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Oct 24, 2021 2:36:43 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

aka the city of happy dogs.

Unfortunately, people still light them off in my neighborhood even though it's illegal in city limits. My neighbors behind me used to be one of the worst offenders. My dogs weren't happy on July 4th or New Year's Eve.

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