Lady Chance and I finally agreed which house in Marietta to make an offer on.
Ceilings on the first floor are 10 or 11 feet. Nice curving staircase to the second level, unfinished attic and basement that are easily finishable (that would bring the square footage up to about 5000).
The yard is small though. I had to promise Lady Chance that if she couldn’t stand it we’d buy into a co-op or something for gardening.
What do y’all think?
Fabulous!!!
HOLY CRAP - $80K for 4br with 6FPs???
I’d say call right now and get it…I’m currently renting a 2BR Capecod with 1 FP for a whopping $1500/month (Kensington,MD)…property is valued at $400K…
Looks like it’s time for me to relocate.
It is a beautiful house and a terrific price. You can’t touch anything like that down here for under $150K. Is that a garage to the right? If all else fails, could you tear down the garage in order to get more yard space? Is there perhaps an empty lot behind or beside you? Or, you could garden in raised platform containers, I think it is called square foot gardening, takes up hardly any room and you get better yields.
Hey! I lived in Kensington for years! Right on Kincaid Terrace!
Remember, folks, you have to be in truly small town America for these prices to work.
But I’m in discussions now.
Ok Johnathan - I live in Coastal Connecticut, that house would sell for 300K where I live. Drive inland for about 20 minutes and you may get it for the bargain price of 180K, maybe.
My first instinct is to ask: Whats wrong with it?
Is the electrical not up to code?
Is the plaster on the walls laden with lead and asbestos?
Termites?
Dog/cat feces everywhere?
Just how small is the Yard?
Is the basement dirt?
If so you may find another Midden 
that’d be neat!
What else? 80k for a seemingly mint house sounds fishy…I’m not trying to be pessimistic at all, I’m seriously wondering? And if it is the real thing! You came upon a gem!
I’ve been inside the place for about an hour. I admit it’s quite the deal.
Would y’all believe it’s been on the market since July…of 2002?
Started at 99…then lowered to 89…then lowered to 79…
The structure looks good, the basement is cement, there’s a spot of water damage in the attic I’ll have an engineer check out.
But it DOES seem like a good deal. Though not as great as some of us from the more populated areas might think. Average home price (3-4 BR) seems to be between 90-125.
Wow. $79,000. I’m staggered. Around here (San Jose, CA) that house would go for almost 500K, minimum, and that’s assuming it’s in a fair-to-middlin’ neighborhood. Move it to a nice area and you’re probably looking at 6-700K, minimum.
Congratulations! I’m jealous–I’ve always wanted a finished attic, but they don’t seem to do that much around here.
Wow, this looks like a great place to have dopefests. And to top it off you can close off some of the rooms and we can have naughty parties while all the kids play!
Hmmm…What does the inspector say about the house? Has it been inspected yet? Please tell me it has to be inspected before it’s sold…no?
Sometimes with water damage there is a rule. Look at the spot and multiply that by 10 to 20…
We’re not TOO that point yet. We’re still considering what to offer. And that, of course, will be contingent on the engineers inspection.
No worries there…unlike last time I bought a house I’m an adult.
Nice house Jonathan Chance. We just moved in October, so the fun/agony of house hunting is still fresh in my mind. I’m glad to hear you’re having an inspection done. I think out of all the money we spent when buying our place, the $300 I spent on an inspection was the best value - maybe because we ended up getting a thousand knocked off the price of the house based on his report. Even if we hadn’t though, information I got from the inspector about things to watch for, routine maintenance, etc… was well worth the price.
It’s a lovely house, Jonathan. So, does this mean you are taking the job you were discussing a little bit ago?
Beautiful house, horrible picture. You can barely see the whole thing and it’s all overexposed and why do real-estate people not hire photographers to take good pictures of the houses? (BTW, I could use a job. But not in Ohio.)
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Nice house.
Yep, you must have missed last Thursday’s thread. Barring disaster it’s way too good an opportunity to pass up.
Did I mention that daycare is only $75 per week there? I’m paying more than twice that now.
Did I correctly read that as one full bath? For you, the Lady and the two kids? I see some upgrades in your future.
It’s 1.5 baths, yes. But the 1/2 bath is in a room the size of a bedroom and already has hookups for a bath/shower set up. It’s just a matter of dropping the dime to put in the old claw iron tub and run some pipes.
You’ll have to come and see it sometime, Shibb.
I did miss that thread. Congratulations! That also explains the faint wail I heard back then…it must have been the MADs collective reaction to the news. I know they are going to miss you guys!
Jeez, JC, don’t think small. Don’t waste all that room! Think hot tub and a two-person shower.
Assuming it passes inspection without any surprises, I congratulate you!!! She seems to be a beautiful house. Don’t sweat the small yard: less grass to cut in the summer and less snow to shovel in the winter. Of course you may have a hard time convincing your wife that you really need that 10HP snow-blower with tank-treads instead of wheels…