Very Special Thread Of Real Estate Randomness

[Hack]

Originally Posted by jenny

Real estate porn for old house lovers:

http://www.historicproperties.com/

Holy cow, the old Loeb School in Charlevoix, MI is on there for $259K, which is an utter steal for that part of Michigan. That's where the rich and famous hang out and play, including John and Patsy Ramsey, of JonBenet fame.

[jenny]

Originally Posted by Hack

Holy cow, the old Loeb School in Charlevoix, MI is on there for $259K, which is an utter steal for that part of Michigan. That's where the rich and famous hang out and play, including John and Patsy Ramsey, of JonBenet fame.

Just went and looked at it... soooo cool. I fall in love daily with different houses on this site!!

[jenny]

Ohhhh, wow. My cousin just messaged me on Facebook to tell me that our grandmother's fabulous old home is on the market. My grandmother died about 6 years ago, and hadn't lived in the house for about 10 years prior to that... but I have such incredible memories of spending time in this home as I was growing up...

*sigh*

http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...3_M63918-21816

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by jenny

Ohhhh, wow. My cousin just messaged me on Facebook to tell me that our grandmother's fabulous old home is on the market. My grandmother died about 6 years ago, and hadn't lived in the house for about 10 years prior to that... but I have such incredible memories of spending time in this home as I was growing up...

*sigh*

http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...3_M63918-21816

It's beautiful!

[betenoire]

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetail...Key=1838005521

If you look passed the awful paneling in the kitchen (and I think that paneling actually looks kinda cool if you paint it), passed the industrial superthin shitty carpet, the lack of stove, and the fact that I'm pretty sure this house is a foreclosure...and this house has wicked potential.

[Gayla]

Originally Posted by betenoire

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetail...Key=1838005521

If you look passed the awful paneling in the kitchen (and I think that paneling actually looks kinda cool if you paint it), passed the industrial superthin shitty carpet, the lack of stove, and the fact that I'm pretty sure this house is a foreclosure...and this house has wicked potential.

It's cute. And the price is very good. I kind of reminds me of the ugly wallpaper house but probably just because they both have the same white siding on the outside and may have been built around the same time. Do all the houses in that area have the same white siding or just the one's you like? Or just the one's that Shana sells because her current listings all kinda looked the same?

The notice posted on the front window says "foreclosure" to me even though I can't read it.

Stoves can be easy to find for cheap. Pull that icky carpet out and lay down some laminate. Paint. Poof.

[betenoire]

Originally Posted by gayla

It's cute. And the price is very good. I kind of reminds me of the ugly wallpaper house but probably just because they both have the same white siding on the outside and may have been built around the same time. Do all the houses in that area have the same white siding or just the one's you like? Or just the one's that Shana sells because her current listings all kinda looked the same?

The notice posted on the front window says "foreclosure" to me even though I can't read it.

Stoves can be easy to find for cheap. Pull that icky carpet out and lay down some laminate. Paint. Poof.

All of the houses in the neighborhood that I want to live in (called "the tree streets" - cherry, elm, pine...you get the picture) have that same siding. Except sometimes it is blue or yellow. That's actually the very specific style of house that I like, that size and from that era. Which is why I'm always posting houses that look almost exactly like that.

Yeah, the white notice in the window TOTALLY screams foreclosure.

When the listing first went up it was 7k more than what it's listed at now. Those fuckers want to sell and they want to sell badly.

I find out some time next week if I get to keep the full-time position that I'm in. If I get to keep it, I'll probably be starting the process cuz I really like the idea of that house. If I don't get to keep full-time then I'll stay in this stupid apartment with no outside space for the time being.

[cara]

A few years ago, I was working hard to save money for a down payment on a place in Seattle. Got pre-qualified for a loan and even spent a few weekends with a realtor looking at condos. But the First Home Buyers loan I was expecting (it was a house key loan) fell through and I basically gave up. It's the primary reason I don't have a car right now--I was trying to save for the down payment and knew I wouldn't be able to afford the car after buying a place and paying for a mortgage. Anyway, my question is this and it really has nothing to do with everything I just said, but I'm random tonight and this is a special thread of real estate randomness so I'll ask anyway: my parents think it's crazy for a single person to want to own a house, but I don't want to live in a condo. I want land and a teeny tiny little house in the middle of nature. Do you think that's possible? Or just plain stupid.



cara
who is way too hyped up on sugar and is queen of run-on sentences at the moment.