A single guy lived in this townhouse for 8 years in The Villages, FLA. The landlord thought he was the best renter because he never called or complained and was never late on a payment.
Apparently, the pictures you’re about to see don’t even come close to what it really looked like. Century 21 Realty had moved some of the cans out, and they had caved in the tunnels that the renter had made to get to the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
All this, yet you still don’t see any dust, scattered clothing, or dirty dishes anywhere. Just a well worn bowling ball and tarnished trumpet.
Other than having a minor drinking problem, he was basically a very clean, organized person. Add to this, the fact that he was a concerned about his beer cans by the tens of thousands. Mountains of cans burying the furniture.
The water and heat were shut off, apparently on purpose by the tenant, who evidently drank Coors Light beer exclusively for the eight years he lived there. There was an estimated 70,000 beer cans in the townhouse.
To accumulate that amount of cans, the resident must have consumed an average of 24 beers a day for the 8 years of his tenancy.
If you’re in Seattle right now, you should know there’s a flu bug going around. And, if it hasn’t hit you yet, look out! I tossed in turned in bed with a nasty fever for days. In fact, I had a hard time getting up to put anything together for another blog that I work on almost daily and look what happened to our traffic:
ouch!
Most of it seems to be from the loss of search engine placement. I never expected serps to be so critical. From now on I’m making sure I always have back up content from here on out in case I need a day off for a death in the family or a day spent in jail for that old seat belt ticket.
I’ve been looking for this guy at Pike Place Market for awhile now and finally found him yesterday. For $50 he’ll customize a ball cap with your name, movie character, city scape or whatever you like with graffiti style art. For $25, he’ll paint your converse shoe. If you haven’t seen him yet, check out his myspace page for 100’s of examples of his art. I’m going down to get mine today.
Last night I watched the Southpark episode titled: Night of the Living Homeless last night and couldn’t help but to relate. I live in Capitol Hill, right off Broadway, and there are times that I only walk a blocks distance to be harassed for change 2 or 3 times. I can also recall 2 confrontations I’ve had with homeless people because I couldn’t stand it anymore.
The first time was in front of Dick’s. My girlfriend and I were walking down the street and a guy snaps at me telling me to give him a cigarette even though I wasn’t smoking. I told him I didn’t smoke and continued on with my stride. I had an eerie feeling behind me, so I looked over my shoulder to see the guy following us and only within a foots distance. I turned around and told him to back off only to excite him. He started blurting out how he was just walking down the street like everybody else, yada da. So, my girl and turned around and walked the other way. From then on, I’ve decided that if I’m to go out to lunch on Broadway, I’ll dress down. Shitty shoes and raggedy shirt.
The last confrontation I had was actually at Myrtle Edwards and was actually quite humored. I was out taking some video of the park for a listing we have at the Bellora. For company, I invited a friend of mine to come down and skate on my new long-board that I brought back from Honolulu while I took the video. As I chuckled to myself about the lack of skateboarding skills my friend had while coming down the path, I saw that he was stopped by a guy who did a good job at initiating conversation. I saw my friend laugh and point at me. So, the guy came towards me and started complimenting me on my skateboard and told a joke or two. Afterwards, he got a somber look on his face and said, “Hey man, you think you could help me out with some spare change.”
I said, “Are you asking me for free money?”
“No! I like to think of it as karma,” he replied.
LOL
“I’m not buying it,” I told him.
The good bums will make you feel guilty by saying, “God bless you” even if (especially if) you don’t give them any change. Or, ask you for more when you do give it to them. Or!, don’t even say thank you.
From there, I got the veteran speech. Why he deserves to get my spare change (which I didn’t have) and plus some insults on how I probably wouldn’t make it in the service. I told him he was probably right and he continued on his way. But, before he got too far away, he looked back at me and shouted, “Hey, just don’t waste my time man!”
Granted, I understand that there are those who cannot help themselves and I used to appreciate the efforts of the Real Change program. However, it’s only been another way for the homeless to stand on the corner and ask for money. Only this time they can give a crappy paper to you in exchange for your change ($1). Seattle needs a program that gets the homeless off the streets and begging for money. I don’t understand how putting them on the streets begging for money is supposed to get them off the streets begging for money.
I’ve been taking a class in Ballard over the last 2 days for Dreamweaver training. Part of my duties in working with my team of Realtors is to update and manage our website. I’ve been somewhat intimidated with learning Dreamweaver, but it appears to be fairly simply. The hardest part so far is just getting used to the language. But, I’m having a great learning experience and was even offered a beer to drink with my lunch. Can’t wait till lunch time.
Why not? I’ve been working on a team and have started a new blog for downtown Seattle condos in which I have time to make it’s presentation more informative and attractive. Therefore, this one is going personal:) I haven’t found Blogger.com to be the best tool for our needs but I’ve got so much time put into this one I can’t just dump it. What will this blog be about? Nothing in particular. Just personal documentation.
So, if you’re looking for downtown news, information on developments or real estate services, please visit our new seattle condo blog.
Year Built: 1982 Number of Floors: 23 Number of Units: 76 Common Areas & Amenities: Fitness center, Hot tub, club room, game room, indoor pool and sauna. Companies: Lease Crutcher Lewis
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Bay Vista Tower has had a low turnover over the years. The building is located in the northern area of Belltown on quieter 2nd Avenue. This concrete structure also boasts many views considering it’s location is away from the density of many other Belltown condos. Enjoy summer activities and everything the Seattle Center has to offer within just a couple of blocks away from home. The only other buildings that are currently closer to the center in the Belltown neighborhood is GALLERY and Mosler Lofts.
A view is valued as a ’10’ if you can stand with your arms reaching out and see distance without any obstruction. A view is valued as a ‘0’ if you have to peek-a-boo look out a small window facing a brick wall. Other factors that can either increase or decrease a view’s value includes it’s potential to be obstructed with future construction, whether or not the view is seen from inside or outside the unit on a deck, facing east towards the city or facing west towards the water where you can see the sunset and ferries lit up as they pass at night, what floor the unit is located and position of windows.
Personally, I prefer a city view where I can see city lights, hear the sounds of traffic and have the ability to people watch. However, the most valuable view is from the highest floor with a deck facing west. A unit that has the same floor plan but lacks the features mentioned can make a $100,000 difference in sale price because of it’s desirability.
When choosing a new condo purchase it’s important to understand the units view potential. Everybody wants a view and in some cases it’s more of a priority to potential buyers than parking and/or square footage.
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