For the last year I have been going back and forth on a decision on whether I should sell the Maui condo or not. I think I have mentioned this before. With the Canadian dollar where it is it makes this decision tougher.
Our family, extended family and friends have enjoyed the place so much. Going to the condo is not like just going for a vacation someplace you rent, a different place each time. This is like going to the family cabin...predictable, easy and relaxing. I love it. But....
I had to have the kitchen tap replaced and two valves under the sink. The final bill was 550.00!!!! US bucks. To change the tap it cost 775 Canadian. Thats crazy! And today I just went and got a US money order to pay the property taxes for half of 2014 (they do everything by six months over there...taxes, insurance, car registration etc), all of 2015 and the first half of 2016. 3,500 US. So, five thousand dollars later....and now in my head I am calculating the conversion of the strata and utilities. Ayayayay!
And...if I sell it it would sell for around 360,000 US. And that converts to 448,000. I am not sure what the capital gains would be. All I know is that the government will have its filthy grubby hands out to take a chunk...one which I don't think it deserves, not this time. It did nothing to earn it.
Anyway I went down to the bank and got a money order in US funds to send off. It would have been sent but I stood in line at the post office, only one person being waited on ahead of me, and at the twenty minute mark, after listening to the dumb as a bag of hammers broad working there, trying and not succeeding to help the person in front, I stomped off. Along with a few others not willing to wait. Now I will have to go back. Dammit!!!
Now I am at home contemplating having a nap. Willie kept me up half the night. I woke up around two am. I could hear Molly's toe nails (shovel list) clicking on the floor, coming back from the kitchen where her water is. And she must have startled Willie as she walked past his bedroom door, which was open. He started to thump. And unless you have had an indoor rabbit you have no idea how loud a rabbit thump is. And he wouldn't stop! I fed him. I watered him. I patted him. Nope. He just kept thumping. I finally went back to bed but no way could I sleep. He thumped til about four. Dumb rabbit!
Now I am sleepy. I think I will have a little snooze then do some house cleaning. I HAVE to get these floors washed. TTYL
Can you rent the condo when you aren't there or get the users to donate a fee for using it? Seems like the logical thing to do since you luv the place when you're there...
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