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Thanks CA Renter. We’re fine financially. We made some adjustments and are still living within our income.

Being a selfish wife – I’ve got a long “honey do” list for him to accomplish in between sending out resumes. LOL.

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Thanks CA Renter. We’re fine financially. We made some adjustments and are still living within our income.

Being a selfish wife – I’ve got a long “honey do” list for him to accomplish in between sending out resumes. LOL.

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Thanks CA Renter. We’re fine financially. We made some adjustments and are still living within our income.

Being a selfish wife – I’ve got a long “honey do” list for him to accomplish in between sending out resumes. LOL.

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We added a granny flat/companion unit to our house. My understanding, from that process, is that if you add bathrooms, bedrooms, etc you DO have to pay more for impact fees. For our case, a detached unit on the same lot, the permit fees included this charge. (It was not an inexpensive permit.)

Also – if you do a full tear down, you end up with higher property taxes – it’s why some “tear downs” will keep one wall standing so they can claim it’s not new construction, but a “remodel”.

If the property has any issues like being on a canyon with slopes, etc, you might be limited to the same footprint of the original house. Friends bought a burnt shell in Mission Hills – built a new house – but were limited to the same footprint. Because of the canyon and new codes about slopes, they could not get permission to get any deviation from the footprint.

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We added a granny flat/companion unit to our house. My understanding, from that process, is that if you add bathrooms, bedrooms, etc you DO have to pay more for impact fees. For our case, a detached unit on the same lot, the permit fees included this charge. (It was not an inexpensive permit.)

Also – if you do a full tear down, you end up with higher property taxes – it’s why some “tear downs” will keep one wall standing so they can claim it’s not new construction, but a “remodel”.

If the property has any issues like being on a canyon with slopes, etc, you might be limited to the same footprint of the original house. Friends bought a burnt shell in Mission Hills – built a new house – but were limited to the same footprint. Because of the canyon and new codes about slopes, they could not get permission to get any deviation from the footprint.

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We added a granny flat/companion unit to our house. My understanding, from that process, is that if you add bathrooms, bedrooms, etc you DO have to pay more for impact fees. For our case, a detached unit on the same lot, the permit fees included this charge. (It was not an inexpensive permit.)

Also – if you do a full tear down, you end up with higher property taxes – it’s why some “tear downs” will keep one wall standing so they can claim it’s not new construction, but a “remodel”.

If the property has any issues like being on a canyon with slopes, etc, you might be limited to the same footprint of the original house. Friends bought a burnt shell in Mission Hills – built a new house – but were limited to the same footprint. Because of the canyon and new codes about slopes, they could not get permission to get any deviation from the footprint.

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We added a granny flat/companion unit to our house. My understanding, from that process, is that if you add bathrooms, bedrooms, etc you DO have to pay more for impact fees. For our case, a detached unit on the same lot, the permit fees included this charge. (It was not an inexpensive permit.)

Also – if you do a full tear down, you end up with higher property taxes – it’s why some “tear downs” will keep one wall standing so they can claim it’s not new construction, but a “remodel”.

If the property has any issues like being on a canyon with slopes, etc, you might be limited to the same footprint of the original house. Friends bought a burnt shell in Mission Hills – built a new house – but were limited to the same footprint. Because of the canyon and new codes about slopes, they could not get permission to get any deviation from the footprint.

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We added a granny flat/companion unit to our house. My understanding, from that process, is that if you add bathrooms, bedrooms, etc you DO have to pay more for impact fees. For our case, a detached unit on the same lot, the permit fees included this charge. (It was not an inexpensive permit.)

Also – if you do a full tear down, you end up with higher property taxes – it’s why some “tear downs” will keep one wall standing so they can claim it’s not new construction, but a “remodel”.

If the property has any issues like being on a canyon with slopes, etc, you might be limited to the same footprint of the original house. Friends bought a burnt shell in Mission Hills – built a new house – but were limited to the same footprint. Because of the canyon and new codes about slopes, they could not get permission to get any deviation from the footprint.

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Bay Park is an interesting community to me. The concerns about schools are legit – but the central location and potential views make it an awesome location.

When we were looking, before the opportunity to buy the house I grew up in, from my dad, came up, we looked hard at Bay Park and Bay Ho. Bay Ho was a bit cheaper, so we looked harder at that area. Unfortunately, this was 2002 and the bubble froth was starting… so we couldn’t justify pulling the trigger on anything we saw.

But I’m NOT a cookie cutter house, HOA, new construction type of person. I live in University City and it’s too “tract home” for me, despite all the customizations people have done on their homes in the past 45 years. So if you want the new construction type home my opinion is the opposite of what you want to do.

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Bay Park is an interesting community to me. The concerns about schools are legit – but the central location and potential views make it an awesome location.

When we were looking, before the opportunity to buy the house I grew up in, from my dad, came up, we looked hard at Bay Park and Bay Ho. Bay Ho was a bit cheaper, so we looked harder at that area. Unfortunately, this was 2002 and the bubble froth was starting… so we couldn’t justify pulling the trigger on anything we saw.

But I’m NOT a cookie cutter house, HOA, new construction type of person. I live in University City and it’s too “tract home” for me, despite all the customizations people have done on their homes in the past 45 years. So if you want the new construction type home my opinion is the opposite of what you want to do.

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Bay Park is an interesting community to me. The concerns about schools are legit – but the central location and potential views make it an awesome location.

When we were looking, before the opportunity to buy the house I grew up in, from my dad, came up, we looked hard at Bay Park and Bay Ho. Bay Ho was a bit cheaper, so we looked harder at that area. Unfortunately, this was 2002 and the bubble froth was starting… so we couldn’t justify pulling the trigger on anything we saw.

But I’m NOT a cookie cutter house, HOA, new construction type of person. I live in University City and it’s too “tract home” for me, despite all the customizations people have done on their homes in the past 45 years. So if you want the new construction type home my opinion is the opposite of what you want to do.

[UCGal]

Bay Park is an interesting community to me. The concerns about schools are legit – but the central location and potential views make it an awesome location.

When we were looking, before the opportunity to buy the house I grew up in, from my dad, came up, we looked hard at Bay Park and Bay Ho. Bay Ho was a bit cheaper, so we looked harder at that area. Unfortunately, this was 2002 and the bubble froth was starting… so we couldn’t justify pulling the trigger on anything we saw.

But I’m NOT a cookie cutter house, HOA, new construction type of person. I live in University City and it’s too “tract home” for me, despite all the customizations people have done on their homes in the past 45 years. So if you want the new construction type home my opinion is the opposite of what you want to do.

[UCGal]

Bay Park is an interesting community to me. The concerns about schools are legit – but the central location and potential views make it an awesome location.

When we were looking, before the opportunity to buy the house I grew up in, from my dad, came up, we looked hard at Bay Park and Bay Ho. Bay Ho was a bit cheaper, so we looked harder at that area. Unfortunately, this was 2002 and the bubble froth was starting… so we couldn’t justify pulling the trigger on anything we saw.

But I’m NOT a cookie cutter house, HOA, new construction type of person. I live in University City and it’s too “tract home” for me, despite all the customizations people have done on their homes in the past 45 years. So if you want the new construction type home my opinion is the opposite of what you want to do.

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[quote=davelj]A couple of things here. Clearly, firefighters are exposed to some bad stuff that increases health risks, but… jeez… non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, prostate cancer and testicular cancer are extremely rare. For example, there are only about 35,000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year. So, telling someone that their risk of developing prostate cancer has increased by 28% – while certainly not good news – is like telling someone that their odds of dying in a plane crash have doubled (from unbelievably improbable to slightly less unbelievably improbable). So, don’t get me wrong, none of this is good news for firefighters, but… a little perspective.[/quote]

I don’t want to get into a debate on your points but I did want to correct one of your statements…

Prostate Cancer is NOT rare. From the American Cancer Society website:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_prostate_cancer_36.asp

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men. The American Cancer Society estimates that during 2009 about 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only 1 man in 35 will die of it. More than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 27,360 men in the United States will die of prostate cancer in 2009. Prostate cancer accounts for about 10% of cancer-related deaths in men.

Of course I have no idea how many of those men are firefighters. I do know that many forms of prostate cancer have a high cure rate – but other forms are very aggressive. My dad successfully fought prostate cancer only to have another, unrelated cancer get him. A close family friend wasn’t so lucky – 3 months from first symptom to death.

Sorry – I obsess about cancer since so many in my family have gotten it.

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[quote=davelj]A couple of things here. Clearly, firefighters are exposed to some bad stuff that increases health risks, but… jeez… non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, prostate cancer and testicular cancer are extremely rare. For example, there are only about 35,000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year. So, telling someone that their risk of developing prostate cancer has increased by 28% – while certainly not good news – is like telling someone that their odds of dying in a plane crash have doubled (from unbelievably improbable to slightly less unbelievably improbable). So, don’t get me wrong, none of this is good news for firefighters, but… a little perspective.[/quote]

I don’t want to get into a debate on your points but I did want to correct one of your statements…

Prostate Cancer is NOT rare. From the American Cancer Society website:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_statistics_for_prostate_cancer_36.asp

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men. The American Cancer Society estimates that during 2009 about 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States. About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only 1 man in 35 will die of it. More than 2 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 27,360 men in the United States will die of prostate cancer in 2009. Prostate cancer accounts for about 10% of cancer-related deaths in men.

Of course I have no idea how many of those men are firefighters. I do know that many forms of prostate cancer have a high cure rate – but other forms are very aggressive. My dad successfully fought prostate cancer only to have another, unrelated cancer get him. A close family friend wasn’t so lucky – 3 months from first symptom to death.

Sorry – I obsess about cancer since so many in my family have gotten it.

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