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Full Steam Ahead On The House and Co-Op!

Posted on the September 18th, 2007 under house,Interesting,Levittown,Personal by

Well folks, my golf days are soon over! We have a closing date of this Friday on the house we purchased.  I also have the Co-Op sold, and the bank appraiser is coming tomorrow to look over the place.  So I’ll have to miss work for a bit twice this week, but at least tomorrow I can work from home.   I am very excited, I can not WAIT to get out of this Co-Op.  It was great for the first year, but then after that it drove me nuts that I could not just walk outside to fire up a BBQ or smash a golf ball or two.  It is going to be a quite a hectic next 6 months or so, because most, if not all of my free time will be spent renovating the fixer upper we just purchased.

I hope to document most of the renovation process with both my camera and my camcorder.  I did get a beta invite to Justin.TV, they allow you to broadcast live (stream) a video feed from anywhere to anyone wanting to watch.  If I can some how get my renovation progress to broadcast from the house I’ll do it.   I do not think I will have a broadband connection from there the first few weeks, so I’ll just tape and or photograph the progress and post it when I have time.

Reality of a “real” mortgage is really hitting me, the past (almost) three years have been quite easy with the Co-Op.  We shall see what will come of this, keep tuned in.

Choices, to many Choices! What to get for the new house? And Taxes!

Posted on the August 24th, 2007 under house,Levittown,Remodeling by

We have been to a few places to check out tile, cabinets, flooring (wood), and numerous other places. There are so man choices!

I received the DeWalt tools from eBay, everything came perfect and new! I’ll be looking for some more tools to save 50% compared to Home Depot Ripoff Depot.

Other then that, I looked into grieving taxes, it seems the previous owner has been doing his job by grieving them every year. I also read that grieving your taxes after purchasing your home is a great idea, because you can use your appraisal and purchase price as proof for your home value. Being that Nassau County (Long Island) seems to over inflate your home value to rape you in taxes, this looks like a good option for me to fight the man.

Suggestions?

Contracts are signed, for the Co-Op and house!

Posted on the August 20th, 2007 under house,Levittown,Remodeling by

Well, just a quick update. We received our contracts back for the Co-Op signed and with the 10% down. So thats great news, and a huge load off our back.  We also signed our contracts for the house at the same time, so It seems everything is almost a done deal.  Just as a side note, that was the BIGGEST check we ever wrote 🙂