Posted by Eddie Sylvano on May 14, 2003, at 11:07:57
In reply to I never know when to shut up...., posted by whiterabbit on May 13, 2003, at 17:14:20
> You can hire people to do the fixing-up or you can do it yourself IF you know what you're doing, but it will take up a great deal of your time and it's still gonna cost you.
---------------The house needs major work, for sure. It's a very small house (900sq ft) with a crappy addition on the back. It looks to me like the addition needs to be removed, the walls and floors stripped down and replaced, and the exterior redone. Basically, the frame is the only good part. I could do a lot of the work, with the exception of removing the addition. My dad built his own house (among many things), so I've managed to absorb a good deal of carpentry know-how.
The biggest argument against it is that it needs a lot of expensive work. My fondness for it stems from the fact that the house is so cheap to begin with (I could get it for like $19K), close to where I want to be, has a nice fenced yard, and I would genuniely enjoy spending my nights and weekends working on it, watching my beagle scamper around the yard and sipping a glass of wine on the porch. I envision it as my own little retreat and sanctuary, away from the apartment crowd and the waste of $720 a month that I'll never see again.
poster:Eddie Sylvano
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