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mdw
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response 100 of 202:
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Oct 16 23:40 UTC 2000 |
Belleville is just another clot of development along the expressway. It
is not too far from A^2, but certainly not within bicycling distance.
Milan has a little more character - it's a small town with corn fields
within walking distance of every part of town - possibly within eyesight
or even out the back door if you select the right house. It has fairly
convenient expressway access yet has managed to miss the worst of the
strip mall developement process, possibly only because US-23 doesn't
have an interstate designation. Milan also has a nice motorcycle store,
and is a convenient short ride from A^2/ypsi.
Steals things? Hits you? I wouldn't bother waiting for another place.
Do tell the police, but don't expect any results. Show the police any
records you might have of objective medical examinations of any injuries
you received--the bill, if nothing else. Good pictures taken right
after the incident would also be good. The two reasons to tell the
police are, (1) if someone else has problems with this person, your
report may make it easier for the police to take it seriously, and (2)
having that police report on file will make it easier for you to break
the lease. So far as moving out goes, find a storage cube. Move your
stuff there. Find a friend to stay with. Go there. It's best to do
all this when you don't expect him home for a while. Don't let him know
about any of this until it's all over. You don't need to find out what
he might do to you or your stuff when he gets really mad at you.
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tpryan
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response 101 of 202:
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Oct 17 02:34 UTC 2000 |
Also, there are crisis centers that would have best advice
on reducing or eliminating the impact of breaking a lease.
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mooncat
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response 102 of 202:
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Oct 17 13:02 UTC 2000 |
Luckily her name isn't on the lease... so that part is easier.
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ashke
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response 103 of 202:
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Oct 17 13:43 UTC 2000 |
True. I'm looking at places with my father today in Bellville. There are
also possibilities in Milan to look at. There are things avalible soon in
Bellville though. And one of them is affordable at 900 square feet. Doable
for me and my kitties.
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bhelliom
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response 104 of 202:
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Oct 17 14:13 UTC 2000 |
I have to say this though, space should be the least of your concern.
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ashke
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response 105 of 202:
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Oct 17 15:21 UTC 2000 |
well, considering my options, I have 2 choices in Bellville. The 850 square
feet for more money than the 900 square feet. Unfortunatly, I am constrained
by cost. Those are the only 2 that I can afford out there. If I am looking
at Spicetree, where my father will not rent for me, it's 515 a month, but you
pay electric heat, and that raises the cost immensly. I'm not being dumb
here, I'm not looking for the Taj Mahal of apartments. But I think that the
added footage for the lesser price is very nice.
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jazz
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response 106 of 202:
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Oct 17 16:01 UTC 2000 |
Be careful, some locations in Belleville are located near older
landfills.
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tpryan
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response 107 of 202:
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Oct 17 16:08 UTC 2000 |
Or built on top of indian burial grounds?
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tod
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response 108 of 202:
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Oct 17 16:17 UTC 2000 |
Good luck
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drew
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response 109 of 202:
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Oct 17 17:50 UTC 2000 |
Re #106:
If you're buying, that's something to worry about. But presumably ashke
will in the near future be able to walk away from it. 900 square feet???
That's bigger than the upper floor of my house! If it's less than $515, *land
on it*! Stay away from electric heat, though, if you can.
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tod
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response 110 of 202:
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Oct 17 17:54 UTC 2000 |
I agree..avoid electric heat and even better..avoid heat registers
and go with blown heat from ducts.
Also, ask about water..if it's free and how big the water tank is.
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rcurl
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response 111 of 202:
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Oct 17 18:12 UTC 2000 |
My blown heat from ducts comes into the room through heat registers. (?)
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tod
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response 112 of 202:
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Oct 17 23:38 UTC 2000 |
I meant the steam radiators..sorry..avoid steam cuz it's tought to
adjust.
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rcurl
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response 113 of 202:
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Oct 18 00:54 UTC 2000 |
I had a house with steam radiators. I liked the creaking made as the
pipes expanded and contracted. The system really worked well, and
the house maintained a much more uniform temperature than with forced
hot air. It is also nice to stand in front of a radiator and get
*radiated* on a cold winter morning.
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mdw
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response 114 of 202:
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Oct 18 01:53 UTC 2000 |
The two big problems with steam radiators are: no real way to add a
humidifier, and no way to do air conditioning. Especially in older
houses, it's common to find little tin reservoirs hanging behind the
radiators that can be filled up in winter with water, but these don't
work all that well. About the only way to add A/C is to put one of
those window units in. Some would argue that's no bad thing.
'Course, it's just as easy to botch steam heat as forced air - apartment
rental companies tend to be particularly good at doing this. I spent a
good part of one winter with an apartment that was 90+ degrees all the
time, because the valve was stuck open. I finally had to withhold rent
to get them to fix it.
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scg
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response 115 of 202:
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Oct 18 04:12 UTC 2000 |
I heard the argument from a former landlord that steam heat was impossible
to regulate (and this was the excuse for most of the heating problems I had).
I've had other apartments with steam heat where regulating it worked quite
well. I think the landlord who claimed wasn't regulatable was just trying
to avoid having to fix something.
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rcurl
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response 116 of 202:
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Oct 18 05:34 UTC 2000 |
When I lived in a steam heated house, the air vents on the radiators
leaked enough steam to keep humidity up, and we were tough in those
days and didn't even think about air-conditioning: for sissies. 8^]
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mdw
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response 117 of 202:
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Oct 18 05:44 UTC 2000 |
One other thing to watch for: there's steam heating & hot water heating.
The systems look quite similar. The hot water systems have larger
radiators and no vents, and are quieter in operation. Steam heat has
smaller radiators usually with vents. I think steam heat came in one
and two pipe versions, depending on how the return was designed.
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rcurl
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response 118 of 202:
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Oct 18 06:41 UTC 2000 |
Mine was two pipe (steam feed and condendate return). It had some advantage
- which I cannot now recall.
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scg
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response 119 of 202:
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Oct 18 07:10 UTC 2000 |
Oh, mine must have been hot water, both in the two places where it worked well
and in the place where it didn't, then.
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bdh3
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response 120 of 202:
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Oct 18 07:31 UTC 2000 |
Steam heat isn't hard to regulate, it is hard to balance. Steam heat is
a very slow system thus when the heat is changing rapidly outside it can
often be too hot or too cold especially if you keep playing with the
thermostat. In a multistory structure you have to make sure that the
valves in the upper story registers open first, otherwise the upper
storys don't get steam to heat. Older use was a valve with a dial on
it, modern is a uniform valve with a replacible varying diameter insert.
You have to make sure that both the inlet valves and the register valves
are working. When we bought our 1893 vintage home it took us about two
winters to get things properly balanced (some of the original valves I
think were still in use...) but since then its been nice and pretty
economical (our gas bills are much lower) compared to the 'modern'
condos next door (something to be said for 18-inch thick exterior
masonry walls). High ceilings with ceiling fans also help both during
the winter and the summer (reverse direction of spin accordingly). As
for humidification, a baking tin on the top or bottom of each radiator
kept full of water works pretty well.
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ashke
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response 121 of 202:
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Oct 18 15:23 UTC 2000 |
Good lord, Grex to the rescue. Thanks guys. Ended up not looking at the one
that was 900 square feet. Father, who is helping and getting the lease in
his name, weighed the advantages of the drive from Bellville and a cheaper,
albeit smaller place closer to where I wanted to be in the first place. Found
a place in Ypsi, but it's really still Ypsi Arbor, behind the Big K. $495/mo
garden level, $510 or $520 with patio. Add $20 for my kitty babies. Forced
air gas heat, but water included, big tank for bldg not individual for appt.
Room AC. 550 square feet. It's a squeeze, but doable. Need to condense some
stuff anyway, and won't require as much stuff if I think it through. Father
is getting money orders today, we might go tonite. He's gonna call me.
Move in is set for last week of November, just have to see which place and
when/if approved.
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eeyore
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response 122 of 202:
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Oct 18 16:04 UTC 2000 |
WOOHOO!
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mooncat
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response 123 of 202:
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Oct 18 18:02 UTC 2000 |
Very cool, Mary. :)
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drew
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response 124 of 202:
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Oct 18 21:26 UTC 2000 |
Can't a steam radiator be used for cooling by pumping chilled water through
it?
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