Buying a condo in NoVA?

[Slateman]

don't they say that you can poach salmon in a dishwasher?

No crap, I saw a show about cheapskates where a woman made lasagna in the dish washer. She put all the ingredients in a pan, wrapped it tight in tin foil, and placed it in the top rack. Then she would wash her dishes and let the heat cook the  lasagna.

[HalfSmokes]

The first time she has to scrape fish off of her heating element shell reconsider the 75 cents a meal she's saving in gas

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

You haven't lived until you've cooked highway stew in foil on the engine block.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

You haven't lived until you've cooked highway stew in foil on the engine block.

Highway stew sounds like someone Senator wide-stance would like to meet.

[Slateman]

Nothing like scraping off a combination of wax and crap from the bottom of a toilet

[comish4lif]

You haven't lived until you've cooked highway stew in foil on the engine block.

The Mythbusters had Alton Brown on their show and they cooked a Thanksgiving dinner in an engine compartment.

[Count Walewski]

Read this entire thread tonight. A depressing peek at my likely future.

[Slateman]

Borrowed my BiL's drill. Took 30 seconds to drill through concrete. Must be nice to have cool toys. Spent the first night in my new place #feelsgoodbro

[tomterp]

Read this entire thread tonight. A depressing peek at my likely future.

Why would owning your first place be depressing?

[Count Walewski]

Mostly because, in this area, it requires compromising something.

[mitlen]

Mostly because, in this area, it requires compromising something.

That's everywhere  ...  particularly if you are on a budget.   

[Slateman]

freak. May have just found mold on the drywall

[mitlen]

freak. May have just found mold on the drywall

DRINK

[Count Walewski]

That's everywhere  ...  particularly if you are on a budget.   

It's certainly worse here than in all but a handful of other markets, and NoVa is worse than DC or Maryland.

I have a really sweet life right now on the upper floors of an Arlington high-rise, sharing a 2BR apartment with a roommate. We each pay less than we would for a 1BR, the view is spectacular, the metro is nearby, and the living room is spacious.

But I'm in this area for the long haul, I'll probably get engaged soon, and I know that long-term buying makes much more financial sense. Unfortunately, that means my quality of life will decline. Further, my girlfriend and I both have different preferences about what to compromise on, so that will be frustrating to deal with.

[HalfSmokes]

II thought the same things when I left crystal city, and I was wrong. Less bars and restaurants and more bbqs and going to the neighborhood pool, different, but not worse

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I really only bought a condo when I could get the mortgage and the condo fee for less than what the landlord wanted for my unit in Crystal Square.  i still drink at the same place, shop at the same places, etc...  Good luck, Slateman, with fixing your place.  You're more handy than I am, and you are more willing to do the stuff that'll make that place worth your while. 

[Slateman]

Nothing like cutting up double layer of drywall to remove mold.

BTW, who the freak uses double layer of drywall everywhere

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

People who like quiet? 

Nothing like cutting up double layer of drywall to remove mold.

BTW, who the freak uses double layer of drywall everywhere

[Slateman]

People who like quiet? 

Yea, well, they can freaking try and saw through over an inch of drywall.

[varoadking]

Yea, well, they can freaking try and saw through over an inch of drywall.

Not a party wall, is it?

[Slateman]

Party in my pants?

[Mathguy]

But why your pants ?

Party in my pants?

[Slateman]

But why your pants ?

Where else would the pants party be?

[Slateman]

Bought a couple more six packs. No way am I painting my house sober

[Slateman]

Patching drywall, throwing paint, scraping mudd .... freak yeah