I think this was my last home depot visit. The contractor wanted an additional 480 bucks to put some linoelum down in the closet. Please. This afternoon I put down some tile we purchased for 25 dollars. Granted- I will never be a tile layer, but it looks better. We also had to do some re-drilling as the contractor failed to see if a hanger would fit on the poles they drilled in. It's nice to have a closet, but maybe the hangers need to be able to uh hang. Oh brother.
I bought this apartment about 9 years ago. It seriously was a crack den. I got a good price. The old owner (small child and girlfriend)lived in squalor. They left me an apartment that was in frightening shape. The guy was an ex-cop and would write his debt and strange billing on the wall (that's nothing compared to other strange findings) But- when it's closing time and you know you're getting a good deal- what's a little squalor between friends?
Anyway, if I didn't buy my private crack den (M lived in Philly at the time) for a really good price, our 2 little babies would not be at 33 weeks. I sometimes think things happen for a reason. If the ex-cop wasn't selling and moving out of NYC quickly to go to rehab AND if my friend Becky wasn't walking her dog down the street and heard an apartment was for sale at a good deal...well we wouldn't be here. M and I couldn't afforded all those ivf cycles out of pocket- unless we had affordable housing.
But it's not all Little House on the Prarie. A neighbor (who moved in after the Starbucks neighborhood explosion) wants to choke me. We are both on the co-op board. He is pissed that I suggested he ask a neighbor to turn down the music or ask someone not to sing opera after 11 pm PRIOR to calling the police. Call me nuts to think fostering a friendly environment is the way to go. Oh the drama.
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So very lucky to have an affordable place in NYC. As I recall in a previous post, you wrote that you were considering leaving the city after the babies were born b/c of day care costs, etc. Hopefully you can hold on to your apt until the market changes -- is the NY market down like the rest of the country? My daughter and her partner are pregnant and live there too. Manhattan without significant wealth is a hard life, despite all that's wonderful. What are your thoughts?
Hi Anonymous mom- My partner really wanted to leave NYC. We started looking for homes, but the prices kept dropping so we decided to wait another year. Manhattan without significant wealth is challenging. Congrats- on your soon to be grandchild!
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