I had the same setup on my Whitfield. Sorta works, when stove isn't running cold air comes into the room from the OAK.
Yup, Scott actually said this was like a Whitfiled.
I don't care about the stove not running, because the stove is ALWAYS RUNNING when its cold out
in the summer, i'll just throw a piece of insulation in the hole or something if all my a/c ends up going up the chimney.
I still want to move, but it's feasibly a few years off at the very least I think. And it's not over this stove drama. it's over Dan Malloy and the other liberal-controlled politics (please don't move this thread to the ash can... this is fact, not opinion). I ran a successful home business for a lot of years on the side... 30-40k a year worth in my spare time. Then gov. Malloy decided he wanted internet sales tax. And companies I did business with didn't like it, so they dropped everyone in the state from working for them in Connecticut to 'punish the state' and a few other states did it as well (google the 'amazon nexus tax'). So, I basically lost my side income stream because of where I live and the politics of greed.
I tried to work around it by looking into getting a po box in a
REAL state, but my accountant suggested that this was fraud and a potential federal offence.... so I decided against it.
The only real solution is to pick up and move out, and seek freedom.
In doing so, I restore 30k + a year in revenue, continue my main job revenue within 10% (I've researched a few companies in the area, and salary is on par to what i make now 45 min away from where i'm looking for houses (Hillsborough/New Boston area) in Manchester/hookset/concord, which is what I drive now for work anyway)and for the same mortgage get 40x the plot of land, 2x the house and pay less total taxes in the end, have better scenery, less crime, closer to skiing, better roads, maple syrup, snow instead of the mix crap we get a lot of the times ( I love snow).... I could go on for hours.
Why is ANYONE here (CT)?
Probably because they were born here and don't know how much better it is elsewhere much like I was.... and not until a few years ago realized how much it sucks in this state.
I've heard it all before about how high taxes are in nh. and I laugh.
I have a 1400 sq ft house on .3 acres.
my prop tax is $5600 a year. It is going up this year by about 3 mills. So probably 5750 by 2014.
the city also charges prop tax for cars/trailers/etc annually. that's another $500 for my car and $200 for my truck. 800 by 2014.
that's on top of the 6.5% sales tax on everything I buy including some groceries.... probably 2-3k most years. a big purchase year its probably closer to 5k.
that's on top of the state income tax that I lose about $6000 too a year
15 grand + easy.
I WELCOME the 7500 prop tax on my NH property with open arms and a 50% discount when there's no sales tax, no state income tax.... etc..... .
And that's on TOP of the politics that I don't agree with because it punishes success and rewards failure, which I won't get into to keep this out of the ash can.
and of course I still pay federal too.
Companies are doing it too. They are leaving left and right. Commercial real estate is ruined here. EVERY building has for lease signs in the plazas... some entire malls are abandoned. more companies like colt and other gun mfg'ers are leaving the state due to the coming gun regulations and rising corporate taxes.
CT will be Detroit in 10 years time.
I refuse to be the last one here.
I want to get out while I still can.
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