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Mar. 29th, 2022 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeWe really liked one of the houses we saw today. Honestly, I wasn't expecting to like it because the pictures were terrible. They should fire their realtor.
It is so nice. The owner clearly did a lot of work on it to keep it maintained and nice, even as a log cabin and she seemed to have some mobility issues (the owner was there and let us in). It's got two big bedrooms, one small bedroom and an in-law apartment in the basement. The kitchen is lovely, the living room is huge. It has two big porches. And it has 14 acres of woods.
omg.
The only thing we would need to do to move in is buy a dishwasher since the one there isn't working. The things for near-ish future projects are: replace the roof, put up dog fencing, stabilize the shed, and renovate the in-law apartment.
The basement was split in two, with half being the main part of the basement, unfinished and turns out they just installed a brand spanking new water boiler/heater combo. So shiny! so new! Apparently saves ~$200/month. And the other half being the in-law apartment. The in-law apartment was not in super nice condition, it seems like either a relative or tenant was staying there and so it hasn't been kept up super well, just a little rough like they didn't know how to clean and things got grubby. We'd probably tear up the floors, walls, then insulate and sheetrock. Tear out the shower and stuff. Put new things in, turn it into a really nice guest bedroom with the living room/kitchen being crafting space plus spare kitchen for messy projects like canning or preserving things or storing all my weird garden projects in the fridge. But that's not urgent because there's no structural issue, it's all cosmetic.
The property itself is on a back road with no traffic, but still within 25 minutes of all the things we want to access. So quiet and no neighbors within sight of the house. Apparently the only neighbor was removing a bunch of dead trees to put in a pond and was planning to build a house at the back of their 22 acre property. So not close to us.
We talked it over in the car on the way back to pick my truck up and we were so excited about discussing the possibilities and we decided on putting a patio in on the south west side of the house which currently slopes into the house which might cause some of the dampness in the basement. So if we dig it up, put down really good drainage plus drain tile away from the house, that should help some of it. And screen in one of the porches probably. Which rooms we'd put desks for working and where we'd put bookshelves.
And like, that's how we know we want the place is that we can imagine all these things we'd like to do there, and where we would put furniture and where we'd change things or not.
Maybe we missed something but that's what the inspector is for and we are gonna make an offer on it since it's been radio silence from the other place and our offer expired.
Also there was a mama cat with three beautiful kittens and we got to coo over them for a bit.
It is so nice. The owner clearly did a lot of work on it to keep it maintained and nice, even as a log cabin and she seemed to have some mobility issues (the owner was there and let us in). It's got two big bedrooms, one small bedroom and an in-law apartment in the basement. The kitchen is lovely, the living room is huge. It has two big porches. And it has 14 acres of woods.
omg.
The only thing we would need to do to move in is buy a dishwasher since the one there isn't working. The things for near-ish future projects are: replace the roof, put up dog fencing, stabilize the shed, and renovate the in-law apartment.
The basement was split in two, with half being the main part of the basement, unfinished and turns out they just installed a brand spanking new water boiler/heater combo. So shiny! so new! Apparently saves ~$200/month. And the other half being the in-law apartment. The in-law apartment was not in super nice condition, it seems like either a relative or tenant was staying there and so it hasn't been kept up super well, just a little rough like they didn't know how to clean and things got grubby. We'd probably tear up the floors, walls, then insulate and sheetrock. Tear out the shower and stuff. Put new things in, turn it into a really nice guest bedroom with the living room/kitchen being crafting space plus spare kitchen for messy projects like canning or preserving things or storing all my weird garden projects in the fridge. But that's not urgent because there's no structural issue, it's all cosmetic.
The property itself is on a back road with no traffic, but still within 25 minutes of all the things we want to access. So quiet and no neighbors within sight of the house. Apparently the only neighbor was removing a bunch of dead trees to put in a pond and was planning to build a house at the back of their 22 acre property. So not close to us.
We talked it over in the car on the way back to pick my truck up and we were so excited about discussing the possibilities and we decided on putting a patio in on the south west side of the house which currently slopes into the house which might cause some of the dampness in the basement. So if we dig it up, put down really good drainage plus drain tile away from the house, that should help some of it. And screen in one of the porches probably. Which rooms we'd put desks for working and where we'd put bookshelves.
And like, that's how we know we want the place is that we can imagine all these things we'd like to do there, and where we would put furniture and where we'd change things or not.
Maybe we missed something but that's what the inspector is for and we are gonna make an offer on it since it's been radio silence from the other place and our offer expired.
Also there was a mama cat with three beautiful kittens and we got to coo over them for a bit.
