Catch is in the House!

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It's big enough for me to have a dedicated listening room (separate from the Rec Room with the home theatre and the living room with no music [for Jill sake] ). Hooray!!!
Other amenities include balcony access for all bedrooms on the second floor, four bathrooms (including a master en suite with a big jet tub), finished basement, recently remodelled kitchen, and much, much, more. It's on a quiet cul-de-sac and backs onto a ravine!

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Mike,
It sounds absolutely fabulous, you are very lucky and I am sure, from what Vuk has told us, that you payed peanuts for it compared with what we suffer here in London (UK). If I was to buy the flat that I am renting (2 bed, 2 bathroom with views over the docks/river Thames) it would cost me in your money over $600,000! I note that the exchange rate has narrowed a bit recently, it's 2.26CD$ to the £ today.
John

Music is the answer.

Regards
Geoff

This could be your lucky day.

I am devising a plan to upgrade the properties which I rent out (yes my middle name is Rachman)and I am looking at moving my them into the rural areas which attract a high rental and hence will provide me with a higher return on my investments. Being a capitalist is such fun.

Anyway, you could buy a delightful 2 bed terrace off me for the give away price of £75,000.00.
You couldn't buy a parking space near you for that.

It must be better than living in London. Lots of jobs and low living costs, what more could you want.

Also congtrats to Mike, sounds like you are getting it all together. I take it that early retirement is now on the cards. You need time to listen to listen to your music.

Regards

Mick

The intended listening room will be in the back den on the main floor, so running a dedicated mains line into there should be simple. It's a bit of a quirky shape, something like this:

I'm not entirely certain of the position and size of the nook and bay window, or the position and swing direction of the doors. At this stage, I evision placing a couch on the left wall, the equipment in the nook, and the speakers just outside the nook (somewhat clear of the walls). If the door swings are different, I might put the couch on the top wall (under the bay window), the gear in the nook, and the speakers in the bottom. The trick is getting enough free space around the Albions. (They like at least 12-16" on all sides.) BTW, I would also like to fit some CD storage in there (4'x2'). Any other suggestions?

I'll be going there next weekend to take some measurements, pictures, etc. Catch you later!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

[This message was edited by Mike Hanson on FRIDAY 05 January 2001 at 11:25.]

[This message was edited by Mike Hanson on FRIDAY 05 January 2001 at 11:37.]

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

As it is, I did get it for a good price. Comparable houses at similar distances from the downtown core are usually $350-450K.

BTW, I grew up in Saskatchewan, about twenty miles from the provincial capitol of Regina. In Regina I could buy that same house for less than $150K. However, Regina is my least favourite place on earth. Catch you later!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Mine is a little bit smaller and in the Ottawa region (on the Québec side) the price are lower, I pay 85000$. (4 bed, 2 bath, a semi-finished basement).

This leave me enough money to buy a cd 3.5 / 102 - napcs - hicap / 180 in the same year.

Bernard Paquet

I noticed you selling your 32.5/SNAPS/1?0 on AudioWeb. The 102/NAPSC/Hi/180 combo is quite nice. If you still have the SNAPS, and if it's actually a SNAPS2, then you can convert it to dual rail and use it to power the 3.5. However, you'll be really happy when you swap the 3.5 for a CDX. (I know you want to do it! Give in to temptation )

My house doesn't have a fireplace yet, although we do intend to add one in the next few years. There's an existing chimney that we can use to save some money. Catch you later!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Smilies do not a forum make.

Congratulations on your new home, it looks fabulous.

If you didn't already own Albians, IBL's would work a treat ;-)

Bob.

The problem with IBLs is that you have to purchase them used, and I don't generally see them over here in Canada.

I'm also intrigued by all of the people using "Neat" speakers (Mystique, Petite, Elite, etc.). I'm going to give the Elites a listen at Vuk's place (along with all of his Mana) to see what I think. Catch you later!

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

At current exchange rates your house would cost about £140K in the UK.

In London a similar house would fetch around £500k in the posher suberbs, more in the really good areas.

Your house appears to be about 75% the size of mine which was recently valued at £200k. However, you have a cellar, I do not, but I have a double garage. I would estimate that your style of house would fetch about £175K/£185k in a good part of Swindon.

I once had the occassion to visit the late Freddie Mecurie's house in 1990 and even then his house was valued at £4.6 million. Today you could multiply that by five. And before you ask, it was big but not that big. The land plot was about 1/3rd of an acre. It was based in Kensington W8 which is posh, but near Earls Court which aint because it is inhabited by lots of semi drunk Australians as well as a lot of leather clad Gays.

The price of property within the Uk is not to bad unless its in London were it borders on the ludicrous. Therefore many forum members residing in London will be crying in their beer after reading your thread.

If you venture to areas such as the remoter parts of Wales, cottages are still being snapped up for less than £50k, mainly by rich Londoners who want a weekend retreat. This tends to upset the locals who regard £50k as excessive.

Enjoy it

Regards

Mick

Great house though Mike, really lovely. I hope it goes well in May.

Andrew

Andrew Randle
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Cheers

Keith.

ex-audiophile

See how bad is Omer's situation, not only living in a place like Tel Aviv, the apartments are sooooooo expensive there !

Omer - come to Haifa !

Arie

-=> Mike Hanson <=-

Of course, most self-respecting Australians are usually totally drunk...