That looks incredibly like my house. We have a split level with those exact same colors of vinyl siding.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: RE: Mortgage Suggestions? >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 1:06 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Mortgage Suggestions? >> >> More interesting is - which house did you go with? Pictures, please. > > Well... I've got some pics, but they're not all good. ;^) > > I've not actually seen it: my wife and her mother went down last week and > took most of the pictures but it was pouring so they didn't get many > outside > and my wife...well, let's just say that photography isn't her strong > point. > > Anyway here's what we got: ftp://ftp.depressedpress.com/ > > The house is a split level with 1793 Sq Ft. Here's the rooms run down: > > Main Level > > Kitchen (12x11): It's smallish but not too small. I like the flat range > and > the raised oven and my wife loves the window over the sink. At the last > minute the owner put "Dishwasher 'As Is'" in the contract so we assume it > doesn't work. > > Dining Room/Living Room (21x14 + 12x13): These are a big "ell" and have a > lot of potential layouts. There are two large closets with pocket doors > next to the main entrance and a back entrance into the Dining room. > > Upper Level (four steps up from the main level) > > Bathroom (10x12): Nice, big bathroom. Lots of closet space. > > Bedroom (12x15): Enough room for our king-size bed AND a couple dressers! > > Bedroom (12x14): Most likely my son's room. About 2.5 times the size of > his current room. He'll be swimming in it. > > Bedroom (10x12): Most likely my daughter's room; about the same size as > her > current room. > > Downstairs (stairs from Kitchen) > > Family Room (24x14): A nice big room with a small kitchenette in one > corner > (stove, sink, fridge). > > Bathroom (5x8): A second bath in pretty poor shape. Everything works it's > just old and the "stars and stripes" wallpaper has got to go. > > Two "extra" rooms (11x11 and 11x11): These two rooms off the family room > are > done in the same wood planking and have built in wood shelves along one > wall > each. My wife has already staked one out as a dedicated sewing room. > We'll > probably be leaving my office upstairs (sharing the living room) making > the > other toy storage and a guest room. > > Utility Room (~7x21): This room runs the depth of the garage. It's got > the > washer/dryer, a large utility sink, the furnace, the water heater and the > electrical panel. It's also got a separate outside entrance which I > REALLY > like the idea of (instead of the kids walking through the house dirty or > wet > they can come in there and deposit their clothes directly in the washer). > > Basement Garage (~19x21): Nice and big but only a one car capacity. But > plenty roomy enough for a nice-sized work bench and storage. > > Outside > > There's a 2.5 car carport, open on two sides, overhanging over the garage. > We imagine that someday we'll build a deck over it and put a nice door out > from the living room. > > The back door leads to a set of stairs which descend to the garage level > and > driveway. > > There are only a few feet of land to the rear of the house but there's a > side yard of about 60x50 feet (the lot is 150x50 feet). The house is on a > corner bordered by two streets and an alley. The side yard has an asphalt > patio with a basketball hoop and > > The significant, but still minor, issue is that the main yard of the house > is kind of isolated - no door leads directly to it. We hope to fence in > the > yard and add a second stair well from the small back porch in that > direction. > > The house has central AC and a crawl-space attic. > > It's less than five miles away from my (new) office and less than a mile > from the elementary school. > > We've signed the contract so unless something odd appears in the > inspection > this is our house. The owner's gone a little hincky on us tho and > demanded > that the clause "as is" be appended to the contract. We then added the > right to dissolve the contract if the inspection found anything wrong > which > we considered "excessive". > > We think that the dishwasher may not work and possibly the downstairs > stove > - I can live with those. From appearances the house is well taken care > of. > The current owner bought it three years ago and put in all new windows, > doors, the central AC and redid the kitchen. He lives alone and is > apparently moving back to Florida. > > The inspection is tomorrow so we'll see if anything more serious is wrong. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190612 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
