Dave Ives
When’s the Best Time to Buy a House?
Answer: When You Don’t Have To! Setting / Intro It’s the August 2007 timeframe. We’ve spotted a house that looks like a real good buy. Marieta and the girls want it. I want it too but I don’t want to part with the money and we don’t need the house. I’m perfectly happy living […]
Buying a house over the internet
Setting: In this story we buy a house without ever seeing it in person. We’re in the UK, the house is in Alice Springs, Australia. It’s our first internet house purchase. We’re in the process of moving back to Australia and it seemed like a good time to buy. Why wait?
Killing the Golden Goose!
Story Setting: We already had two houses in Florida. But, when Mom asked the magic question, “Do you want to buy my house?” How could I refuse? She was offering us her rental property in the same neighborhood; at a great price. It seemed like a no-brainer. Then, for some reason, it just wasn’t working; […]
“Hop out and after ’em, lads!” The First ANZAC Day
Anzac Cove, near Gallipoli, Turkey, a photo by State Library of South Australia on Flickr. Preface to Story (Special Event Article to Commemorate ANZAC Day 2010) I remember attending a military ball at the RAAF Base Edinburgh, north of Adelaide in March 1990. I was one of a bunch of “Yanks” invited down from Woomera. […]
Swimming Naked in Alice Springs!
“You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” Warren Buffet, 28 Feb 2002, in his Chairman’s Letter to the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. Introduction In late May 2009 I embarked on a project to have a house built in Alice Springs. I bought into the “New Homes” package being offered locally […]