Somewhere, somehow, someone stole my Badmotorfinger. Luckily, the joy of being part of a duo allowed me to find what I was looking for on A-Sides. (This is a Soundgarden reference, for those out there scratching their heads).
Another joy of being part of a duo is the flexibility it allows with real estate. In keeping with the SG theme, we’re gonna break our rusty cage of renting an apartment and run to the land of home ownership. I’m sure this was not what Chris Cornell had in mind when he wrote the lyrics, but it works for me.
Nevertheless, we’ve never been so psyched to be going into debt in our lives. Bigger and brand new kitchen, brand new bathrooms, about three times the studio space for painting-writing-crafting, multi-zone central air/heat, plus no more sharing a washer-dryer.
Of course, there’s a lot of paperwork between now and the closing date, and there’ll be quite a bit of sacrfices to be made financially in the short-term (a topic I hope to touch on in the upcoming weeks), but we’re pretty confident that everything will fall into place.
In summary, home ownership is just like the natural high of revisiting a song you had not heard in a long time multiplied by three hundred and sixty monthly installments. Cheers.
Josh Says:
April 4th, 2007 at 4:59 pmVisit Josh
Very nicely done, and good luck with this. I fear we shall dwell in an apartment for a good deal longer.
Mark Sahm Says:
April 6th, 2007 at 11:44 amVisit Mark Sahm
I’ve found that to dwell is a personal choice— because you’d be surprised at the financing deals you can get. Now whether or not you have a good credit score is a different story…
S.Rod Says:
April 9th, 2007 at 9:06 amVisit S.Rod
I say if the rent is cheap…save, save, save. There is nothing wrong with dwelling in an apartment on the road to something better.
Josh Says:
April 10th, 2007 at 2:52 pmVisit Josh
I don’t think Peter Pan is ready to leave NeverNeverLand. I haven’t mowed a lawn in a decade and that is not something I miss.
There may yet be a time and place, just not now. I’m happy for the two of you though.
Mark Sahm Says:
April 10th, 2007 at 3:58 pmVisit Mark Sahm
Lawns? Where we’re going, we don’t need lawns.
Seriously, that’s the beauty of a townhouse condo. The landscaping is taken care of by someone else.