That "cabin" would look good in Big Bear Lake, CA. amongst the multi million $$$$ homes..

 

It looks pretty good up here on this big ol Hill over looking charolais lake.

It is awesome.

 

Cool thanks!!!! I will have to wait for a nice warm day. Still a little cold in the North East.

Also, is the CD good for an '05 like yours/mine? I know there is differences from 04-05.

 

The cd only covers up to 04...as far as I know there isn't one for 05-08.

This cd covers almost everything about the 05..the only real changes in 04-05 was a facelift (body panels).

 

I like the log home, too! Nice!

Your Highness, when you are feeling gracious, would you mind educating a mere commoner how one "Buys" or "Purchases" an item on Ebay?

All I've figured out how to do is "Win" stuff! Funny thing, though...they never send me a note saying "You lose, Loser!"

 

me too Zane

 

Log cabin???? That's not a log cabin, it's a log mansion!!

(Yep, I'm just jealous)

 

Agreed that there's no newer CD. The later cars got a few more changes than some realise, though - such as electrics and "SAIR" (secondary air), not to mention STR getting VVT. For more details, see jaguar's TOPIx (was GTR).

edit: oh, and a diesel engine LOL

 

I'm content with my home but jealous of how much property you guys in less populated states have. I have .71 of an acre (which is theoretically huge here), but its all in the back yard, and still way too cramped for my taste.

I'm fighting with my town right now to widen the top half of my 22' wide driveway so I can park a car on the side of it without blocking the garage doors.

Take care,

George

 

Just what I was thinking, on all counts !

 

A driveway 22' wide??? You're lucky. Mine's not even 22' long!

(The Four Yorkshiremen sketch was partly about me LOL)

 

It's hardly a mansion, total sq. footage is 4,200 that includes 2 rooms in basement.

My fav of all of it is the back porch, it faces the woods where the squirrels play and eat off the feeders.

 

My Driveway is 22' x 60'. Plenty of room but not wide enough to park vehicles without blocking the garages. I want to do a 10x30 pad on the top right and then have it taper to the 22" (Btw when I had it paved I had it done to 24' wide, but they dont need to know that.

Oh and Rick, here it is with the new siding and gutters done. Garage doors going white next weekend.




Take care,

George

 

^ beautiful home.

Now for the bad news guys...The cabin I shown is not quite mine yet...I am in the process of buying it..... We are having trouble meeting on a common price.

I don't want a house payment

They are asking $279,000

I want to pay no more than $250,000

Hopefully soon to be resolved.

 

Thank you...

I need to move to another state... My house is 3100sq ft, and I'd be giving it away at 2.5x that. And the property taxes are 17k.

Unbelievable.... Where is this "cabin" at?

Take care,

George

 

Yes indeed George, if your goal is much more square footage for less than half the cost (and property taxes about one-eighth of what you're currently paying), you need to flee New Jersey for North Carolina. I have no idea how NY/NJ residents with blue-collar jobs can afford to buy anything larger than a two-room hut there. The housing prices and property tax amounts are astronomical....

 

The cabin is in Southern ohio, it sits up on top of a hill thats 5 acrs. overlooking a private lake.

There are prob. 5 other houses built around the lake.

I wish it had more property..... also since it's so high up my jag. runs really bad for awhile when I first start it in the driveway.

But all in all I love it.

 

Me and Rick have discussed this at some length.

I really don't NEED much more square footage, I'm single with no children remember...

Heck I have a 5 bedroom 3.5 bath home now that I dont use all the rooms in. I use the master bedroom, the kitchen, the family room, and the one downstairs bedroom is my theater room.

My formal living and dining rooms are rarely if ever used. Can't tell you the last time I went into the back two bedrooms upstairs.. BUT the thing is at least here in NJ, half the reason for owning the house is the neighborhood. I COULD have a smaller house, but here's the downside. First, no one builds bachelor pads with few large rooms (such as I have in my house, my family room is 31x17) They build small homes that are practical for families and end up being little mazes.

Secondly, the problem here is that unless you live in a higher dollar neighborhood, the urban element encroaches quickly. I dont need to worry about gangs, drugs, shootouts, carjackings etc (All less than 10 miles away in Trenton).

As far as Blue Collar workers, well for one the salaries are pretty high up here. Average is 73k, but secondly most of them simply don't. They either rent, or live in condos / apartments.

Unless I start my own consulting / engineering firm (which would probably have me constantly traveling back up here) , I wonder how much employment opportunity, and at what salary level there is down there.

Take care,

George

 

achysklic - How high up is it?

5 acres. OMG

 

George,

Regardless of what the feds or the markets say, we're still in a recession so the job market remains very tough. The good news is that Raleigh/Durham/Cary/Chapel Hill remains one of the top IT employment areas in the country due to the presence of so many world-class companies in Research Triangle Park here (Google it if you've never heard of it). IT project management and engineering jobs here can range from $80,000 to $125,000 and up, depending upon what you can find and what you can bring to the table. What doesn't exist anymore are the huge bonuses that many IT companies were paying back when tech was flying high and raking in the revenue back in the late 90s. Those bonuses could often double your annual earnings, but they're pretty much gone now. Most IT folks here have felt massive relief that they've managed to stay in their jobs over the past 3 to 4 years with all the layoffs and closures. I believe it will be years before employment gets back to a new normal (whatever that turns out to be), but the Fabulous Late 90s are gone for good....

Your cost-of-living would be monumentally less here. If you spend some time investigating that, it will make you cry when you realize how much money it is costing you to live where you do....