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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Poor Barb.
As an antidote, I'd like to say lisah rocks. She gave me names of a couple of petsitters, and so while I can't finalize with one or the other until I know where the fuck I'll be living in July, I feel like I have bases covered for the catzen. I just wish I could pull the trigger because I hate being all "maybe I'll hire you" for so long, but that's life.
Sara, I have no good advice for buying a house, but if the place is structurally sound, feels like you could live there, and you can afford it? Seems like a pretty good start.
And I don't hate the basement. I have a loathing/fear of basements.
Choose the neighborhood as well as the house. You want the worst house in the best neighborhood, since you can fix the house but not the area.
Yeah, I'm pretty much sticking to particular neighborhoods I mostly know.
Also, that one that's been on the market a while looked pretty small, so possibly perfect for you, but not for a lot of folks. So that's something to your advantage, possibly.
OK, I don't know if this is because it's Fox, or because it's NYC, but the breaking news at the top of the local news is a picture of Rhianna. Seriously?
I need a martini.
Emmett made her a martini. With three olives.
Now we're watching Matilda's video choice "the bear" (aka, The Jungle Book) and everybody is fed.
sarameg, I felt overwhelmed and then I got a buyer-broker, who got a fixed fee (as opposed to working on a commission) and could act as coach and midwife through the whole process. Of course, I did end up buying the first place I visited, but at least I had an independent experienced opinion about that.
A lot of the rowhouses are small. Some, really small. Really, I'm looking at maybe 3/4 more than what I have plus unscary basement (my aversion to them means I'll store stuff/people there, but NSM living space for me.)