Maintenance of shore properties

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We lived in a 5th floor condo in Hilo for a couple of years, our lanai looked directly out over the water with an incredible view across to Richardsons. That experienced cured me of ever desiring to own ocean front property; rent yes, with someone else paying for the endless maintenance, but never will I own a place on the ocean. The appliances were brand new when we moved in and needed replacing 2 years later, same for the custom sized screen door frames, all the lania furniture, the bathroom exhaust fan, dining room light fixture and a bunch of the light plugs. A friend of ours who is an electrician does a lot of rewiring of near the ocean phomes, he said the salt air just trashes the connections between outlets and wiring, even the ones with the special outside covers. Our personal electronics also had extra issues that the repair people said are common if you live near the ocean.

You pay more to buy a place by the ocean, and then even more just to keep living there, in constant maintenance expenses and replacing stuff.

Carol