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Downsizing (Part Two)
January 21st, 2011My wife and I continue our discussions about our next move. What is of major importance to us, is to be able to lock the door and leave for months at a time with a minimum of inconvenience, such as meeting house insurance occupancy rules. We have satisfied ourselves that either an apartment or a [...]
Read more »Our Shopping List
January 4th, 2011After looking at several condos and townhouses in the city, Mary and I decided that it would be a good idea to put together a list of the attributes and features of a desirable location. There are several reasons to do this. The first is to start our negotiations long before we plunge into the [...]
Read more »“Real Life” Stories about Downsizing
August 19th, 2010Downsizing is an important issue facing our clients, friends and indeed us, personally. In the case of my wife and me, we need to downsize from the house that we have lived in since 1984. I was therefore struck when I saw Gary May’s article “The Downsizer’s Dilemma” in the July 23rd edition of the Globe [...]
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