Yay Erika and Philip! Maybe we'll get to see more of you now ... : ) Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:50 PM Subject: RE: Georgia Bound!
> Nice thinking Erika... You will have to give us all tips on how to set > up a business where we are not bound to a particular geographic > location. > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 5:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Georgia Bound! > > > So! Some weird news from across the pond ... > > I was waiting until we had final approval on the house we wanted before > I made an announcement, and since the money is being wired today to hold > our spot, I figure now is as good a time as any! > > Since Phil has joined me in my business and we've also started our own > company and we are both working from home, we can live wherever we > choose. He's gone and decided that he'd like to spend some time in the > states, so away we go! ALSO, we were going to buy a house here (UK), but > the housing costs have skyrocketed since I moved here in 2001, and it > makes no sense to buy here right now. Even though I'd like to stay. > > In Georgia, the Gainesville area, which is where were headed, 4 & 5 > bedroom houses are going from $100,000 - $170,000 with a decent chunk of > land. The nice top of the line, custom jobbers are going for $250,000 - > $300,000. > > The house we almost bought here was almost $375,000 and NOWHERE near the > size of the ones we're looking at in Georgia. So it just makes no sense > to buy over here, when our money stretches farther in the US. We could > probably find quite a bargain in the hills of Wales or the outskirts of > the Scottish mountains, but then we'd get no internet access. :-/ > > Why Georgia of all spots? > > Professionally, a bunch of our friends (you guys!!!) and business > contacts live in and around the Atlanta/Georgia area. It's also a Delta > hub and they have non-stop flights in and out of Gatwick, so that makes > it easy to fly back and forth. The Atlanta area also appears wired to > the hilt with broadband options, so we're all set there. It's on the > East coast which was a requirement and close and in the South, I refuse > to sit through another NorthEast winter. :D There area we are looking at > has a huge lake (Lake Lanier) and I've always wanted to live on or near > water. > > We were going to wait a year before coming over when we first made the > decision, but while we were sitting and waiting at the US Embassy to > replace my passport 2 weeks ago, we decided "why wait?" We had to fly to > Georgia in September for Adam's class anyway ... Why not just make it > permanent? So immediately upon arriving home from London, we searched > for a place to rent and a week later we had one. 3300 square feet later, > cheaper than we pay now at three times the size. Bing bang boom. Done. > > We're 80% packed, will finish the rest this weekend, all that's left is > to sell off the vehicles, finish the paperwork on the pets, buy the > plane tickets, supervise the movers picking up the stuff - and we're > off! > > > Cheers, > Erika > With a K > Soon to be - not in the UK! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
