House!
OK, all systems seem to be go on this one...
We had seen this advertised and driven by. We decided not to look at it because there's just no yard. Really no yard, like a 4 foot strip of grass on 2 sides of the house. No. Yard. So we passed and looked at a bunch of other stuff. And then revised our expectations of what we could afford, and took a hard look at what we wanted to compromise to get a reasonable mortgage.
And then the price dropped $14,000.
So we went to take a look, and decided that what we were willing to compromise was having a yard. This house is in downtown Ithaca. There's a park with green space and a playground 3 blocks away. The elementary school, which has an awesome playground is also walking distance. And the middle school *and* high school are walking distance (with playing fields). The Commons is 10 blocks away. The Farmer's Market is walkable. The house is a hair over 2000 sq feet. Yeah, we'll compromise a yard.
And remember that house way out which needed so much work that we couldn't handle it? This one is $6000 less than that. *grin* And my commute will be 10 minutes or less. Oh yeah.
It's an older house (1900), so it needs some work and updating. Mainly, the electricity is a mess and needs a serious upgrade before we can move in. And once we won't burn the place down, we need to get all new appliances because the couple moving out is taking them all -- fridge, stove, washer, dryer. All gone. Oh darn, all new energy star shiny appliances, however will we manage...
When we can manage it we're going to update the kitchen and add cabinets and a dishwasher. And *all* the wallpaper is going to have to go. But those are cosmetic fixes. In a year or two we'll have to re-roof, but the inspector said a year or two was fine. So it looks like we're in good shape! So, as promised, pics. Including floor plan! There's not really a picture of the front of the house, but the porch is the front, and the garage is on the side. You'll see.
http://www.adelewitz.com/House/House.html
Hee hee... House...
We had seen this advertised and driven by. We decided not to look at it because there's just no yard. Really no yard, like a 4 foot strip of grass on 2 sides of the house. No. Yard. So we passed and looked at a bunch of other stuff. And then revised our expectations of what we could afford, and took a hard look at what we wanted to compromise to get a reasonable mortgage.
And then the price dropped $14,000.
So we went to take a look, and decided that what we were willing to compromise was having a yard. This house is in downtown Ithaca. There's a park with green space and a playground 3 blocks away. The elementary school, which has an awesome playground is also walking distance. And the middle school *and* high school are walking distance (with playing fields). The Commons is 10 blocks away. The Farmer's Market is walkable. The house is a hair over 2000 sq feet. Yeah, we'll compromise a yard.
And remember that house way out which needed so much work that we couldn't handle it? This one is $6000 less than that. *grin* And my commute will be 10 minutes or less. Oh yeah.
It's an older house (1900), so it needs some work and updating. Mainly, the electricity is a mess and needs a serious upgrade before we can move in. And once we won't burn the place down, we need to get all new appliances because the couple moving out is taking them all -- fridge, stove, washer, dryer. All gone. Oh darn, all new energy star shiny appliances, however will we manage...
When we can manage it we're going to update the kitchen and add cabinets and a dishwasher. And *all* the wallpaper is going to have to go. But those are cosmetic fixes. In a year or two we'll have to re-roof, but the inspector said a year or two was fine. So it looks like we're in good shape! So, as promised, pics. Including floor plan! There's not really a picture of the front of the house, but the porch is the front, and the garage is on the side. You'll see.
http://www.adelewitz.com/House/House.html
Hee hee... House...