time to park the corvette
Big news from the DeGroot household. We've just been informed that the offer we placed for a new condo has been accepted! We are now (almost) the proud owners of a condo in the Brewer's Hill area of Milwaukee right near the restaurant, Roots.
It's not far from my current place, but the condo is pretty slick and a little bigger with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths (and 2x what anyone should be paying for taxes) and a little over 1400 square feet. Plenty of room for me to be able to lock myself in a separate room when I need a little "Derek Time" away from the family. Of course, I never really need that given how wonderful of a family I have. (whew, I hope that made up for the previous sentence).
One sad note is that my first ever home purchase, the place once referred to by a friend of mine as the equivalent of Sam's Malone's corvette from Cheers, will be sold to another to enjoy. The place where I first stretched my legs feeling a huge sense of pride that I was able to afford a place and take the big step of aquiring a home mortgage. It seems like only yesterday I moved in there with no living room furniture except for a used recliner which I placed in the middle of the huge living room with nothing but white walls and windows around me. Countless people used to walk by on the Riverwalk laughing at me (I had no window treatments at the time) as I sat there, reclined, with a big smile on my face having a High Life. Ahh, the good old days.
Now, the place has a woman's touch and is much more "homey" because of the addition of many things like paint colors, pictures, candles and of course, donating most of my things to Goodwill without my knowledge.
It's very exciting but now the fun begins...we need to sell our place! Who's looking for a new condo?
Contact me immediately and if we complete a deal, you will not only be buying a pimpin' condo, but also you'll be purchasing my love...which lasts a lifetime.
It's not far from my current place, but the condo is pretty slick and a little bigger with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths (and 2x what anyone should be paying for taxes) and a little over 1400 square feet. Plenty of room for me to be able to lock myself in a separate room when I need a little "Derek Time" away from the family. Of course, I never really need that given how wonderful of a family I have. (whew, I hope that made up for the previous sentence).
One sad note is that my first ever home purchase, the place once referred to by a friend of mine as the equivalent of Sam's Malone's corvette from Cheers, will be sold to another to enjoy. The place where I first stretched my legs feeling a huge sense of pride that I was able to afford a place and take the big step of aquiring a home mortgage. It seems like only yesterday I moved in there with no living room furniture except for a used recliner which I placed in the middle of the huge living room with nothing but white walls and windows around me. Countless people used to walk by on the Riverwalk laughing at me (I had no window treatments at the time) as I sat there, reclined, with a big smile on my face having a High Life. Ahh, the good old days.
Now, the place has a woman's touch and is much more "homey" because of the addition of many things like paint colors, pictures, candles and of course, donating most of my things to Goodwill without my knowledge.
It's very exciting but now the fun begins...we need to sell our place! Who's looking for a new condo?
Contact me immediately and if we complete a deal, you will not only be buying a pimpin' condo, but also you'll be purchasing my love...which lasts a lifetime.
Labels: brewer's hill, cheers, condo
posted by Derek at 1:33 PM
3 Comments:
Congratulations! I can't wait to see the new place (said quietly so the current condo doesn't hear) It was sad selling my first house also. I feel your pain. On to bigger dreams... and rooms.
moving on up to the east side...congrats
Congrats Derek and Kirsten!!!
Bring on the babies!!! :)
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