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Anyone sell a house/duplex/townhouse/condo lately?

I forgot how much work it takes to get a place in selling condition. Engaged couples should have to "sell" a house as part of a learning tool to see if they can handle rough times.

Our new place is going to be worth it 100 times over, but man am I tired.

Sold a house a few years back that came with about 70 acres of land. Having a lot of land is what made it a pain in the butt because of all the soil & water testing. Our creek was polluted because some jacka[b][/b]ss up the mountain was dumping their refuse into it.We got more than we put into it but less then hoped for.

Hated the tours too, I swear some people were just nosy and not at all interested in buying.

Edited, Wed Dec 7 09:31:24 2005 by niobia

nah it was a small smallllll town in north eastern PA, we had some old biddys tell us "We always wondered what the inside looked like". You get what you pay for with an old colonial.

We were recently looking at a house in upstate Ny built int he early 1920's, it was only 30k but the entire foundation needed to be repaired. Our old house had a solid stone foundation and the land was covered in rock walls.

good to know Im not the only person up this early

get a riding lawnmower (you know, there are people who actually supe up their mowers and race them?)

Raking is a bit[b][/b]ch - I hope you have more evergreen trees than deciduous

It's been almost 4 years since I bought my house, and I shudder when I think about having to go through the nonsense all over again. It'll be worse next time since I'll have to deal with selling the one I'm in now. At 36, am I too young to decide that this is the house I'll grow old in? lol

3 acres of pure 100% deciduous trees! 2 acres of grass.

Woot!

I am so screwed.

But I will have to buy a Riding Lawnmower as mentioned above!!! New toy for me! Wonder if I can by a cool set of rims for it???

by the end of winter, I look forward to lawn work.

mowing the lawn is like my personal time. No one bothers me and I can just be outside for a few hours and enjoy myself. I don't see it as work.

I would like to get a new lawn mower next year, but with the baby coming, it's probably not feasible.

still do. Im thankful they have alot of those decorating shows now that can show you how to fix up a space without spending alot of money.

Although the S.O. would gladly keep every wall hospital white if he had any say in the matter.

Are you guys using the VA?

My Significant other is a lot more picky then myself. However, our color and decorating tastes are similiar. The best way I can describe our tastes is by having everyone look in a Pottery Barn catalogue. We like dark, earthy colors and straight, simple decorations.

Nothing makes me want to gag more then walking into a house that has been decorated "country" style. A person can decorate a house anyway they want but I absolutly despise pastels and plain white paint.

In response to the timing of our purchase. I also think the market is going to stall a bit but we are only moving 5 miles away from our duplex. Both places are are probably overpriced equally so in a way it's a wash.

The only danger we have is if we would have to sell it in the short term which we have no plans to do. This is a house that you retire in. We are only 31 and 33 so thats a bit unrealistic but who knows...

I'm hoping to remodel my kitchen in a Tuscan style in the spring. I want to venetian-plaster the walls with a light (not pastel, earthy) yellow, put either terra-cotta or a blonde slate tile on the floor, and I'm considering pressed tin for the ceilings (or a look-alike). I'm not sure what to do with the cupboards yet, but I might put chicken-wire doors on the upper ones. I'm also going to paint a small mural on one wall, most likely an olive tree or something of that nature.

I know you don't care, you needn't bother saying so.

Nexa

Unless we decide to utilize the Cal-Vet program in California. Since we won't be buying a house for at least another 15 months, I'm hoping that the market softens a bit in the San Diego area. We most likely won't be buying in San Diego County, but in one of the surrounding areas such as Temecula or Hemet.

Either way, I would prefer a house with clean lines and the furnishings to be large, comfortable and little clutter (hard with kids but I try). Something like Pottery Barn, but I don't want dark colors. I saw a house one time that was Art-Deco-ish, but it wasn't so modern that it was turn off. I liked that balance. The one thing my husband and I have agreed to is that he WILL have a game room so he can put his stuff up.