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Sira890
I've been very confused since I arrived in Canada 6 years ago, about house sizes. I hadn't and still haven't any idea what people mean when they say a house is so many square feet. To me a house is either detached or semi-detached, a bungalow or a single or two storey with so many bedrooms.
Here homes are split levels or single storey with basement or crawl space. Ell keeps telling me, but it isn't until I visit the home that it clicks with me.
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johnmacnab
on July 2, 2008 at 8:37 PM
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Re: Sira890
Just for clarification--the measuring was purely selfish in nature! I was last in line when they were handing out spacial ability, so I have to actually "see" something to really understand what the dimensions mean!
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Sira890
on July 1, 2008 at 10:28 AM
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Re: mneme
Congrats on the yucca, mneme. Yes, I've got the feeling I've been here before as well - in fact at one time I was part of the new estate people when I lived in a New Town as it was growing up.
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johnmacnab
on July 1, 2008 at 9:11 AM
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Hi johnmacnab, just catching up.. I sympathise... where cows once grazed just beyond my front garden, there is a busy new estate. We sold that house and I'm happy to say that this one has an uninterrupted view of some very nice grounds. I've been happily watching my yucca day by day, and it is (finally) magnificently in full flower:)
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mneme
on June 29, 2008 at 3:36 PM
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Sira890
I am impressed, Sira. That was very kind of you to measure the lot out and come to that conclusion. It embarrasses me to admit that we have considered a certain 'shrub' death. Perhaps a newly discovered foliage killer that just happened to be caused by - ahem - us.
We have even stopped Samantha from barking her head off every time someone stops to look at the house. I love to see the looks on their faces when they look over here and see a ferocious dog barking at them. A ferocious dog that would like them to death without provocation.
The music? We are being deafened ourselves by our other neighbours' children. School has finished for summer and they are all drunk as puggies - we didn't get like that when we were that age, unfortunately.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 28, 2008 at 6:01 PM
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majroj
I wish I could buy it, majroj, even if it would be an expensive NIMBY action.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 28, 2008 at 5:43 PM
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Azur
Thank you, Azur. The flippant reply would be that if you are reading it, then the right kind of person is reading it - but I do know what you mean. I could do with a course on self-promotion.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM
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Whacky
I'll keep you up to date as the sale (or non-sale) progresses, Whacky.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 28, 2008 at 5:32 PM
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Alright Mac
Having measured out 82 feet by 28 feet (yes, I mean physically measuring them out, in my back yard because there wasn't room in the house...), I think I can say with some certainty, that you're safe from mansions.
But if you're really worried, go for a bit of sneaky sabotage. Kill the grass to make it look less appealing. Get someone to dump a few truck loads of trash on the lot (after midnight, when no one's watching, of course...).
My personal favorite--every time someone shows interest, find the loudest, most obnoxious music you can, open all the windows, and crank the stereo. No one wants to buy a house next to noisy neighbors with bad taste in music. Oh, you might want to buy yourself a pair of earplugs before launching this particular plan--annoying potential buyers is one thing, but there's no need to deafen yourself in the process!
posted by
Sira890
on June 28, 2008 at 11:20 AM
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Good luck. Nouveau townhomes are en vogue here, little footprint but tall.
Buy it, lease it in perpetuity to the city as a parksite for a dollar unless they build something taller than two feet.
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majroj
on June 24, 2008 at 7:22 PM
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I always feel like i have been there when I read your posts
Somehow you need to send vibes to the viewers so that the right kind of person buys the play. Ply them with a Scotch perhaps.
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Azur
on June 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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Whatever happens we will be watching!
A rose
and a smile
from me! =^. .^= Bo too!
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Whacky
on June 23, 2008 at 9:16 PM
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Pat_B
A lighthouse? I hadn't thought of that one, Pat. If someone does build one, I want to buy the top floor.
Coincidentally - yesterday a woman came to cut the grass at the family feud house. A neighbour further along on our side of the road walked over towards her to ask if he could cut some shrubs down to give him a view of the river. As soon as he got to the other side of the road, the woman stepped towards him with outstretched arm, like a crossing patrol person. "Stop!" she cried. "Do not set one foot on my land."
Sounds like a charming family. I'm not surprised there is a feud. As the neighbour said later. "Its unfortunate how the salt that's poured on the roads in winter can kill shrubs, isn't it?"
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johnmacnab
on June 23, 2008 at 7:05 AM
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I wouldn't, unless they'd take a couple thousand down and let me make
monthly payments of a hundred bucks or less. You're right, nobody could build a McMansion into your view given the size of the lot. Maybe a lighthouse.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 23, 2008 at 4:28 AM
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