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Posted May 12, 2008 • Comments Off on Balance sheet

Because I have to re-convince myself this is the right thing to do. Because lately it’s been so much waiting and so much worrying—and it’s showing—that I became tempted to tell Molly to scrap the whole thing.

Will miss:

  • Open, bright kitchen
  • Passthrough directly over the sink
  • Brand-new vinyl windows
  • Ceiling fan
  • Light switch right next to my bed
  • Washer and dryer on the bedroom level
  • Two easily accessible entrances

Won’t miss:

  • Searching for a parking spot
  • Noisy neighbors
  • Balcony neighbors think is shared property
  • Unstable satellite dish
  • Back door that unlocks and opens itself in some storms
  • Outdoor storage closet
  • Maintenance guys coming in without knocking
  • 20 steps from the street to the apartment
  • Dark office
  • Ten layers of sticky white paint
  • No catproofable areas
  • Tiny washer and dryer
  • Bad heating/cooling vent placement
  • Noisy furnace/air conditioner in the living room
  • Leaky second shower
  • Metal folding closet doors
  • Dumpster
  • Going upstairs to pee
  • This constant waiting around for the seller’s bank to unass their thumbs

Flat-out gains:

  • Reserved parking spots right out front
  • Space, space, space
  • Wood floor
  • Separate dining room
  • Deck
  • Triple-LNB satellite dish bolted to said deck
  • Another bedroom
  • Powder room on the main level
  • Close-off-able basement rooms
  • Fenced yard
  • Attic
  • Brick
  • Flowers
  • Can finally hang hammock chair purchased in 1999