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Bank owned so no one living there and with spring right around the corner it is all timed out to well. My goal is to be living there before thanksgiving. Looking at that back wall that is rotted out I cant help but wonder why they never put up some eavestroughs and did a bit more to keep it from rotting out. We'll just put some concrete steps in and brick pavers behind the house. |
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02-16-2009, 11:44 AM | #33 |
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Not to get off-topic. But nice Cub.
TC, probably a great investment. The lot looks really nice. Allen
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02-16-2009, 02:28 PM | #34 |
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My sister-in-law made the comment "your gonna need a riding mower to mow that" my wife just looked at her and siad "we have one".
Its not as nice as that cub but it does work and thats good enough for me. So we just got back from signing an actual purchase agreement on the $12750 so we are getting closer just an inspection needed and then go from there. |
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02-16-2009, 02:36 PM | #35 |
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Congratuations on the new purchase!
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02-16-2009, 02:48 PM | #36 |
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From Crack House to Home & Garden. Very nice.
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06-23-2009, 06:38 PM | #37 |
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Ok well it happened but not the first house.
We closed monday on our new/old house (1925) and we have a lot of work to do to make it our home but I think we can do it. (mostly because we'll have to-failure is not an option) The house we bought has a bit smaller yard it's only 50'x200' but the house has a better layout in our opinion. Plus a two car garage and two so-so sheds (1=8'x8' and 1=8'x16') Looking at the house from the street it looks compact but once you get next to the garage the back yard just opens up. Its on a dead end street with no trains or expressways nearby but it does have an elementary school at the back yard. I can put in a real RC track now and my wife will still have room for her square foot gardens and we'll still have room to test run the toys when needed. We did pay more for this house but we are still very happy with it and we have met some of the neighbors and they seem to be very nice . The first house had some major drawbacks that forced us to bail. |
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06-23-2009, 07:29 PM | #38 |
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Hmmmm...funny thing is that in Toronto townhomes start at 280,000 which are very small and barely come with a backyard. Maybe the size of a car.
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06-23-2009, 08:24 PM | #40 |
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One shed (8x8) will be the garden/tractor shed with all the tools and such and the other will be for the toys and assorted excess toy parts.
We have to have an electrical panel put in the house and I'll have to gut/redo the bathroom and do all new plumbing but thats easy enough except its on a crawl and I'm "Biggie sized" (no thanks to the fast food industry :x J/K-ing ). The kitchen needs a new counter top and lower cabinets at the very least and we'll try to get the uppers also but we have to watch every penny we spend. |
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06-24-2009, 03:28 AM | #41 |
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Good grief! All this talk of 12,000 dollar houses is making me depressed!
...oh don't forget that HORRIBLE $400 a year tax bill. I need to move! $300,000 mortgage, 2500/year taxes here. No acres, just a plot in the middle of suburbia. Yes yes, I need to move.. |
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06-24-2009, 05:34 AM | #42 |
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While your mortgage is up there I'm sure its worth it, your taxes are far lower than what a $300K home here would cost and in fact our taxes will be right around $2400 :roll: a year on the house(we may appeal) and our house is not anything special.
We did pay a bit more than $12K but still only $18K is cheap cheap cheap and we will have no bank hovering over us for that monthly payment. If I could have found 20 acres of land with a 3 bedroom ranch and a 3 car garage and a 40x60 pole barn out in the middle of nowhere for a price we could afford I'd have been there but we had to buy into what we could afford. Atleast we are moving out of the hooker zone and away from the ATM's that are like bug lights for criminals. |
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06-24-2009, 10:52 PM | #43 |
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CONGRATS! WHens the party?
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06-25-2009, 05:33 AM | #45 |
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The party will be near the end of the summer I hope (sooner if I can get it all done).
I bet its difficult at times to make ends meet, its bad all over. For what we paid for this house I would hope it could go up a little in value as we get it back into decent shape even in this economy but probably not. |
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