"Past the old condo in Brooklyn where I lived with my husband, to my new home in Manhattan".
They put up crown moldings in the living room, and accented the entrance with pillars they bought from their old condo building, which was renovating its lobby.
Living in a cabin in the wilderness is a far cry from their old condo life, but simplifying their stuff, diets, exercise plans, and even their holidays means that they are able to concentrate more on the work that drives them.
Through membership in one of the nationwide "resort exchange" companies, the buyer of a time share need not feel that he has trapped himself for all time into an endless series of annual vacations in the same old condo every year--he can swap-off his time share for someone else's half-way around the world.
7-year-old condo; living room with cathedral ceiling, h/w floors, whirlpool, steam room, 350-sq.-ft.
ft. 45-year-old condo; elevator, stainless-steel appliances, sliding glass doors from living room to terrace; common charge $481; taxes $3,650; listed at $229,900.
2-bedroom, 1-bath, 5-year-old condo apartment; den, c/a, w/w carpeting; monthly maintenance $65 ,taxes $1,541.
43-year-old condo; wood-burning stove in living room, refinished h/w floors, new water heater; common charge $252; taxes $2,213; listed at $249,000.
MANHATTAN: 7 Essex Street (between Canal and Hester Streets), #5B A two-bedroom two-bath apartment with washer, dryer and central air-conditioning in a five-year-old condo.
Also, four-bedroom units in older condo complexes like the one that Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood are living in can be had for about $300,000.
40-year-old condo; dining room, wall-to-wall carpet in living room, c/a, deck, furnace replaced, laundry room and pool in complex; common charge $281; taxes $3,108; listed at $169,900.
