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Here in AZ they will find a truck/delivery service to bring you the goods, but they do not have their own delivery system. I am not sure of the costs. We will have to make a couple of trips with a U-Haul and then the trek across Phoenix, ug.
Are you far from Conn?
The IKEA here is a good hour from me. One of my kids has a truck but he's out straight so it's too much to ask. I cannot drive any kind of truck. Umbria posted the link, I'll give them a call. I did look at the fridges, they are much less expensive than those at Sears, HD, Lowes, etc. The electric ranges are pricey though.
Yea, those 1950 homes are the size that makes sense for the smaller families of today. Less space means less maintenance; less energy to heat and cool; less space to fill with furnishings; less investment to buy; less yardwork---a whole bunch of less. The bad part is these older homes needs upgrades of insulation, heating, wiring etc.
I wish there were much smaller homes available today that are built new with modern amenities, available for modest income seniors. A new small ranch--that is all a senior needs. Much better than these overpriced and ever rising homeowners fees of condos and senior developments. Here in Denver, you do not need a big yard to maintain because there are a plethora of parks and recreational areas all over the city and suburbs.
Yet, I do see many smaller homes that have been fully remodeled and are priced competively. Many more seem to appear because of all the foreclosures and it has allowed contractors/remodelers to buy cheap and put more remodeled homes on the market. Some are all brick and are in developed neigborhoods with NO homeowners fees. Maybe this whole housing depression is not bad because it has caused more homes and neighborhoods to be recycled/renewed; much better than abandoning them and building more and more developments further out from the cities.
I live in an infilled development of homes that were built in the 1980s surrounded by homes built in the 1960s. Developers should be given incentives to built within certain dense areas of the cities instead of further out that causes the construction of more costly highways, sewers and stress on water resources, especially in the arid west. The advantage of infilled housing is that it comes with nice developed parks, walkable stores, and already established public transit.
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The IKEA here is a good hour from me. ...
A 'StealthRabbit' is a superb delivery truck. I built more than one house using one. I have both roof rack and my 'Snowbear' trailer for loads up to 20' (rebar, piping, sheet goods (and refrigerators)). Admittedly, my mileage drops from 50 mpg to 46 when tugging the trailer or with roof rack installed.
IKEA's $.99 Breakfast = "living on a Shoestring"
Had one just this morning when I needed to take a friend to the airport. (BTW: Food is the only thing I have ever bought there. I hope it isn't a 'Loss-Leader'...)
A 'StealthRabbit' is a superb delivery truck. I built more than one house using one. I have both roof rack and my 'Snowbear' trailer for loads up to 20' (rebar, piping, sheet goods (and refrigerators)). Admittedly, my mileage drops from 50 mpg to 46 when tugging the trailer or with roof rack installed.
IKEA's $.99 Breakfast = "living on a Shoestring"
Had one just this morning when I needed to take a friend to the airport. (BTW: Food is the only thing I have ever bought there. I hope it isn't a 'Loss-Leader'...)
I always wondered where you got your name from, have never heard of a SR truck!
Well, I just wrote my checks to pay my taxes this year and I am truly in shock. Not to go into specifics, but I thought I had it figured out pretty well, but I was way off....boy, when a person is single with no extra deductions to take...wow, I got hit really hard. I actually cried.
So I have to make more adjustments and redo my "shoestring" budget.... if those xxxxx politicians raise our taxes any more than they already are, I just don't know how people are going to make it. And I consider myself a middle income person (or lower middle income since I live in California).
Anyway, thanks for being here and letting me vent...
Well, I just wrote my checks to pay my taxes this year and I am truly in shock. Not to go into specifics, but I thought I had it figured out pretty well, but I was way off....boy, when a person is single with no extra deductions to take...wow, I got hit really hard. I actually cried.
So I have to make more adjustments and redo my "shoestring" budget.... if those xxxxx politicians raise our taxes any more than they already are, I just don't know how people are going to make it. And I consider myself a middle income person (or lower middle income since I live in California).
Anyway, thanks for being here and letting me vent...
Ouch! You have my sympathies. Oregon income tax is very high. I was hoping I could offset some of it by using medical expenses as some of my retired friends do but since I did work last year I had to pay the full amount. It was bad enough when I was working but now that I'm not it stinks!
But the nice lady from AARP who did my taxes for me told me she was certain I could get a good write-off for this year's taxes. Although by the end of the year I hope to be out of Oregon.
You could do more automatic estimated tax, quarterly; have more taken out of your paycheck or pension. Then you can fool yourself in thinking that you are a winner when you get your tax rebate! Some people do that because they use these methods to save money??? like a christmas fund.
Or, a better way is to remain poor, have little income then you will not have to do a tax return; or you can have your income from tax free securities; or you can be real wealthy and find all those schemes to avoid paying any tax.
I like the idea of just being poor--it is so much simplier.
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The electric ranges are pricey though. 
(BTW: Food is the only thing I have ever bought there. I hope it isn't a 'Loss-Leader'
...)
Some people do that because they use these methods to save money??? like a christmas fund.
