Toddson, you totally need to make off with the good fixtures and mouldings when you finally move out. Let them keep the security deposit!
Um, well, it is vandalism, but, um... I'd never advocate that.
In just about every antique barn in the area, you find a room full of stained glass transoms, beautiful mantles in need of a good stripping, mouldings, ceiling tin, old tubs, etc ... the sad part is, this is stuff that has been pulled because someone is actually doing something to the property, whereas there are parts of the city where that stuff is just rotting in situ.
happy day to both our anniversary couples.
and I am glad we bought when we didi - despite the slowdown in houseing sales - prices are continueing to sky rocket around here. I have no idea who could begin to pay for my house , even if I think the latest estimate is overblown.
This is why I'm glad I live in an unglamorous, but still convenient, part of Queens. Soooo much cheaper.
Man, hang onto that lease like grim death. I had to give up my 2 bed room rent stab. in Astoria seven or eight years ago when the neighborhood was still like that. Now its close to impossible too.
So ... since I really think the place is going to turn into a money pit in the next few years, I'm not buying. I mean, if I was paying $300K+ for a one-bedroom condo, I'd expect to have a lot more functionality addressed and less of the superficial stuff. And I think when people move in and start plugging in their appliances and find that the circuit breakers get tripped easily (did I mention that some of the apartments' circuits are connected to something outside the apartments?), and they can't rely on the sinks/tub draining quickly, and the sheetrock starts cracking from the foundation settling some more, there's going to be a lot of screaming. And paying.
Sounds a bit like mine except they're going to continue to rent. Its going to be just a new level of slum-lording when they're done... they'll always be able to rent the place to someone after people give up in a year and move because things break stupidly.
When I bought my house, I was mentally kicking myself because if I'd just bought a couple years earlier before the market zoomed so much I could have paid half what I did. But then the market continued to rise in price, and now people tell me I'm so smart to be have able to buy when I did. Weird how that works.
have you gotten to the season finale yet? there's some serious pretty there.
Oh my, yes. Shirtless pretty, IIRC.
(I saw it when it first aired)
I went back to sleep for three hours, and now feel well enough to go to work.
yay?
I will vouch for having seen S, live and in person. Although, have I seen him since he and amych got married? Maybe not. Maybe they mated and she killed and devoured him...
In yesterday's food convo news, I am now determined to go here [link] at soonest possibility. If any NCistas are interested, we could make a parea out of it (mezes are so much funner in groups).
"I love ya baby, but ya gotta understand - it's the monoamine oxidase A in me!"
Yeah, I have this:
Yeah, me too. Except when it comes to cars.