[quote=UCGal]All I can say is on the Russ V BG discussion – I’m in the Russ camp.
And I’m glad BG isn’t in my neighborhood – since we have several partially completed projects. After contractors burned us we are strictly DIY and stuff gets done as we have time. Progress is being made – but not on the pace it would be made if we’d hired someone.
Thankfully – we have neighbors who like us and are fine with our pace of progress. Even if we are DIY – even for stucco.[/quote]
I wouldn’t mind long-term “partially completed projects” and gaping holes in stucco in my midst either if I wasn’t considering putting my place on the market in ~18 months.
UCGal, you’ve stated here a few times before that you will never sell. And you shouldn’t, IMHO, for obvious reasons. If I was in your shoes, I wouldn’t give a whit about what the neighbors did (or didn’t) do to their properties. I would enjoy the h@ll out of my low tax rate and just “retire.” And if I chose to move somewhere else for awhile, I would just lease the unit(s) out. If your property had been reassessed after the completion of your granny flat to, say $550-650K, you might have a completely different opinion on the matter 🙂
