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/ducking and running. larry >Georgia bound? >Does that mean Phil's been teaching you about English sex? > >/me ducks lacquered muffin barrage... > >-Benny > >> 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
