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Nightmares or opportunities?

A move does not have to be heavy, if resignifying the look can be an opportunity and a good moment. Holding a farewell dinner, setting aside time, and valuing the positives of the new home can lessen the emotional burden of a change of address. Three out of four Spaniards have ever changed homes. The average is four removals throughout life, although the numbers have increased since the 2008 crisis and the beginning of the pandemic. At each change of address it is rare to ask: Did I make a good purchase? Is the place dangerous? Are the neighbors friendly? The removals are desired or obligatory, depending on the reason that has caused the change of address, the beginning of a life as a couple, the birth of a child, a divorce process, a situation of economic crisis, a climatic disaster, the transfer of a city or country, etc....

Who will be the new owner of this wonderful apartment?

Who will be the new owner of the apartment that the writer and her husband John G. Dunne kept in the exclusive neighborhood of the Upper East Side until his death? This is the beautiful $7.5 million apartment Joan Didion lived in in Manhattan. Without tenants since Didion's death, any wealthy fan of the writer who wants to acquire this spacious 11-bedroom house can now do so through the real estate portal Sotheby's for $ 7,500,000 (about seven million euros at the current exchange rate). Beyond the literary value it represents, what was the home of Didion and Dunne for decades anchored in the architectural beauty of the interwar period, is the dream of any cosmopolitan family. The building has a newly renovated lobby, laundry, storage rooms and gym with state-of-the-art machines and is pet-friendly. The community costs $8,000 per...

Read more 30 Mar 2023