Category: Forever House

Letgo is the Tinder of furniture selling apps

In a pre-move effort, or at least an attempt to light a fire under our butts and look for a new house, We have made the decision to start getting rid of the clutter. This was before I had even heard of Marie Kondo and we aren’t getting rid of things that don’t give us... Read more »
By Michael Messinger,
March 26, 2019 at 9:09 am • 

A Long overdue goodbye to Summer

Even though I haven’t been motivated to vent my spleen in a while, I’m hammering out this post because we apparently have a new policy at CN where you could lose your blog space if you don’t post periodically or frequently enough or something. Don’t feel neglected readers, I haven’t been posting on social media... Read more »
By Michael Messinger,
October 26, 2018 at 11:23 am • 

The Long story of our Flooded Basement

<strong>Our sump pump was in a locked position, burnt out.</strong> My theory is that it was overworked from all the rain we got that April such that the sump pump simple said screw it, I give up.
It was the Wednesday morning before Memorial Day Weekend 2013 and Nightingale went down to the laundry room to toss her dress in the dryer to remove some wrinkles. She noticed a large pool of water around the floor drain. We usually get a little rain that seeps in through our Wizard of Oz doors... Read more »
By Michael Messinger,
February 2, 2016 at 2:13 pm • 
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First Dream House wasn't meant to be

I’ve been watching the Real Estate market since the fall of 2008 when I first thought about purchasing a home because I noticed prices were dropping. At first I considered buying a two flat using my HELOC as a down payment and then eventually moving into the building and converting it into a SFH when... Read more »
By Michael Messinger,
March 29, 2013 at 3:21 pm • 

No Hobbit House for Us

One day last June we looked at a house that demonstrated just how far apart Nightingale and I might be on our Forever House criteria. Two types of houses I really won’t consider are bungalows and ranch houses.  Although, I’d probably warm up to a bungalow if I knew I wasn’t stuck in it forever. ... Read more »
By Michael Messinger,
December 7, 2012 at 8:33 am •