One of my favorite TV shows is House Hunters, International. This week I watched a couple from Italy search for a country home to replace their city house. They wanted someplace with "wide open views of nature." Definitely my type of people.
Where do people get their money? We aren't poor, but we couldn't begin to purchase a house that cost the kind of money I see on this show. Consistantly, people are looking to buy houses/apartments that are so expensive that I gasp when I hear the prices. The homes these home-buyers looked at were at or over $1,000,000.00, American dollars. Two were apartments! They ended up with the cheapest, a free-standing house with about 3000 sq. ft. I loved it! And the views -- oh, my. What a wonderful place to sit and eat breakfast or to drink tea and read.
It is always interesting to see what people in other countries consider a "lovely" kitchen or a "wonderful bathroom." Some are totally different from what we consider "lovely" or "wonderful." Some look rather primitive and others look space-station advanced. It is especially interesting to see the towel warmers. I've never had a "warm" towel to dry off on. Is it a real treat? I think there are warmed linen closets in England. Perhaps that keeps things dry and free from dampness. Dampness is sometimes a problem in our humid Gulf-coast location. Of course, that is taken care of by the refrig a/c, which dries out the air in the house in the summer, and by the central heat in the winter. Sometimes we run the a/c in the winter just to dry out the house, especially when I've had the windows open for a while. And . . . I have the windows open every chance I get!
Anyway, watching other people in other countries look for places to live is very interesting. It is even interesting to watch them look for homes here.
What do you think?
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I used to watch those shows and remember a couple who were expecting their first child say that they had just outgrown the house and were looking for something larger. Well, the house they had outgrown was around 3000 sq ft. and two people had outgrown it so much there wasn't room for 1 tiny baby. what is wrong with the world,we've gotten spoiled! Carline
Yes, you are so right! Then there are the people paying 1/2 million for an apartment with 650 - 850 sq ft. How can space cost so much?
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