and the cost of a $2m castle doesn't even begin to take into account the cost of owning a $2m castle.
It's the upkeep and the valets that kill you.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Cashmere - Sep 24, 2013 5:34:36 am PDT #6428 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Amy - Sep 24, 2013 5:35:06 am PDT #6429 of 30000
Because books.
The Jamaica house did seem a little suspect, I agree.
To be fair, those NYC apartments are (mostly) monstrously overpriced for their neighborhoods
Mostly! I think it's just the idea that, yeah, if you had a castle you'd have to have big bucks to heat it and live in it and all that, but the size difference is still so absurd. Even if all the NYC places were under a million!
Fred Pete - Sep 24, 2013 5:39:45 am PDT #6430 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
((((Cashmere and family))))
As for ita's friend Simone, there's evidence that, when you know the field, a lot of the "gut instinct" may be subconscious reaction to the cues around you.
Kat - Sep 24, 2013 5:44:16 am PDT #6431 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Cashmere, I'm super sorry about your mom. You all are in my thoughts.
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2013 5:46:05 am PDT #6432 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, only suckers pay more than $1000/ft² in NYC.
(sobs)
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2013 5:46:26 am PDT #6433 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm very sorry, Cashmere. Hoping for the best possible outcome.
Maria - Sep 24, 2013 5:52:57 am PDT #6434 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Cash, I'm so sorry. I hope that it's easy treatable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 24, 2013 5:56:38 am PDT #6435 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Fingers crossed for your mom, Cashmere.
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2013 5:57:29 am PDT #6436 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, the Bed-Stuy house has an extra zero on it, too.
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2013 6:01:35 am PDT #6437 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What are the most pragmatic costs involved with castle living (as opposed to Castle living)? Heating sounds like a big problem, if they're vaguely "authentic", since too much of London hadn't mastered not running the pipes indoors when I left (those houses were old houses--central heating was an add on to most of them, and expecting burst pipes was an every other year thing in a city with mad mild winters (no white Christmases in 6 years!).
Can you practically not heat some rooms? No, you buy a castle, you use the rooms. Which means you furnish the rooms. Cleaning--will that be different from a modern mansion of similar square mileage? More nooky and cranny-y?
Not a home-owner, can't imagine. Every time my cube-mate talks about the shenanigans of replacing the piping from the mains to his house, I kiss my lease again.