Okay, twist my arm. ouch
I’ll talk, I’ll talk!
Where to start. The lot is 1/4 acre in size, with i’d guess 2/3 of that being the back yard. The back yard is fenced so I’ll finally be able to have my friends again (pets), that I’ve missed having and playing with. I plan on getting a doggy door in the basement door so they can come in and out as they please.
The front yard has a cherry tree (I forget the type exactly, but I’ve seen pictures of it in bloom and it’s absolutely gorgeous). The house is edged with shrubbery. The front and back yards are separated by a chain link fence. The fence has a gate on either side of the house for ease of access.
The backyard has a tool shed in the back of the lot, and an attached shed near the basement entrance. The main floor opens up onto a patio that is encased in glass. I’ve been told the room is called a “Florida Room” or “Carolina Room” when I simply called it a sun room.
I think that covers the yard. The house itself is a single story with a 1/2 basement, 1/2 crawlspace with vinyl siding totaling 1300 square feet.
The entry foyer leads has an open passage into the living room, and swinging doors that lead back directly to the doors to the basement. The living room has a wood burning fire place that has been kept meticulously clean.
The only room with an entry to the living room (other than the entry foyer) is the dining room. The dining room is about 1/2 the size of the living room and has a built in china hutch.
The dining room leads into the kitchen and into what I can only call the back foyer. The kitchen has beautiful pine cabinets (friend of mine at work hates them saying that pine is so old school, but I think they are beautiful).
The back foyer opens up on the Carolina room, the two car attached garage, and what I’m going to be using as a walk-in pantry.
The kitchen also leads back to the entry foyer where the basement door is. This hallway leads to both the bedrooms and both the bathrooms.
The two bedrooms are almost identical in size, one is 13’ by 11’, the other is 12’ by 11’. Both have full closets accessed by sliding doors. The bedrooms are side by size with a cute little “phone” cubby for an old style land-line phone. The full bath is outside the 13’ by 11’ bedroom and the 1/2 bath is outside the 12’ by 11’ bedroom.
The basement is two rooms. One is a beautiful den where the second fireplace is. The den is large enough that I can fit a 9’ pool table in it (something I’ve always wanted but never had the room for).
The other room is the laundry room/work room. It has a built in work bench which I plan on using as a folding table :).
The laundry room and shop has a door that leads into the crawl space. The crawl space is lighted and has a switch by the laundry room door.
They have put new carpet in, but according to the MLS sheet I received, the floors are hardwood. I plan on taking a peeking at the hardwood floors to see their condition once the property is mine. If they are bad, I’ll leave them until I can afford to replace the hard wood. If they just need a good loving touch up, I’ll pull the carpet and get the hard wood floors back.
I’m not doing it justice, and if everything goes well, I will take pictures (or it never happened).
Home appraisal and inspection are coming up in the next few weeks. The home is only 2 miles from work, and < mile to grocery store, pharmacy, restaurants. And just a block away from one of the city parks that has a walking/jogging path!