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| Home ownership |
| 02.25.05 (12:16 pm) [edit] |
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It's nice to own something, I guess....I've always been afraid of committing to everything: possessions, relationships...I have even refused to sign a contract for my cell phone plan. I guess school is an exception. There are some things I'll trudge through, no matter what. A while ago, I started wondering if it was the right thing to do to buy an apartment. I know it can be an investment, but I have another 19 years to go to pay it off (at the rate I'm going). I think that owning a home can be an impediment to just picking up and disappearing!! (Not that I want to disappear...Sometimes I wonder what I'd do if I lost my job or chose to move in with someone...But now I'm just getting ahead of myself). I don't have any regrets so far. Which brings me to the real guts of my post today. Last night, I attended a meeting for the people in my building. People from the other buildings in the same complex were welcome to join us. I thought it was going to be an informational meeting about past repairs and some of the history of the maintenance of the complex. But no. Well, they did give us some history. The first buildings are leaky. The leaks surfaced years ago, but it's now that they deem the repairs to be necessary. Even though the newer buildings are 1.5 years and .5 years old respectively, we're all part of the same strata. The older buildings are almost 10 years old. SO...old buildings in the same strata need repairs. Who pays? People in the strata. People in the new buildings are part of the strata. Oh wow...more people to share the cost. I can understand being part of the same strata and sharing some of the cost. I would be willing to chip in like 10% or less. But I find it HUGELY unfair that I'd have to pay for someone else's leaky building. Just as...should my building becomes leaky, I don't expect people in the other buildings to pay for the repairs! So one very outspoken gentleman, who is living in a leaky building, at the meeting said, "Of course everyone in the strata should pay! You knew you were part of the strata when you moved in! You should have done your research on the other buldings' history! I moved in, knowing that there would be new construction over the years, and I have had to put up with all the noise, and I've had to pay for the maintenance of the land that your buildlings sit on!" Anyway, I see his point, but we all know everyone's out for their own best interest. If he was living in the newer buildings, of *course* he wouldn't want to pay either. So now there may be legal action taken...just so the courts can tell us if the new homeowners should have to chip in for these repairs. Even though it should be all of us in the strata against the developers, the fight would be long and costly. Our pockets are not as deep. The developers claim that it will cost about $1.3 million to repair. They want to take away depreciation, and they are accusing the strata of not maintaining the buildings properly. The strata's report claim that the repairs will be about $4.3 million. :shock: I don't have thousands upon thousands of dollars to pay for some repairs! Lots of people have sold their condos because they could not afford the repairs. I don't want to be one of those people!! And this guy, L, finally decided to use MSN regularly. I want to block him. He is annoying. Why? Because I haven't talked to him in ages, and he's just so rude. Here's the last out of conversation. I did not respond. L!: Hey retard...hows your day coming along? Me: quite well, actually...how about yours? L!: It's been good L!: I heard another rumour about you L!: the little bird told me again Me: I'm sure you did L!: Yes, this bird told me all the dirt Me: I'm sure!! L!: Yep, and I said to myself "Dam, that's some pretty big dirt!". Me: *L* right L!: Do you have a dining set yet? Me: like furniture wise? L!: yep Me: Yeah, I took my parents' dining table L!: any table runners? L!: or wine holders? Me: *L* no...this is a bachelorette pad...not some fancy shmancy entertaining venue!! L!: What? L!: Your going to eat out all the time? L!: Your going to get fat Me: What do table runners and wine holders have to do with eating out? L!: its a question homo |
posted by: Ryan (reply)
post date: 02.26.05 (5:10 pm)
Should've stopped talking to him after "Hey retard"... What kind of rude hello is that?!
posted by: rosietulips (reply)
post date: 02.27.05 (11:11 am)
Reply to: Ryan
That's the typical hello he uses...Anyway, he's blocked now *L*
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