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machine_dove at 07:58pm on 10/05/2004
machine_dove at 07:58pm on 10/05/2004Being the impatient sort, I went and looked at the house after work today. "Fixer-upper" is a bit of an understatement in this case - I didn't even see any elecrtical wiring - nothing but the studs and piles of...stuff, for lack of a better word, inside. At least one of the basement windows is broken and needs replacing. The stucco on the other three sides of the house needs redoing, the chimney needs to be repaired and stoned up, and there's so much work that would need to be done to make it livable it's not even funny.
But still...I think I want that house. It's small, probably somewhere around 1000 square feet, but there's a basement too, and the garage, and the two HUGE sheds. One of which would probably be converted to a barn, with the other reserved for the punching bag and weight bench.
JD can do the wiring, for pretty much just the cost of the materials. I think we can get Zoli to help us with the drywall and floor, and I can paint. We'll likely have to hire someone to put in the bathroom, which will be the hardest part and biggest expense - my mother estimates around $2,500, and we'll have to do it in cash, but I think we can make this work. I want a house. Desperately.
The yard is huge and gorgeous - most of it cleared, with the back portion still wooded. There's a line of trees in front of the road blocking the house, and the house itself is set a good ways back from the road. It's perfect.
I'm hoping the realtor calls me tomorrow. This house is too good to pass up.
But still...I think I want that house. It's small, probably somewhere around 1000 square feet, but there's a basement too, and the garage, and the two HUGE sheds. One of which would probably be converted to a barn, with the other reserved for the punching bag and weight bench.
JD can do the wiring, for pretty much just the cost of the materials. I think we can get Zoli to help us with the drywall and floor, and I can paint. We'll likely have to hire someone to put in the bathroom, which will be the hardest part and biggest expense - my mother estimates around $2,500, and we'll have to do it in cash, but I think we can make this work. I want a house. Desperately.
The yard is huge and gorgeous - most of it cleared, with the back portion still wooded. There's a line of trees in front of the road blocking the house, and the house itself is set a good ways back from the road. It's perfect.
I'm hoping the realtor calls me tomorrow. This house is too good to pass up.