FH and I decided it was a better idea for us to get into a condo, more affordable, and there is no lawn to mow, or snow to shovel.
Anyone care to share where to find a nice big condo? How do you ladies like the ones you are in? Is it just a glorified apartment?
prinses777
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I live in a Co-op... and We love it!!!
Snow is gone by the time you leave in the morning... Paper is at your feet when you walk out the door... Maitence ppl are so nice... 24 hr security... Gated Entry... Its great.
Is it only a glorified appt??? Ummmm... I am not sure... This is the first place I have lived since I left my Parents home in which I lived all my life...
To me... its our Home and we love it.
Good Luck searching... If you have any questions you can always FM!
MCDO15
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i called an upgrade from an apartment with benefits... feels a tad different even though its an apartment style place to live
we did the same thing since house prices were a joke... it will work out if you stay a few years then get your first dream home
lanabean
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We own a townhouse and we love it. It has 2 floors (no basement), 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. We each have our own walk-in closet in our bedroom! It was a total score for us and a nice way to start our married life. We have snow removal, landscaping....it's really nice. It's in a small cul-de-sac in Hauppauge. We bought it right before the wedding; unfortunately now they go for over $400K, (which is good for us when we go to sell; not so great for people looking now, thuogh) but we got a good price b/c the owners were in a rush to sell.
nov04LIbride
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We have a one bedroom condo, that is large (1200 square feet). Is it a glorified apt? We could definitely rent a larger apt for the same price, but this made much better financial sense for us. Ours has gone up in price $50,000 since we bought it a year ago. It has everything we need--an outdoor patio, our own washer/dryer, dishwasher, air conditioning...And for right now we wouldn't want to be doing the upkeep and cleaning of a large house.
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We have a one bedroom coop which we bought over the summer. It's a very small apartment in eastern queens, but we own it and will have tax write offs. It's great not having to deal with a landlord. A condo is even better though. Plus, no shoveling, mowing the lawn, etc.
LaLa
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FH owns a co-op. He closed on our 2nd date. It has gone up 100K sine he bought it 2.5 years ago. It is 1 bedroom and huge. I love it and cant wait to move in after we are married. One issue...parking. It is hard to find spaces espically since we are on a busy road.
ginny26
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I want to get out of our apt. too and find a condo or co-op... don't know where to look though! We'd like to stay in Nassau or in western Suffolk. Anybody have any ideas on where to look?
ellebelle1
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We own a co-op and we love it. We can not afford a house in our ideal neighborhood (way too expensive), so instead we live in a 2-bedroom co-op in our ideal neighborhood. It's the next best thing.
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I have a one bedroom coop - decent size (850 sq feet plus a terrace), 24 hour door person, 24 security with an attendant in a booth in each of the two building and even a person in a booth in the parking lot, gated buildings and parking (for a fee and it took 5 years to get my space). They shovel the snow before you wake up most times, theu clean the lobby and all public spaces and deliver newspapers, accept UPS/Fedex packages and such. We even get monthly coop bills delivered by hand each month.
Yeah, it is a glorified apt but with tax breaks
There is no way that I could rent the same sized space for the price in this area. The price has gone up like 900% since I bought it in 1997.
SOON TO BE MRS. B
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we bought our condo about a year and a half ago and the price has alreday gone up by about 75K..... we love it, its a 1 BR, great building, parking storage.... I think it was oen of the best decisions we ever made!
july06bride
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I lived in a condo IN CT though- so I cant help too much, but I can tell you that it was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!! The place was so nice, nothing to take care of, when there was a problem the maintenance people take care of it...there was a pool- no clean up- one bad thing- like any apartment- are the rules... we had a quiet neightbors which was great, but we were moving in and we amde noise and they were angry- WHATEVER...we could not have pets...
I love my home now- but the condo was a great starter for us
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Posted by ellebelle1
We own a co-op and we love it. We can not afford a house in our ideal neighborhood (way too expensive), so instead we live in a 2-bedroom co-op in our ideal neighborhood. It's the next best thing.
We are doing the same thing.. Hoping to close in the next month
chellynyc
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I bought a co-op in Rego Park, Queens in May 2005. I live there by myself and FH will move in when we're married - we plan to only live there a couple of mths and then start looking for a house.
Besides meeting FH, buying my co-op was the best thing I did. It's a great feeling knowing that it's yours and it's much more affordable then a house.
I hope to make a profit off of it when I sell and that will be my down payment on a house.
ellebelle1
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Posted by diggity10
Posted by ellebelle1
We own a co-op and we love it. We can not afford a house in our ideal neighborhood (way too expensive), so instead we live in a 2-bedroom co-op in our ideal neighborhood. It's the next best thing.
We are doing the same thing.. Hoping to close in the next month
That's awesome. Congrats! What town will you be living in?
diggity10
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Posted by diggity10
Posted by ellebelle1
We own a co-op and we love it. We can not afford a house in our ideal neighborhood (way too expensive), so instead we live in a 2-bedroom co-op in our ideal neighborhood. It's the next best thing.
We are doing the same thing.. Hoping to close in the next month
That's awesome. Congrats! What town will you be living in?
East Rockaway close to our ideal neighborhood/school district which is Lynbrook
Hamptonsbride06
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I want a place with 2 floors..or at least 2 bedrooms, just so if we decide to have kids, we wont have to move right away. I just wish it didnt have to be so hard!
Soon2BMrsA
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Before our wedding DH and I found a townhome we loved in Albertson. Not sure if they have any available now, I found it on the Daniel Gayle website. It had 2 floors, 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths and 2 car garage.
It was listed at $450,000 and we thought it was just too much for 2 bedrooms and was worried we wouldnt get much more than that when we wanted to sell it. I think if you dont want to worry about maintaining your lawn and things like that, condos are a good buy, especially if the maintenance fees are low.
Good luck!
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Co-op!!! Love it........
Summer101
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We bought a condo over a year ago Smithtown for 375K It has 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths, living room, dining room, eat-in-kitchen and a garage. We absolutely love it and since we both work full time it is nice not to mow lawns, rake leaves, and shovel snow. They have gone up a lot in a year and I probably could sell it for about 440K. It is so much better than renting if you can afford it so at least you cna sell it in years to buy a house if you want to go that route. Where are you looking to buy? I know a lot about where they are all located.
