New Day

We have bought a place in LV. We think that we got a good price. We paid 1/2 of the price new in June 2006. Our plan is to spend spring and fall in LV and Winter and Summer in Beulaville.

A 1,500sf loft space with 2 full baths. A master bedroom sleeping area is built out and we are planning on adding another bed room by building another wall off the living room to create a second separate from the living room and kitchen area. The master suite is about 400sf. The other bed/bath/closet will be a little smaller and the remaining area ( living-dining-kitchen-WD room) will be about 700sf. The ceilings and floor are concrete and the heating ducts and sprinkler pipes are exposed. It is a "loft" space, similar to what you would find in NYC, except at a much steeper price! There are two huge windows and a big sliding glass door to the balcony. The windows have a "Strip" view and it is spectacular.

We paid $297k. Payment is $1,353. Common Charges (hot water, heat, WS&T and building amenities) are $560 (just went down from $609). Property Tax is $600 per month. Property taxes also are going down to about $300 per month for 7-09/6-10.

We have spent about $1,500 furnishing it. I have changed out all of the ceiling lights and installed a couple of dimmers. We purchased furniture both at thrift shops and from CraigsList on the internet. The thrift shops in LV are the best, especially Opportunity Village on Main Street, The Rescue Mission on Bonanza, and The Salvation Army on Yale Avenue. At times, these places get new furniture from model homes or the furniture mart and the prices are dirt cheap for these items.

Shows that we have seen:
UNLV football vs. Air Force
LA Lakers vs. Sacromento
Neil Sedaka
Jerry Sienfeld
Bette Midler

We have purchased tickets to most shows off CraigsList on the internet. We check it out regularly to see what shows are available. Tickets are usually much cheaper than buying them at the box office, if you are willing to wait until the day of the show. For example, we got Bette Midler tickets for $50. Tickets to her show start at $100 and go up from there!