Naming your home
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Comments (65)Re: being mortgage free. To be honest, I have been mortgage free three times. The first time was in our first small town home which we had paid off by saving every penny and before children( our interest rate was 18% - ouch). Then family came along and we needed a bigger home so basically what we got for our first mortgage free home when we sold it was our down payment for the second home. Then we paid off that but then we decided that our home was falling apart around us (literally and physically) so we borrowed against the value of our home for a gut-renovation. That mortgage we just paid off 2 weeks ago. In hindsight, given the real estate values we should have kept the townhome and rented it out. But, who knew? Our goal was to be mortgage free by the time we were 60 and we just made it.The latest Canadian stats I can find are from 2008 and it says that the average age of those with a mortgage is 45 and those now mortgage-free is 62. I suspect the 62 has risen a little bit. But it really is about personal choice on how we spend our money....See MoreHave you named your house?
Comments (3)I just 'added' a comment which disappeared into thin air; I'll try again. I call mine 'River's Edge' as a river forms the property line on one side. But a few years ago, when some surveying was being done, I learned that my property line is actually IN the middle of the river. Here's a friend who stops by to fish in the late Spring and Summer - a Great Blue Heron....See MoreHave you ever named a house?
Comments (0)If you think the very question sounds pretentious, I did too. But apparently it is becoming more common. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ideas-for-naming-your-house-223250 As I mentioned on another thread, there is even a house name generator (from the UK, of course). Try it, it's fun. https://www.name-generator.org.uk/house/ (I know, it makes you think of your rapper name or your p0rn star name, LOL). For our CT house, I like Long Pond Farm, but the generator also inspired these: Double Gate farm, White Bridge farm, Stonewalk Farm, Stonehouse farm. In Maine, I like "Moongate." Give it a go and tell us your house name....See MoreMtn, this house has your name on it...mine too
Comments (18)My friend lived in Cape Town, her dad taught at the University of Cape Town, and she got her MPH there. Everyone was so interested in her stories and descriptions that she put together a sweet little powerpoint for us. The natural beauty of that entire country is just stunning. She said like most places/countries, there are relatively safe places and then not at all safe places and that yes, the poverty was very bad. She also talked openly about the tribal hatred that she wished the country could get past. She was from one tribe and she said there were people in her family who were disowned because they married into the other side. That lead to some fascinating discussions. She is very young, maybe 30 or so, and thought the entire tribal thing was stupid - but she said that it is still rampant and is underneath a lot of the violence there....See MoreSherry8aNorthAL
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