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Posted by JJ on December 13, 2006, 11:45 am
Many thanks for the useful advise.
Did check with my home insurer and no problem leaving it vacant for months.
Also, did find the idea of a webcam to monitor the house very interesting.
I'll have to research that.
Subject: Re: Second homes. Thoughts?
Date: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:43 PM
>This is kinda home repair related.
>
>
>
>I'm retiring soon and my wife and I are thinking about becoming snowbirds
>in
>Nevada to escape these dreadful Wisconsin winters.
>
>I've given a lot of thought to owning two homes and the details that need
>to
>be taken care of such as snow plowing, shoveling, mail, junk mail,
>security,
>plant watering, trusted neighbor, furnace failure/freeze alert etc.On the
>other hand, I have no experience on what it takes to close up a desert
>property for the summer.
>
>Just wondering if anyone has practical experience with the snowbird thing?
>Thoughts about both, the cold weather and warm weather aspects?
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>
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>I know when we owned a lake cottage in northern Wisconsin, every tool I
>ever
>needed was always at the other house! Didn't matter what it was, or which
>house we were at, it was always at the other house! That was just 150
>miles
>away, now we're contemplating 1,000 miles for 6 months at a time.
>
>
>
>Any thoughts or experiences, negative or positive will be appreciated!
>
>Thanks all,
Sounds fun.
Find a couple of neighbors or three that will do chores for you and
pick the best one and reward him/her handsomely for their caretaker
duties.
In addition, I'd install a web cam so I could watch the place 24/7
from the 'other' place.
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