well I have been on the hunt for a house and was under contract with one but long story short that is no longer what I am getting. I decided to bump my price range up a touch to see if any felt more right. One was right on the cusp of what I offered being obscene and an insult. I had a realtor buddy with mls and real estate valuation information and gave him the info to look it up and he said at full price of what they had asked it was a deal for the amount of sq footage and the 3 car garage. So I shot my normal offer for the general price range. My realtor told them aLl about the tax credit I missed and all the little thing that has happened. Well long story short on the house is that the person selling it is the daughter of the real owner and blah blah blah you all know how that goes memories and such. Well the realtor said I am a real huge car buff and a vet and well I guess that was the magic key and they came to the price I was shooting for being the end price in my favor. In the back yard there is a renault and in the garage is a vert corvair and some sort of truck thing under a tarp so I know that this has had a lot of car love over the years. I guess the dad was an avid car guy and lived there for many yrs if not built it still waiting on that info. The house was built in 25 and the garage was in 75 and the house has all hardwood under the crappy carpet it has now.

so this was almost the deal killer in the woman's mind




now this is a cool little thing that is an antique. The house was built in 1925 so this was a coal burning heater that was converted to a gas burner. We lovingly refer to it as the octopus in the basement. it is solid cast iron too so I am debating selling it to an antique dealer to cover the cost to get a new setup


now this is copper I think. I was talking to a friend and she said to refinish it and then when i yank up the nasty carpet and resto the hardwood they will pop like something awesome


the other cool thing about the house is it has a "central vacuum" with ports in the floor and here is one of the ports


this is the wall of the master bed and the built in closet that "she" wasn't overly fond of either but I find really cool


here is a shot of the living room and dining room. For perspective I am standing in the door way of the kitchen I love the open setup. The bedrooms are off to the right. I think I will be extending the kitchen out 3 ft into the dining room and open it up so it has a pass through area to keep the open flow since the kitchen kills it.


here is a quick shot of the back yard and the little renault chilling back there that is completely awesome


here is a quick cell shot of the front of the house


this is why the last pic is all rain soaked. there was 3 of them that touched down and at least one was on the ground for over 10 mins


should be a great house to fix up and live in for a good 10 yrs

got it appraised last week and they valued it at 10k over what I am paying for it so I am walking into instant equity woohooo. I will post more pics later after the move in which is in 3 wks. so pup in 2 wks and then house in 3 wks then garage full of "birds" in 4-5 wks life is finally good

would anyone on here in CO wanna have a little meet once I am fully settled in at the house it is just like 2 blocks off I25.

 

Congrats man! Moving can be a pain, but once it's all said and done it's always nice to have a change. I hope you enjoy your new home, and I heard about them tornadoes on the news actually.

-Joe

 

Congrats on the the new house. Looks good. Nothing a fresh coat of paint, new carpets or sanded floors can't fix. looks like an old Renault Gordini. At least that's what it was called in South Africa (where I grew up) when I was young.

 

congrats and good luck on the new house.

 

good news looks like we can close a week early I cant wait

 

congrats, was the car included in the deal :P lol