Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Mar 27th 2006, 8:43 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Texas law does recognise separate property if held before the marriage began and real estate is probably one of the biggest of these. Trust me -- I helped pay the mortgage on my ex-husband's house while we both lived there and then rented it out. I did all the paperwork for the taxes, etc. But because it had never been put into my name, after 12+ years of paying for it.... I got zip!
I'd thought that since I was helping pay the mortgage, that I had a financial interest (or "equity") in the house..... nope, I was essentially renting while I lived there, and donating my "time and talent" to the landlord business. Since we never made any money being landlords, that ended up as squat too.
Anyway.....
I like Toon's trailer, it's very cosy though his head grazes the roof!
It's okay for one, maybe two, but if there were kids I think I'd get them their own trailer! 
I'd thought that since I was helping pay the mortgage, that I had a financial interest (or "equity") in the house..... nope, I was essentially renting while I lived there, and donating my "time and talent" to the landlord business. Since we never made any money being landlords, that ended up as squat too.
Anyway.....
I like Toon's trailer, it's very cosy though his head grazes the roof!
It's okay for one, maybe two, but if there were kids I think I'd get them their own trailer!
Mar 27th 2006, 8:49 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by ironporer
The duct tape on the door is a lovely touch indeed. I actually have seen trailers up north wrapped completely in plastic.
The place is dry and not too cold, nice and quiet. It's all I need so I didn't feel the need to find something else. Besides, I have been waiting for visas for the past year so didn't see the point in moving if I would be moving to another country within a few months. How wrong and naive I was......
Mar 27th 2006, 8:49 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Elsie The Maid
Good grief....didn't mean to start something here!
I still love you.
Mar 27th 2006, 8:51 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Toontje
No worries.
I still love you.
I still love you.
Mar 27th 2006, 8:52 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Toontje
I needed a roof over my head at that time and I wasn't too picky. I'm still here after two years.....
The place is dry and not too cold, nice and quiet. It's all I need so I didn't feel the need to find something else. Besides, I have been waiting for visas for the past year so didn't see the point in moving if I would be moving to another country within a few months. How wrong and naive I was......
The place is dry and not too cold, nice and quiet. It's all I need so I didn't feel the need to find something else. Besides, I have been waiting for visas for the past year so didn't see the point in moving if I would be moving to another country within a few months. How wrong and naive I was......
Don't worry mate- we all )most of us anyway) have lived in places such as yours...and they give us something to laugh and tell stories about years later. I do hope you have AC...Austin summers can be awfully brutal (100 days in a row of '97 for a high today, 77 nighttime low...no rain in sight").
Mar 27th 2006, 8:53 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Elsie The Maid
Don't let Amy hear you say that!
Mar 27th 2006, 9:23 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Elsie The Maid
Don't let Amy hear you say that!
Mar 27th 2006, 9:25 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by ironporer
Don't worry mate- we all )most of us anyway) have lived in places such as yours...and they give us something to laugh and tell stories about years later. I do hope you have AC...Austin summers can be awfully brutal (100 days in a row of '97 for a high today, 77 nighttime low...no rain in sight").
Mar 27th 2006, 9:26 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by ironporer
The duct tape on the door is a lovely touch indeed. I actually have seen trailers up north wrapped completely in plastic.
Mar 27th 2006, 9:27 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Toontje
Amy's house has AC, though my trailer needed it too. In the summer, when the sun had been shining all day on the roof the trailer would be like an oven, temperatures far above 100°F.....
yeah i'm sure but it's the humidity here that eats us up..i love temps in the 90's or 100's but not when it's combined with 100% plus humidity...luckily you will benefit from the a/c in austin....hope the move goes well...do you have much to take or will it all fit in suitcases
Mar 27th 2006, 9:30 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by TruBrit
yeah i'm sure but it's the humidity here that eats us up..i love temps in the 90's or 100's but not when it's combined with 100% plus humidity...luckily you will benefit from the a/c in austin....hope the move goes well...do you have much to take or will it all fit in suitcases
Mar 27th 2006, 9:31 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Toontje
Normal bagage allowance for the plane plus a crate of 4' x 3' x 5' (books, tools, cd's and some clothes).
Mar 27th 2006, 9:33 am
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by TruBrit
good luck for you guys
Mar 27th 2006, 12:54 pm
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by Elsie The Maid
Good grief....didn't mean to start something here!
Toon and I have discussed division of assets, wills, and the like.... at the same dinner conversation where his mother made two bread rolls into anatomically correct humanoids, and had them mate.
Mar 27th 2006, 1:17 pm
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Re: Whats the sq ft of your house/condo/apartment..
Originally Posted by snowbunny
no worries.... just had a flashback to the property division section of my divorce decree.
Toon and I have discussed division of assets, wills, and the like.... at the same dinner conversation where his mother made two bread rolls into anatomically correct humanoids, and had them mate.
Toon and I have discussed division of assets, wills, and the like.... at the same dinner conversation where his mother made two bread rolls into anatomically correct humanoids, and had them mate.
