Nearly smooshed mien schnitzelrider! tree down..
10-29-2006, 10:12 PM
#2
Dang that was close....
10-30-2006, 12:40 AM
#4
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Wow. That was close.
Is it time to buy a three car garage with a house attached to it?
When we bought our current garage, I was besides myself that is was a three car garage. One bay for me, one bay for the wife's minivan, and one bay for the storage and the kids bikes and toys. And as a bonus it had a house attached to it that the wife was thrilled with.
P car is safe and sound from storm damage. Although I do have to reconfigure the shevling near the 928 so I don't have accidental spill damage.
Is it time to buy a three car garage with a house attached to it?
When we bought our current garage, I was besides myself that is was a three car garage. One bay for me, one bay for the wife's minivan, and one bay for the storage and the kids bikes and toys. And as a bonus it had a house attached to it that the wife was thrilled with.
P car is safe and sound from storm damage. Although I do have to reconfigure the shevling near the 928 so I don't have accidental spill damage.
10-30-2006, 08:27 AM
#6
Race Car
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This one keeled over from across the property line, actually. It was a fairly large oak, the portion in the images just shows the top of the canopy falling mm short of my rear bumper cover..actually the topmost branch grazed the spoiler and left a dab of chlorophyll, but the paint is fine.
I made a concerted decision to live on a property with lots of canopy...so I deal with associated maintenance issues and risks. Of course, it made it that much more dicey when my homeowner's insurance carrier nixed my wind coverage....about 60% of the owners here on the Cape have been totally cancelled out of their policies and forced to opt into a state managed risk pool with rates about 40% higher, so I guess I'm lucky...
At any rate, it'll be a long time before I can afford a garage-addition, particularly a three car, which might require stretching the boundaries of my parcel! Builders are billing at around $200/s.f. here, and I'm a poor public servant. I do have a garage on reserve at a relatives, however. Probably be parked there for the duration & for some surgery after Vets day.
I made a concerted decision to live on a property with lots of canopy...so I deal with associated maintenance issues and risks. Of course, it made it that much more dicey when my homeowner's insurance carrier nixed my wind coverage....about 60% of the owners here on the Cape have been totally cancelled out of their policies and forced to opt into a state managed risk pool with rates about 40% higher, so I guess I'm lucky...
At any rate, it'll be a long time before I can afford a garage-addition, particularly a three car, which might require stretching the boundaries of my parcel! Builders are billing at around $200/s.f. here, and I'm a poor public servant. I do have a garage on reserve at a relatives, however. Probably be parked there for the duration & for some surgery after Vets day.
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10-30-2006, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SMTCapeCod
At any rate, it'll be a long time before I can afford a garage-addition, particularly a three car, which might require stretching the boundaries of my parcel! Builders are billing at around $200/s.f. here, and I'm a poor public servant.
Fall colors must be peaking now? Or maybe past already?
10-30-2006, 01:55 PM
#10
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Thread Starter
Pretty-much past.
Most seasons our fall consists of a week. The visual component is dictated by whether that week hits during oak or fall or birch or other peak. I'm exaggerating..but we tend to be a bit later than SE Mass and a lot later than mid/western mass and it seems like a good 'blow' comes and strips the trees after a short time every year. I would guess, having just visited the Berkshires last week for context, that we were about at peak and starting to head down the curve. Not too far to go now, lots of branches bare!
Real Estate is crazy here...to me. The values have spiked by a huge amount in the last decade after a period of lassitude following the late-eighties building boom that was terminated by the recession. Both booms resulted in increasing tax costs and other associated increases in the cost of living. In truth, there are a lot of areas with similar costs per square-foot...I suppose. Seattle and 'burbs were certainly keeping pace for quite a while! Mountain states too now, sadly. Lots of folks with longstanding ties to this area have cashed out and moved to a place with a lower cost of living.
Cape has a serious case of "Affluenza", a lot of newer residence with higher incomes looking for additional municipal services, while those providing those service can't afford to buy even the most modest place. A lot of the rest of the workers are in seasonal or service-oriented or menial lines of work. I got in just before the last spike, so I am lucky to have even a little hovel.
Most seasons our fall consists of a week. The visual component is dictated by whether that week hits during oak or fall or birch or other peak. I'm exaggerating..but we tend to be a bit later than SE Mass and a lot later than mid/western mass and it seems like a good 'blow' comes and strips the trees after a short time every year. I would guess, having just visited the Berkshires last week for context, that we were about at peak and starting to head down the curve. Not too far to go now, lots of branches bare!
Real Estate is crazy here...to me. The values have spiked by a huge amount in the last decade after a period of lassitude following the late-eighties building boom that was terminated by the recession. Both booms resulted in increasing tax costs and other associated increases in the cost of living. In truth, there are a lot of areas with similar costs per square-foot...I suppose. Seattle and 'burbs were certainly keeping pace for quite a while! Mountain states too now, sadly. Lots of folks with longstanding ties to this area have cashed out and moved to a place with a lower cost of living.
Cape has a serious case of "Affluenza", a lot of newer residence with higher incomes looking for additional municipal services, while those providing those service can't afford to buy even the most modest place. A lot of the rest of the workers are in seasonal or service-oriented or menial lines of work. I got in just before the last spike, so I am lucky to have even a little hovel.
10-30-2006, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SMTCapeCod
Cape has a serious case of "Affluenza", a lot of newer residence with higher incomes looking for additional municipal services, while those providing those service can't afford to buy even the most modest place. A lot of the rest of the workers are in seasonal or service-oriented or menial lines of work. I got in just before the last spike, so I am lucky to have even a little hovel.
Affordable housing is a problem all over the US. Glad you got you place out on the Cape though. Beautiful spaces are good for the soul.
And 928's too!