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Post by **Neighmond** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:56 pm

Nice looking abode!

Post by **kelt65** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:35 pm

Ok. Here is my closing blingee ..

Post by **Wackyshack** » Mon May 05, 2014 3:50 am

Amazing house!! I have a 1689sq ft house and paid $389,000 for it back in 2006. Prices were insane in the Boston Mass area... the house holds around $340,000 right now with the falling market.
You house is beautiful! Yard too!! love it an enjoy it and thank you for sharing it with us!

Post by **kelt65** » Thu May 08, 2014 1:27 pm

Wackyshack65 wrote:Amazing house!! I have a 1689sq ft house and paid $389,000 for it back in 2006. Prices were insane in the Boston Mass area... the house holds around $340,000 right now with the falling market.
You house is beautiful! Yard too!! love it an enjoy it and thank you for sharing it with us!

Thanks Wackyshack65. I feel lucky to have gotten this house, and the real estate market here is insane as well. There are people putting down 500K+ in cash for very cheesy flipped homes here. I think they passed this one over because it is mostly original - the kitchen is not in the front room and there is no McMansion bathroom. TACKY. I passed over a lot of houses where they'd moved the kitchen from the back of the house to the very front room, and torn down most of the walls! Ridiculous! But these people like that. Suburban sensibilities, I guess.

It has some nice touches that are modern, like many of the windows have been rehabbed to be energy efficient but they are the same nice wooden windows. Those are very expensive. Usually flippers will just slap cheap metal windows in. The plumbing is mostly PEX but it still has some galvanized steel, the wiring is all copper (no K&T left), most of the plaster is intact and the HVAC is less than 10 years old. No insect damage to speak of.

Post by **mkeller234** » Fri May 16, 2014 7:29 am

What a beautiful house! Congratulations! I'm agree 120% about not enjoying the open floor plans that are so trendy these days. I have a 2 year old child, and believe me, she starts everyday by making a giant mess. I feel like open floor plans are just a way of letting your child make a mega mess AND being able to see it all. In our house, I can keep her out of rooms and I don't have to clean those each night. On top of that all, I agree... TACKY!

I told our realtor that I wanted a house that had an original kitchen and bath. She could not understand why that was a positive feature for us. :roll:

Post by **Locust Quarter** » Tue May 27, 2014 1:17 pm

Great house. Love New Orleans. And I totally agree about hating open floor plans.

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