Inherited house in terrible condition
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Comments (6)I also don't have experience with these iris, but I don't think they are hardy in your zone. I wouldn't plant it in the ground (which was my first thought.) I would keep it watered while it blooms, then when it is done I would pot it into a larger pot in case it was feeling like making any increases, which I see a small one starting in your second picture. I would be looking this plant up to get more info-sorry the iris forum is slower this time of year. I found one link which is below. Here is a link that might be useful: one page about walking iris...See Moremanager supports terrible living conditions! help!
Comments (34)This makes for interesting reading. It is clear that Lucy thinks that manhattanmatt is a crazed lunatic because what he is saying CAN'T POSSIBLY be true. Only it is true. Lucy, how can you be arguing this without at least taking two minutes to research and try and understand how this antiquated system works? You just think it sounds so crazy that Matt must be lying. Well it's true. Sad but true. My old market had rent control. Even in owner occupied two or three family homes, rent control is in full force, EVEN IF THE APARTMENT IS VACANT!!! Example: You have a rental unit inside your own house that you live in that is vacant and ready for a new tenant. It should be worth $2200/ month, but you can only charge $1100/ month. You're not kicking some poor, hard done by tenant to feed your own evil landlord greed - the place is vacant. You are free to rent it to anyone. Yet the rent is still controlled. WHY?????? I simply don't understand it. It makes absolutely no sense. So while the owner/ landlords expenses and real estate taxes go through the roof (some of these homes are now worth 1 - 2 Million dollars with re-assessed taxes to match), yet the owner cannot charge a market rent for a vacant unit. So Lucy, is it all the owners fault? They should move because they can't afford their taxes and the tenant holds all the cards? You could rent the apartment to someone with a 6 figure income (maybe someone making more than the owner) and yet the apartment will still be rent controlled. The situation in these big buildings is much, much worse. At least the house has some value because an owner can move in, and if it's less than a three family they can kick all tenants out and make it a one family. So out with the middle classes who need the income and in with the rich. Is this a better situation to you lucy? The big buildings have NO VALUE because no-one wants them. Some people take a risk, buy the buildings and then try and buy tenants out. Why should they have to pay a tenant thousands of dollars to move out of a place which is not owned by them? It is supremely unfair. I do actually think that there is a place for rent control. If it were subsidized by the government. The government put these rules in place and it should pay to keep them running. Why on earth should a poor unfortunate owner be bankrupted by something over which they have no control? I am not surprised that Matt got het up - it is very aggravating having truth dismissed by someone who clearly knows nothing at all about the subject....See MoreSelling an inherited home without agent?
Comments (22)You are absolutely right about two sides to this story. As I started this post by saying it's complicated. My Mother and I were soulmates. My Mother and siter had a different relationship. My Mother never approved of her disregard for money or her lifestyle. My sister is deep in debt with absolutely no reason except that is her personality. She is hoarder buying multiple items for the gratification. But I digress. Yes, I am only 100 miles away. DH and I both have medical issues that keep us from going there. When I inquired about staying at my Mother's house over Easter, the reply was there was nothing in it. There was no offer to have us stay elsewhere. This is getting way off topic and I apologize. I am simply trying to point out my sister is living in a Disney world. My Mother always said while she alive that she had no money problems. Evidentally, my sister nosied around and accessed her bank account. My sister and amily are very gracious and hospitible and generous with their time if needed. There is something she had always had a problem with and that i money. She always lived in the nicest houses etc. and I ondered how she did it all these years. I know what she told me briefly after my Mother passed away they have three separate mortgages, have no credit and are on the border of losing it all. She is the type of person that appears happy and jovial but she is ealous of everyoe that more than she does. Well, that's exhausting! Sorry....See MoreLouis Kahn house, in brutal condition.
Comments (29)My house was designed by Hyman Cun1n, an architecture-school friend of Louis Kahn's at U-Penn. There's a photo of those two together in this book. He coincidentally also was the architect of a New Jersey JCC, though not the Trenton one shown above. Though nowhere near as famous or prolific as Kahn, he clearly shared the same aesthetic and was an unappreciated talent. My house built in 1951 is basically the one in the first post minus the funky roof. Everything else, like the short gunslit windows in the front walls or the wood-beamed interior could be Kahn's work. My home also has the same large glass panes that wrap around the corners as the Fisher house. LOL at the '58 Packard fins on top of other fins. Those sold abysmally - less than 2,000 for the entire year, and it's not hard to see why that was the last year they were made. Even sadder considering just a few years earlier they sold about 60,000 cars which were graced with these "cathedral" taillamps which are a thing of beauty. Photos don't capture how elegant these look in three dimensions with the perfectly cylindrical lenses with an arch that sweeps over and above them....See Morewritersblock (9b/10a)
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