Archive for the 'Living in Austin' Category
Are Older Homes Really Built Better?
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 20th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateI really miss the old house we use to live in on Newning Street in Travis Heights, and the neighborhood. We lived there from 1991 to 1996, when S. Congress was still gritty and not yet “cool”. We certainly didn’t call it “SoCo”. It was still plain old South Austin and Travis Heights.
The home […]
Moving Tips: How to get a better price on existing services
Closed Published by Steve Crossland December 11th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateWe’re in the process of moving. I called Time Warner to move my internet service to my new address, but when they answered, I told them I want to cancel the internet service instead. I don’t want to cancel (though I truley was considering it), so why did I do this? To get connected to […]
Austin Toll Roads - Cheap suburb living more expensive than you think
Closed Published by Steve Crossland November 7th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateThe Austin Statesman website has an Austin Toll Road Calculator that’s interesting. You can click on your entry and exit points on the map to find out the cost of a certain trip. (you may have to log in or register at Statesman.com to be able to use it - sorry)
Every since I paid […]
Austin Auto Accident with Illegal Immigrant
Closed Published by Steve Crossland September 1st, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateSylvia was broadsided yesterday in her new (3 months old) honda odyssey by an Illegal Immigrant driver on Manchaca Rd. He had no insurance, no driver’s license, no proof of identification and didn’t speak English. The police came and wrote him three tickets. I’m surprised he wasn’t arrested, since he had no proof of […]
Stevie Ray Vaughan died 17 years ago today
Closed Published by Steve Crossland August 27th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateStevie Ray Vaughan died 17 years ago today. I miss seeing him play in Austin back in the 1980’s. Austin properly honored him and his music with a prominent statue on the shore of Lake Ladybird (formerly Town Lake) on the hike and bike trail downtown.
If you ever saw him play live, especially in […]
Deciding against tankless water heaters for our new home
Closed Published by Steve Crossland August 27th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateSylvia and I are in the process of building a new custom home in SW Austin. This will be our second custom (and new) home. All other homes we’ve owned have been resales. On the first one we built in 2003, we went $50K+ over budget by adding too many upgrades and making too many […]
Driving Around in Austin - How big is Austin?
Closed Published by Steve Crossland August 19th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateMany people don’t realize how geographically spread out the Austin Metro area is. I’m going to share with you an example of the actual drive Sylvia and I made yesterday while tending to some listings.
We live in Oak Hill (’A’ on the map), which puts us about 12 miles from Downtown Austin. We left there […]
CNN Story about Austin
Closed Published by Steve Crossland August 8th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateI came across this article on the CNN travel website. It’s a nice write-up and overview of Austin along with some photos. It’s written from the perspective of travelling to and enjoying Austin versus a write-up about moving/living here.
Story Highlights
- Austin, Texas, has clubs and bar districts to keep a night person hopping
- It also […]
Keeping it Weird in Austin
Closed Published by Steve Crossland March 15th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateI took my laptop to Mr. Notebook today because the “A” key was not working. They fixed it in 5 minutes (a crumb? was under the key) and sent me on my way with no charge. I really like dealing with those guys at Mr. Notebook. Actually, I should say I really like dealing with […]
Married 16 Years Today
Closed Published by Steve Crossland March 9th, 2007 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateToday Sylvia and I have been married 16 years. We’ve been working together longer than that, about 17 years, starting with the first apartment we managed on Burnet Rd. in Rosedale in 1990. On our night out tonight we pondered whether working together makes it easier to be married or not. I think working together […]