Put an offer in on our largest purchase to date...new house

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
BTW, what is the lot size?

It's about .85 acres. I don't have the actual dimensions in front of me.

Wow. It actually looks larger than that. My new house lot size is about the same size as that and yours looks larger. Of course, half of my back yard is overgrown with trees too...

 

[Slew Foot]

I was about to tell to beware the housing bubble, but it looks like the house is cheap enough as it is. Good luck!

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
I was about to tell to beware the housing bubble, but it looks like the house is cheap enough as it is. Good luck!

Even for the market we are in, it's reasonable. We simply can not find the combination of lot, location, and ammenities provided by this house by others in this price range.

The location is absolutely desired and will do us well, even if the market continues to sour.

We're just locking in on a 30 year conventional and planning on being in this place for a long, long time.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: waggy
heh i paid $149k for a 2k sq/ft (built in 83) on 3 acres!

but then i live in Il wich sucks. though i am about 25 min away from the mall and 3 decent size towns. to bad costco is 35 min away heh

my grandfather paid $4100 for his first house in philadelphia.... waaaaaaaay back in the day

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
BTW, what is the lot size?

It's about .85 acres. I don't have the actual dimensions in front of me.

Wow. It actually looks larger than that. My new house lot size is about the same size as that and yours looks larger. Of course, half of my back yard is overgrown with trees too...

i agree. looks larger then .85 acres and 2100sq ft. 3 car garage is nice though. man wish i would have got a house with that.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
BTW, what is the lot size?

It's about .85 acres. I don't have the actual dimensions in front of me.

Wow. It actually looks larger than that. My new house lot size is about the same size as that and yours looks larger. Of course, half of my back yard is overgrown with trees too...

i agree. looks larger then .85 acres and 2100sq ft. 3 car garage is nice though. man wish i would have got a house with that.

Not only 3 car garage, but three car garage with it's own 200A service.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon

Originally posted by: waggy
heh i paid $149k for a 2k sq/ft (built in 83) on 3 acres!

but then i live in Il wich sucks. though i am about 25 min away from the mall and 3 decent size towns. to bad costco is 35 min away heh

my grandfather paid $4100 for his first house in philadelphia.... waaaaaaaay back in the day

heh a good friend of mine's grandmother came to my house. she said it looked just like first house she baught and the same size (though hers had more bedrooms).

she said she paid $25k for the house on 5 acres! heh

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
BTW, what is the lot size?

It's about .85 acres. I don't have the actual dimensions in front of me.

Wow. It actually looks larger than that. My new house lot size is about the same size as that and yours looks larger. Of course, half of my back yard is overgrown with trees too...

i agree. looks larger then .85 acres and 2100sq ft. 3 car garage is nice though. man wish i would have got a house with that.

Not only 3 car garage, but three car garage with it's own 200A service.

and heated! my garage is well insulated but man i would kill for a heated one! though i do have a (i think) 200a serivce. the guy had a weilder in the corner.

after putting in all the kids toys, grills, lawnmower etc there is only room to fit one car in. sigh

 

[Omegachi]

wtf! do you know how much an apt cost here with 550 sqft living area? twice as much as you pay for that.

 

[vi edit]

Yeh, the 3rd stall is more of a workspace than anything. The current owner has a kiln(?) in it for baking pottery. There is both a woodburning stove in there that is vented through the ceiling as well as a dedicated gas furnace for the stall. It's also a supersized stall - 15x36'. That's deep enough for two cars.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yeh, the 3rd stall is more of a workspace than anything. The current owner has a kiln(?) in it for baking pottery. There is both a woodburning stove in there that is vented through the ceiling as well as a dedicated gas furnace for the stall. It's also a supersized stall - 15x36'. That's deep enough for two cars.

Nice! I'd love to have a workspace like that!

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yeh, the 3rd stall is more of a workspace than anything. The current owner has a kiln(?) in it for baking pottery. There is both a woodburning stove in there that is vented through the ceiling as well as a dedicated gas furnace for the stall. It's also a supersized stall - 15x36'. That's deep enough for two cars.

LMAO - You and missus can re-enact the scene from Ghost now.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Omegachi
wtf! do you know how much an apt cost here with 550 sqft living area? twice as much as you pay for that.

Paradise tax

 

[Chunkee]

what a great looking home...nice lot esp...would love the shop also...good place for ole dad to have his own domain

jC

 

[acemcmac]

I just got my offer for my first house accepted too :beer:

190k, 5 under asking. We've agreed to early closing.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I just got my offer for my first house accepted too :beer:

190k, 5 under asking. We've agreed to early closing.

Where'd you find something that cheap in southeastern Pennsylvania?

 

[K1052]

God, I really miss central IL sometimes. I paid about twice that for a condo smaller than your garage.

Excuse me while I have myself a little cry.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Wow, very nice place! Actually comparable pricing to stuff my gf has been looking at around Raleigh.

She's looking at 150-250K houses and I don't even have a full time job yet

Bye GTO....

 

[Ronin]

Gotta agree with the inexpensive comment. That house here would be 7 figures, easily.

Looks stellar, though...good luck!

 

[Reckoner]

Sorry man, just bought it

Your Friend,
PaulNEPats

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: wasssup
holy crap houses are cheap there...that same house in an area like you mentioned would probably net at least $400k here in NJ.

:shocked:
Over $600,000 here.

Nice place, hope you get it.

Easily $700k here

 

[vi edit]

Grrr....

Listing agent is being a bit of an ass. I guess we had a "special exception" given to our tour this weekend and nobody else was allowed to show the house.

He is telling my agent that "to be fair" he is not going to accept any offers until tomorrow after he has a full day to show the house. It's already been on the market for about 10 days.

My agent hates working with this guy.

Bah.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Grrr....

Listing agent is being a bit of an ass. I guess we had a "special exception" given to our tour this weekend and nobody else was allowed to show the house.

He is telling my agent that "to be fair" he is not going to accept any offers until tomorrow after he has a full day to show the house. It's already been on the market for about 10 days.

My agent hates working with this guy.

Bah.

ahhh the games begins!

 

[vi edit]

Well, at 10 minutes from the deadline we finally had some proof of life from the seller. They are in the process of scratching out some of the write-ins that we had (appliances, reverse osmosis, ect) and are countering.

Curious to see what comes back.

 

[vi edit]

Woo! Done deal. Had to bump closing up a week and didn't get to keep the fridge, but the place is ours.

Now we just have to unload the current one