Maybe I'm just too old -- and not a home-owner -- but what would be wrong with living in your dream house -- with its lifetime roof -- for thirty years or more ? Do they HAVE to sell and move in five years ? Why -- just so they can feel they made a "profit" ?
anybody who thought double digit inflation of housing prices would or could continue indefinitely was a damn fool. maybe they want out within 5 years because they don't want to be stuck there when society realizes how truly worthless their house is. today's mcmansion = tomorrow's slum.
in the meantime, partition off some of that unused space and make it into an apartment.
I don't think this is a McMansion -- though it might be in most parts of the world. Again, why don't they suck it up and realize they have what they need, and more -- like most Americans ?
i've never felt like my 1800sf house was too small until last night when i realized that the party we're having this weekend, organized through an evite email, has [i]over 60 rsvps[i/]!!! anybody have a mcmansion i can borrow - near louisville?
Sorry -- didn't meant to harsh the party. The newly-borns will be ecstatic -- and if they retire a little early, who'll notice ? Par-tay, dude ! And give them my best wishes.
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I love the part about how they have too much unusable space
Maybe I'm just too old -- and not a home-owner -- but what would be wrong with living in your dream house -- with its lifetime roof -- for thirty years or more ? Do they HAVE to sell and move in five years ? Why -- just so they can feel they made a "profit" ?
Is it wake-up time in America ?
anybody who thought double digit inflation of housing prices would or could continue indefinitely was a damn fool. maybe they want out within 5 years because they don't want to be stuck there when society realizes how truly worthless their house is. today's mcmansion = tomorrow's slum.
in the meantime, partition off some of that unused space and make it into an apartment.
This same scenario is playing out all across the country, I imgine.
A fool and his money are soon parted ?
3500 square feet? this place is undersized and in no way meets dream homability.
I don't think this is a McMansion -- though it might be in most parts of the world. Again, why don't they suck it up and realize they have what they need, and more -- like most Americans ?
i've never felt like my 1800sf house was too small until last night when i realized that the party we're having this weekend, organized through an evite email, has [i]over 60 rsvps[i/]!!! anybody have a mcmansion i can borrow - near louisville?
Ha ! How big is the yard ?
kegger at steven ward's. wooohoooo!
yeah. may have to rethink the pony keg....
Rock on. A crowded party is more fun. . .
its a 'welcome the brand new baby!' party for our best friends.
Oh. Well as long as they stay home, everything will be groovy. Won't they be exhausted ? (This must be my grandma voice. . .)
hmmm i havent received an invitaion, must have got lost in the email.
Sorry -- didn't meant to harsh the party. The newly-borns will be ecstatic -- and if they retire a little early, who'll notice ? Par-tay, dude ! And give them my best wishes.
What is the address...we will have our lear...drop us off for the event of the year....
you don't know 'em vado, and they made the invite list. sorry.
if you're pretty good at landing that lear, snooker, you could have landed it right on the court between our houses!
...but you weren't on their list either.
That's right -- you live in that cool "no fences make good neighbors" neighborhood. Those overflow guests could be anybody's ! You're golden. . .
Great, so the drunken teenagers can wake up in someone else's yard!
I don't have any drunken teenagers. Can I rent one ?
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