njhowie
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It was time for the new roof. We've lived in our home for almost 19 years and we know the prior owners had also not replaced the roof recently when we purchased the home.
Granted, we are in a HCOL area. However, we really love our location. We love our home, which is older, larger, and has lots of character. We are situated in a very sparsely populated area adjacent to a state park with lots of state/county owned and protected land in the surrounding area. Yet, we are only 3 miles off the major thoroughfares and more densely populated areas. We have protected land in front and on one side of our property. You cannot build in our area with less than 6 acres and it is impossible to acquire that much land. We are also centrally located between two major cities so we have extremely good access to airports, many attractions and entertainment options, and pick up over 80 TV stations for free with the digital antennas in the attic.
Though it is a HCOL area, we have always been frugal and so really the only thing which is somewhat of a burden/nuisance is the high taxes. Our mortgage was paid off almost 10 years ago, so the property taxes are our only major annual expense.
We obviously have a lot of equity tied up in the house, so have decided that it will be a good portion of DD's inheritance.
With the new roof and its 50 year guarantee/warranty (doubtful, but it sounds wonderful), we just put in the first major capital improvement since purchasing and are quite happy.
So, we've found our retirement home - it's our current home.
Granted, we are in a HCOL area. However, we really love our location. We love our home, which is older, larger, and has lots of character. We are situated in a very sparsely populated area adjacent to a state park with lots of state/county owned and protected land in the surrounding area. Yet, we are only 3 miles off the major thoroughfares and more densely populated areas. We have protected land in front and on one side of our property. You cannot build in our area with less than 6 acres and it is impossible to acquire that much land. We are also centrally located between two major cities so we have extremely good access to airports, many attractions and entertainment options, and pick up over 80 TV stations for free with the digital antennas in the attic.
Though it is a HCOL area, we have always been frugal and so really the only thing which is somewhat of a burden/nuisance is the high taxes. Our mortgage was paid off almost 10 years ago, so the property taxes are our only major annual expense.
We obviously have a lot of equity tied up in the house, so have decided that it will be a good portion of DD's inheritance.
With the new roof and its 50 year guarantee/warranty (doubtful, but it sounds wonderful), we just put in the first major capital improvement since purchasing and are quite happy.
So, we've found our retirement home - it's our current home.
Now our neighbors want roofers to look at their roof. The hale was nasty and a mini tornado took down giant trees. So very sad, crushed a few cars. Our neighborhood treasures our trees. We're in the middle of corn/bean fields. Most neighborhoods have no trees, just developed farmland.
