[Magdalen] And the rent increase is...

[Jay Weigel]

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:07 PM Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> I would add that purpose-built dream houses are often hard to sell.  And
> building a house is incredibly stressful; it would be particularly hard on
> you, Scott (constant rapid-fire decision-making, plus the need to be tough
> on contractors) and would drive StY's perfectionism into mania.  Don't do
> it. Honest.
>
> I've owned and renovated four houses and I'm only a homeowner because I
> have the equity to be mortgage-free.  And I love this house, although the
> current renovations (turning the front porch into a screen porch, are
> taking FOREVVVERRRR (although it's going to be so worth it!)
>
> Find an apartment with its own washer/dryer.  It's possible.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain


What Molly said. All but two of the apartments I lived in as a travel
nurse, as well as the one I settled in when I moved to Richmond, had
washer/dryer combos in them.

And also what she said about building a house. You and StY would come close
to killing each other before you were through. I watched my hairdressers go
through it, and they didn't have near the competing issues, nor was either
one of them a perfectonist. You do NOT want to do that, trust me. Get your
issues mediated and decide from there on what you really want.

>
>
> > On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > My thought exactly, Jay--even before I saw your response.
> >
> >> On Jul 12, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 9:28 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> ...for the year starting Oct. 1...
> >>>
> >>> ...drum roll, please...
> >>>
> >>> approximately 1.7 percent.
> >>>
> >>> Whew! Needn't worry about that one anymore. I do want to buy a house
> (but
> >>> my partner puts up obstacles to doing so), but it's good to know that
> until
> >>> then we're not being robbed. There are ever more apartments going up
> in our
> >>> neighborhood, and I think supply is getting ahead of demand.
> >>>
> >>> The obstacle my partner keeps putting up is the desire to build a house
> >>> rather than buy one. I have environmental concerns about building, and
> my
> >>> head explodes at the thought of that whole project: not building it
> >>> ourselves, but making all the decisions: I'll be pushing for a house
> that
> >>> meets our needs but is then quite sell-able; he'll be pushing for a
> >>> quirkily designed monastic priory. So basically we'll never get a house
> >>> that way.
> >>>
> >>> I fantasize about finding one of the better homes in a much less
> expensive
> >>> town, with a room that will make a splendid monastic oratory but can be
> >>> other things as well.
> >>>
> >>> I still wonder how old I'll be before I have a home that contains an
> >>> always-available washer and dryer.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Scott R. Knitter
> >>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >>
> >>
> >> You guys need a mediator if you are serious about a house. No
> fantasizing,
> >> no arguing.  Someone who can put it in realistic terms and help both
> >> parties see what is needed.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>