Built a new home and moved in back in March. Nice quiet neighborhood and I cant complain about much. U-Verse dropped the ball getting the phone-tv-internet in and couldn't give a legit reason why it would take a month. Went with Comcast for a bit but the DVR sucks ass. Being gone like I am, we DVR lots of tv then watch it back when I am at home. Once U-Verse got it together, we went back to them and all is good.
One of the benefits to having a house is having a fenced in backyard so the dogs can run loose. The lot we picked had been vacant for quite some time so naturally our neighbors slightly expanded their back yard and now 3 decent sized trees have to be removed so we can enjoy the full scope of our property. When the builders broke ground they gave our neighbors the "heads up" that we had fence plans. This was back in January. I would think in 4 months we would have had dialogue about the trees & the fence so there would be a plan in motion to get the trees removed neatly and we can plan for our fence. I would hate to think we now have to wait for them to decide when they will move the trees (which are clearly on OUR property) so we can have what is lawfully ours. I could be a dick, go to the homeowners association with the plans and the survey and such of the property and say "tell them to move" but I am hoping not much longer I will stop being ignored and we can settle this like adults without drama.
When this addition was built some very nice homes were built around 200k. When the housing market crashed, the building stopped and the development sat almost finished. Arbor homes came in this last year, bought the lots to finish things up. Now those people including myself may not have spent the 200k that the other home owners did but that doesn't mean we should be looked at differently because of that. In one HOA meeting the topic of "impact of Arbor Homes on resale value" was a topic. Right there tells me some folks have some serious entitlement issues when it comes to the "newbies" coming in.
Overall it's good being a homeowner again and finally with a home in a good neighborhood and with enough space. I hope in this neighborhood we aren't on the outside looking in.
Anyone band or DJ can "make a cd". When I read about a CD or album release event I am often curious if the costs incurred to make this album or cd are ever fully recovered. 10 years ago the cool thing was "hey check out my cd" but I don't think its's as cool as it was. It's no secret bands famous and not make quicker cash off playing live. I would put small snippets on Sound-cloud that teases listeners to check out a live show if it was me. (random topic I know)
Speaking of music, of course there is a studio in the new house! So far I have been trying to keep it tidy, I have some gear that needs finally wired in but for the most part is done.
Of course you can still find me at Peppers Greenwood Thur-Sat and Peppers 56th on Wednesday nights. I've been enjoying having Sundays off and look forward to continuing that into the fall. That's for another blog...
Alex
