Less than a week now until we close on Kenmore Place. Every piece of paper has been signed, every document copied, all our accounts verified. The numbers are frightening—does anyone really look at the final number they will pay for a house after 30 years? Even at 3.875%? And that doesn’t even touch the cost of insurance, taxes, maintainance, repairs and emergency funds. Add renovations to that and the idea that a house is an “investment” is nuts.
It is, I will accept, an “investment” in lifestyle. In community, in family, in comfort. And in activity–Paulie and I listed 10 years of projects in just ten minutes of “what if we did…” discussion. We will never again be without something to do on nights and weekends.
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