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Originally Posted by snowshoe
My wife has decided to have her midlife crisis. It's killing me and I'm angry but I need to look for a place to live in a few months. I don't want to give up my cat and the cost to rent is close to a mortgage payment for a condo. I've never thought I'd want to live in a condo but I'm starting to see some appeal now.
Any thoughts on benefits or differences between a condo or townhouse? Any tips when looking? Any other suggestions? Any one have experience with a spouse going through this?
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It's nice living in a condo... when you're a bachelor IMO. Don't need to worry about shoveling or mowing, underground parking, it's great. However, I'm looking at buying myself a house for various reasons. Space is extremely limited in a condo, looking to get married in the coming year and having a second parking spot (depending on the condo) is a PITA. Storage is also little where I'm fighting to store my golf clubs. Also depending on your condo if it's not concrete floors, you'll hear every single step your neighbors make.
If you plan to have a family, or just have a lot of junk a house is great. A garage to store the tools and various rooms to do whatever you want. I'm finding little reason to stay in my condo when it's not much more expensive to own a house nowadays... and you don't deal with those pesky condo fees. I'm paying almost $400 in condo fees, plus they're replacing our balcony this summer which is another $20000.
Live in a house where you control everything.