Attention Maryland Shoppers!

While stopping at a state welcome center to pick up a new map of Maryland --our prior one vanished when the 1998 minivan was stolen back in March-- I noticed an announcement on the desk: Maryland has a sales tax holiday on clothing coming up!

( Click for details. )

Attention Maryland Shoppers!

While stopping at a state welcome center to pick up a new map of Maryland --our prior one vanished when the 1998 minivan was stolen back in March-- I noticed an announcement on the desk: Maryland has a sales tax holiday on clothing coming up!

( Click for details. )

It's an Expensive Day in the Neighbourhood

There is a house at the east end of our street north of Washington, DC which was recently renovated and put up for sale. Looking in the windows, it seems a nice place and we harboured (briefly) fantasies of moving up to a larger, nicer house without having to move far.

The thought was nixed within seconds because the soundwall of the Capital Beltway off-ramp for south-bound Georgia Avenue is a mere 20 feet from the back of the house. This means that highway noise would be considerably more intense than the negligible white noise of our current location. It also means that the house is under dire threat of imminent domain demolition if/when the state decides to expand the beltway.

The house is larger than ours: two stories with one extra bedroom, twice the floor space and a slightly larger lot of land but no garage.

( Click here for the price. )

Despite the lack of occupants, I dropped a newsletter from the civic association in the mail slot. It might help the sale to demonstrate there is an active association of homeowners in the area. Besides, anyone with pockets deep enough to afford the place is someone we'd definitely like to have involved in the association.

Interested parties can see the listing here. The photo makes it look much larger than it actually is, but from a seller's perspective, that's probably a good thing.

It's an Expensive Day in the Neighbourhood

There is a house at the east end of our street north of Washington, DC which was recently renovated and put up for sale. Looking in the windows, it seems a nice place and we harboured (briefly) fantasies of moving up to a larger, nicer house without having to move far.

The thought was nixed within seconds because the soundwall of the Capital Beltway off-ramp for south-bound Georgia Avenue is a mere 20 feet from the back of the house. This means that highway noise would be considerably more intense than the negligible white noise of our current location. It also means that the house is under dire threat of imminent domain demolition if/when the state decides to expand the beltway.

The house is larger than ours: two stories with one extra bedroom, twice the floor space and a slightly larger lot of land but no garage.

( Click here for the price. )

Despite the lack of occupants, I dropped a newsletter from the civic association in the mail slot. It might help the sale to demonstrate there is an active association of homeowners in the area. Besides, anyone with pockets deep enough to afford the place is someone we'd definitely like to have involved in the association.

Interested parties can see the listing here. The photo makes it look much larger than it actually is, but from a seller's perspective, that's probably a good thing.