It struck me last week that I should move. That I am spending much and benefiting little from lining the pockets of my (quite nice actually) landlord. That I should worry about things like equity. That I should look forward to spring by imagining pots filled with flowers out on my nonexistent deck. That I should create a space where (frequent) visitors can disappear at the end of the day and not be on top of each other (lofts are so… open). That Madison’s condo boom has passed me by and I should jump back into the fray and be a part of the hip set.
My winter weeks have been extremely packed with work commitments, but finally, late this afternoon, I set out to look at what’s out there.
I am still reeling from that effort. Updates will follow. In the meantime, let me just say this: in the twenty years that I have been less than even marginally interested in acquiring space (looking for an apartment rental does not count) the real estate world has turned up side down. That is one crazy marketplace out there! I may shut my door to it all and never leave the loft again. Or, by season’s end, I may be downsizing and stacking boxes once more.
It cannot be said that I am not open to the idea of change.
19 hours ago
Yes, Madison is not a pretty market (though I know very little about the condo scene). But the flowerpots could make the hassle and expense worth the trouble. Can't you imagine a blog post featuring a photo of a pale pink ivy geranium spilling over a terracotta pot full of sunlight and life? I can.
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I read that somewhere, I think. Here?
I am in a similar spot here. I am growing tired of my very small apt. but houses here are way over priced, so I just stay in my apt.
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Hopefully
As is usually the case with most things in life, there is always a "good reason" for inaction. Unfortunately, the hidden cost of doing nothing is often quite high and the "good reason" long since abandoned or irrelevant.
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