So where in Europe would you buy a vacation home?
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Comments (28)My first preferrence is natural gas. But if you do not have a gas line fronting your property, you gotta get something else. Propane is more expensive and where I live, it may require a heater during the coldest time to generate enough pressure to work. Oil is messy, but might be my second choice after gas. Easy access by the delivery truck to the tank during winter should be planned. Consider where the snow piles will be. If the tank is in the basement, there should be safety equipment to prevent overfills and oil spillage. If the tank is outdoors, consider oil flow during the coldest times. At my location, it gets cold enough to congeal the heavier heating oils. An in-ground tank helps, but it should have a moisture content monitor. Nowadays, you have to consider EPA requirements for protecting the environment. A heat pump is practical in warmer climates provided one has a good heat source for the coils. Heat pumps are not useful in northern climes. One advantage: heat pumps can be used for both heating and cooling....See MoreWhere would you vacation in Hawaii?
Comments (16)Rates go down after mid-April. You'd still see some whales off Maui then. May is a little less expensive and less busy before the onslaught of mainland families when kids are on summer breaks. May is really a 'blooming' time all over the islands too. We've spent two to four weeks on all four major islands -- but in winter months. Big Island is my favorite, but when we bought it was South Maui -- more 'man made' conveniences on Maui for a property owner. I'd 'prescribe' flights in and out of HNL on widebody aircraft. Spend some time showing Mom historic sights around Oahu, then hop to Big Island for longer. You need a week, minimum, if you want to stay sunny Kohala Coast and also a night or two in the town of Volcano. Mauna Lani has nice condos; I'm not fond of (tacky) Kona Town. Lanai is kind of a pain to get to, and Four Seasons is the major deal there. You can get a ton of information from the forums on Trip Advisor....See MoreWould you buy a log home?
Comments (36)mtn -- building would be the most desirable option -- if only a good lot of land would come up for sale! Then I just have to show my inlaws a bunch of pictures of sochi's gorgeous Canadian cabin. The absolute perfect lot (locationwise) JUST came up today - but heartbreakingly, I think it's a mistake listing. I believe the realtor meant to list non-waterfront land down the street (based on the property description which is identical for both new listings). I've already pinged my realtor about it though! Just to emphasize how perfect it is, just last week I actually paid the $6 to land registry for just this exact lot to find out who the owner is. I was contemplating writing him a letter (but hadn't moved on that yet). We have tromped around some other lots (leading to saga of nail through rubber boot in the middle of the wilderness), only one of which was acceptable (not swampy), but my husband felt it was too sloped. I felt it was just fine...I think it's hard to envision the lot for the trees sometimes. (This is my favorite lake, we've been looking at a dozen or so others as well). This post was edited by robotropolis on Mon, Jan 12, 15 at 15:13...See MorePOLL: Would you buy a historic house?
Comments (50)wow I think I liked all the answers lol because I loved reading each one (Lars I laughed when you said in CA everything more than 30 years old is historic..very true for OC ..we live in a ranch built in late sixties/or 1970-can never figure out what year exactly it was)..and already feels like historic-people added and changed and landscaped during years, and houses that were essentially tract homes, even though very desirable ones back then, all look different after 50-60 years..the lots are much bigger, and we have no HOA..)) and it's right in the heart of the city. It's where the city started. yeah we did gut remodel. Didn't have to. But it had asbestos. And some of it was disturbed. and we wanted an addition. So nightmare. Well I mean a construction type one. Not the worst type of nightmares lets be honest. But now I really like living in something you now,,older. Even though comparatively to other, really old houses, its age is laughably young actually My sister lived in 1905 Victorian in MA, and now lives in another Victorian, 1901..I'm not sure whether it's historic because that's what the pool of houses there is...if everything is approximately the same age, is it historic? I grew up in one of the very old cities..celebrated 1500 years when I was a little girl..I grew up in a very old house(actually apartment building) right in the very middle, the windows faced the Central square..was probably built in 19 th century? I know they (the city) remiodeled it completely after I was born..they put families in temporary apartments for a year or two that it takes then bring them back. So I spent couple years in some little white one story house that somehow stayed from some other times, actually almost on the same street. But I don't remember it. I knew the house though. It was on the way to my daycare and I liked how it's one storey in the middle of the big city and has a little garden around, and was shocked when my Mom told me we actually lived there for a bit when I was a baby. Interestingly enough my house now is in different hemisphere but is one storey and white and has a garden..)) I love old houses. Yes it came with all sorts of problems, even after they remodeled. But to live there, in the center, in the building with character and details, and higher ceilings, and just to feel the pulse of the city like its your own..I now realize how cool it was. Then I was envious of my cousins who lived in very non descript new buildings in far newer neighborhood and I had to take subway then tram to get there..later also trolley when we moved a bit further..but-they had a real forest nearby! And if you go long enough you get to a lake. (We had a big river crossing city in half..the right part was an old one..the left, was new) And they had so many kids playing around since so many long, long buildings full of apartments and families. It was always an adventure to go there And my cousins loved to come to us:) The most famous city's park was 5 min walk from us and it was on a big hill, with levels and all, so then, to us, seemed indefinite, with the corners to explore allover..and one could see our big big river from there..the river they decided to build the city on those 1500 years ago Truth is everything is an adventure until truly horrible. Especially when one is a kid and mundane things are not mundane one bit yet. So..what was the question? lol. yeah. I lived in a historic house....See MoreRelated Professionals
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