Comments on: Nearly Finished Painting The House http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/ A rich life without a lot of money Sun, 20 May 2012 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Miss Thrifty http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23419 Miss Thrifty Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:08:34 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23419 Well done - this sounds seriously impressive! I bought a pot of paint for our lounge back in May and it is still languishing, unopened, on the hearth. Reading this has inspired me to crack it open at last... Well done – this sounds seriously impressive! I bought a pot of paint for our lounge back in May and it is still languishing, unopened, on the hearth. Reading this has inspired me to crack it open at last…

]]> By: FrugalBabe http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23357 FrugalBabe Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:58:15 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23357 If we didn't have an HOA, we probably wouldn't have painted our house this summer, since we have a newborn. But... the house really needed painting, and now that we're done, I'm glad the HOA lit a fire under us. It's been on our to-do list for a few years now. If we didn’t have an HOA, we probably wouldn’t have painted our house this summer, since we have a newborn. But… the house really needed painting, and now that we’re done, I’m glad the HOA lit a fire under us. It’s been on our to-do list for a few years now.

]]> By: Frugal Trenches http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23355 Frugal Trenches Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23355 We don't have Home Associations here, so this is all new to me! I think 90% of British houses need painting lol not sure Home Associations are a very British way of thinking! I mentioned them once (when I got back from US) and everyone I talked to about them said they'd only paint their house if they wanted to! Funny really isn't it? Glad you got it done, it's brilliant accomplishing projects that are on that long to do list! We don’t have Home Associations here, so this is all new to me! I think 90% of British houses need painting lol not sure Home Associations are a very British way of thinking! I mentioned them once (when I got back from US) and everyone I talked to about them said they’d only paint their house if they wanted to! Funny really isn’t it? Glad you got it done, it’s brilliant accomplishing projects that are on that long to do list!

]]> By: MP http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23335 MP Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:10:14 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23335 It is great, when you think about it, that your HOA is asking all owners to do the cosmetic improvements you are undertaking. Three years ago, the RE market and economy were much different. The work you, and your neighbors, are doing will aid in hopefully keeping the value of your neighborhood more stable than those where less attention has been paid, or, worse yet, the developments that have gone bankrupt leaving early buyers living in little more than ghost towns. I just wish I could get the HOA of my primary residence think critically about what "future buyers" might be looking at and do some sprucing up too. It is great, when you think about it, that your HOA is asking all owners to do the cosmetic improvements you are undertaking. Three years ago, the RE market and economy were much different.

The work you, and your neighbors, are doing will aid in hopefully keeping the value of your neighborhood more stable than those where less attention has been paid, or, worse yet, the developments that have gone bankrupt leaving early buyers living in little more than ghost towns.

I just wish I could get the HOA of my primary residence think critically about what “future buyers” might be looking at and do some sprucing up too.

]]> By: Frugal Babe http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23326 Frugal Babe Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:27:29 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23326 In fairness to the HOA, they probably should have made us paint the house and fence three years ago. They've been really lax for a while, and the new board is cracking down. All four houses on our street corner have been painted this summer, and it looks a whole lot better around here. Our fence is in bad shape, and we've been talking about painting it or replacing it for the last two years - now we have the motivation we need. In fairness to the HOA, they probably should have made us paint the house and fence three years ago. They’ve been really lax for a while, and the new board is cracking down. All four houses on our street corner have been painted this summer, and it looks a whole lot better around here. Our fence is in bad shape, and we’ve been talking about painting it or replacing it for the last two years – now we have the motivation we need.

]]> By: Sense http://frugalbabe.com/2008/07/27/nearly-finished-painting-the-house/#comment-23309 Sense Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:23:42 +0000 http://frugalbabe.com/?p=423#comment-23309 Ugh, that HOA sounds like a PITA! Ugh, that HOA sounds like a PITA!

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