I pay about twice my parents' mortgage in rent with no equity, but on the flip side not having to deal with home insurance, repairs, and a lawn has probably added years to my life thanks to reduced stress.
Wash: Little River just gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2016 12:00:03 pm PDT #19023 of 30003
"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
Steph L. - Apr 05, 2016 12:16:42 pm PDT #19024 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
having to fix things when they break
Which BLOWS. I've lived with Tim more than 8 years now, and I *still* hate not having a superintendant down the hall. Plus, I still resent paying for water and heat (most rentals here -- or, at least, the places I lived -- paid water and heat).
Some day I will grow up and be an adult, but today is not that day.
Fluoxetine
Fluticasone, I hope. (Fluoxetine is Prozac; fluticasone is Flonase, which I also use because I live with 2 cats, to whom I am VERY allergic, though I love them)
Fred Pete - Apr 05, 2016 12:19:02 pm PDT #19025 of 30003
Ann, that's a ferret.
You're right, Steph. Thanks for the correction. Hubs and I are on so many meds between us, it's sometimes hard to keep track in my head.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2016 12:20:47 pm PDT #19026 of 30003
brillig
not having to deal with home insurance, repairs, and a lawn has probably added years to my life thanks to reduced stress.
Which was the deciding factor between condo and apartment, though condos should cover the lawn, which incurs the condo fees.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2016 12:24:54 pm PDT #19027 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am leaning very hard toward condo for my next purchase.
Atropa - Apr 05, 2016 12:37:37 pm PDT #19028 of 30003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete and I are idly thinking of a condo for when we eventually move from this house. While condo fees and sharing walls with people are not thrilling, no yard care and someone to take care of things if they go wrong sound very enticing.
(We have learned the hard way that we are not DIY home repair people.)
lisah - Apr 05, 2016 12:39:38 pm PDT #19029 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
The flip side of condos taking care of some things is having a condo board making decisions about your shared living space that maybe aren't the decisions you'd make. And you have to pay for those decisions. Plus, condo fees.
Dana - Apr 05, 2016 12:42:29 pm PDT #19030 of 30003
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
With townhouses, I have definitely appreciated not having to worry about lawn care and landscaping. We are not lawn care people.
SuziQ - Apr 05, 2016 12:45:10 pm PDT #19031 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
With my townhome I have a small front and back yard. My back yard is mostly patio/deck. But I back up for a green space so there is pretty lawn back there that I don't have to care for.
lisah - Apr 05, 2016 12:49:58 pm PDT #19032 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
But I back up for a green space so there is pretty lawn back there that I don't have to care for.
That's ideal!
The one thing that has us semi-seriously consider moving from this place is its lack of back yard. It's convenient having the parking pad but no contained outside space of our own is a drag. (Especially when we're feeling too lazy to walk the dog and the only reason she wants to go out is boredom.)