Posts Tagged with "house"

Our New Home in Costa Rica

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Our New Home in Costa Rica

After two weeks of visiting dozens of houses all over Grecia, Costa Rica, we finally picked the house we will live in for the next year. Who’d have guessed it would be the first house we looked at! When we first saw the house, we were impressed by the views and the gardens, but the lack [...]

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The Bondage of “Stuff”

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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The Bondage of “Stuff”

Well, we sold our house, and are now in the process of selling almost everything we own. We made a huge list in Google Docs of all our stuff with prices, and posted it on Craigslist, KSL, Facebook, and other sites, and have had a pretty decent response. It feels wonderful to be freeing ourselves [...]

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Leaky Basement?

Friday, March 20, 2009

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Okay, some of you know that even before we left on our trip, we found puddles of water in our basement every week or two. We couldn’t find any correlation with the weather, we were told there was no break in the city water line, and every expert we brought in had a different opinion. Some [...]

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What about Our House?

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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One of the other questions we’re frequently asked about our trip is, “What are you going to do with your house while you’re gone?” For a while, we entertained the idea of renting it out as a vacation home for someone who wanted to come and ski during those weeks, etc. We thought about using services [...]

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