Re:The dying mall’s new lease on life: apartments
by scarface74 on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:37PM
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I’ve gone from a 750 square foot apartment (single), to a 3000 square foot house (married with a step child and then divorced), back to a 2300 square foot apartment (Married two stepchildren), back to a 3100 square foot house (married one son had moved out by then). I will never live in an apartment or any other attached dwelling again.
- my mortgage is $2200 a month - soon to be $2600 when I refinance to a 15 year.
- we have a separate guest suite with a bathroom for when my parents visit or if they have to ever move in with us.
- a separate room that is now a study/studio for my wife’s online fitness classes
- a bedroom converted to an office now that I work from home hopefully for the rest of my career.
- a bedroom that we converted to a cardio room with a treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike and weights.
- a bedroom for my son
- a master suite for us.
- a decent size family room and kitchen.
Especially with Covid, this has been a lifesaver. I can’t imagine being stuck in an apartment right now.
Even before my recent job change to working remotely for $BigTech and was just making an average salary for a software architect locally (east coast). The house was only 2x household income. In other words, any run of the mill developer could have afforded it.
- my mortgage is $2200 a month - soon to be $2600 when I refinance to a 15 year.
- we have a separate guest suite with a bathroom for when my parents visit or if they have to ever move in with us.
- a separate room that is now a study/studio for my wife’s online fitness classes
- a bedroom converted to an office now that I work from home hopefully for the rest of my career.
- a bedroom that we converted to a cardio room with a treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike and weights.
- a bedroom for my son
- a master suite for us.
- a decent size family room and kitchen.
Especially with Covid, this has been a lifesaver. I can’t imagine being stuck in an apartment right now.
Even before my recent job change to working remotely for $BigTech and was just making an average salary for a software architect locally (east coast). The house was only 2x household income. In other words, any run of the mill developer could have afforded it.