We found a buyer for our house! And it's not even on the market yet. On Christmas Day we received an offer. It was ratified last night, Dec. 29. Barring any surprises in the home inspection, we should close on February 11 ( Read more... )

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We're doing it. We've made an offer on a house and had it accepted. We've locked in an interest rate. Today we spent several hours walking through it with a home inspector ( Read more... )

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Rats. We finally found a house in our neighborhood. A house I love, less than two blocks from where we are now. And we will not be buying it. The agent notified our agent this morning that the deadline for bids is 4 pm today. We can barely swing the asking price, but not if the needed repairs are too costly. And there just isn't time to get ( Read more... )

Every year, this house around the corner on Russell Road is decked out with lights, animatronics, music, and figures of all kinds for both Halloween and Christmas. There is even a collection of actual, taxidermically stuffed animals. Yes, it's tacky and crazy. But every neighborhood ought to have one of these! And it keeps the rest of us from ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago (March 20) I posted a photo of a house in Tennessee that's shaped like a flying saucer. Now, here's a new one: a house that's designed to look upside down! This house, in Syzmbark, Poland, is supposedly a commentary on the instability and backwardness of Poland's former Communist era. OK, I get that. But it's also just plain cool.


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Did you see this article about the Spaceship House in Tennessee? I'm torn between "What in the world were they thinking?" and "Oooh, I want one!" It would be kind of fun as a vacation get-away, don't you think? My son just asked if we can build a house that really flies in space.

Woman Buys Spaceship House
AP


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