[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Owning a home
- From: "Julie & Miss Mercy, avon representative" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:22:18 -0400
Oh, my God! Linda, if that had happened to me, I would have had a heart
attack, I'm almost positive! Wow! That had to have been terrifying! Take
care.
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leads to self-destruction. Pure safety leads to stagnation. In between lies
survival and progress.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Owning a home
Hi, Laura. I live in a condo that has an entrance that leads into a hallway
before I get to my door. This is wonderful because neighbors are right
across the hall and beside me if I need anything. I once lived in an
apartment with a private entrance in Houston, and it got broken into
twice--once while I was home and once while I was not. On the occasion when
I hadn't been home, I walked in the door and opened the hall closet to hang
up my jacket, and a man jumped out of the closet at me! Luckily he was
looking for a former tenant there, but I vowed never to live in a place with
a private entrance again. With private entrances, neighbors are unaware of
what is happening at other people's doors and are not as easily accessible.
Also, every bit of outside maintenance is taken care of for me from
landscaping to shoveling snow to replacing screens on high windows. I only
have the responsibility of everything inside my own condo. The fees can get
expensive, but it is worth it.
Linda Adams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 1:48 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Owning a home
> I've been trying to stay out of this, but it's
> becoming harder and harder.
>
> Lora, you seem to have made the emotional decision to
> own a home, and there are some advntages, of course:
> you have hav a yard and a large dog and tax and
> interest deductions, and if you enjoy gardening, you
> can garden--and you don't have to worry about making
> too much noise for your neighbors, or your neighbors'
> noise, depending on how close together houses are
> where you decide to live.
>
> But as I read E's posts, I think of all the reasons
> for not owning a house--the constant upkeep, both
> financial and, if one does it oneself, effort. We're
> lucky that my husband likes to and is cable of fixing
> a lot of things, both inside and outside the house,
> himself. But it seems as if it's constant. I've lived
> both in apartments and houses, and I personally prefer
> the former, because if something goes wrong I can call
> the landlord. Also, as a single person, I felt a sense
> of security in an apartment--a relatively small
> building, so one didn't worry about a lot of
> strangers, but if something happened there were
> neighbors easily at hand. I remember one time, before
> I was married, that my roommate and I had a fight in a
> nearby apartment and we banged on the door and called
> the police and protected the woman.
>
> With children, having a home is an advantage, as they
> have more room to play and one doesn't have to worry
> about the noise--though we did have to be sure not to
> let them out to play in the yard before 9, because our
> neighbors wanted to sleep. Now, at night, since our
> dining room, where we watch tv, is opposite our other
> neighbor's new bedroom (they rebuilt the house), we
> have to close the windows after 9. And on the other
> side of the house, when I work at the computer with my
> bedroom wndow open, I "enjoy" the Chinese soap operas
> and music coming from that neighbor's house. And we
> live in an area where 3 to 5 foot side space is
> required between houses (depending on when the house
> was built).
>
> Your daughter, as I recall, is about to move to
> Hawaii? so you don't have children. There are condo
> communities where you can have a home rather than an
> apartment and where the greenery is taken care of and
> paid for by the condo fees. Depending on your age,
> there are retirement communities; my brother and
> sister-in-law are renting a wonderful house in such a
> place, as did my dad. And the communities, retirement
> or not, have, I believe, lists of people who are
> approved to make repairs if you need them. It's
> something to consider when the time comes. Maybe by
> that time you'll be old enough for a retirement
> community--some have an age as young as 55. There is
> security and lots of activities and good
> transportation, usually, and of course you can
> continue working--and without worrying about the
> security of your home while you're gone.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Cindy
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