Well thankfully the AC is fixed for good....and the bills should be drastically lower! That's the good news. The bad news is that after our hard work (well, Mike's) and being totally in love with this house, we are deeply saddened to have made the decision to sell......not a decision we take lightly, and not one we had planned on doing this soon (the tax bill just went down for crying out loud!) but other commitments and circumstances beyond our control have facilitated this decision.
Do me a big favor-Pass The Word Around! It will be a special kind of person who will fall in love with the house as I did.....big old houses are not for everyone. It is a commitment of both time and money. I know there is someone out there who will love this house as much as I do.....I just hope I find him or her soon.....I want to sell soon.....I hate having a house on the market for extended periods of time, I'm not that neat! The house still needs a little bit of work, the previous owners did a lot, we did some, including the new roof last year......but nothing major.....we had an extremely thorough inspection done when we bought in '05, and nothing really bad was cited.....just the expected, replace some wood here and there.....most of the problems in the inspection were fixed by replacing the roof......the landscaping is not finished....we will continue to work on it. I think the biggest selling point will be the size of the house (3,036 sf). Not a lot of choices in this neighborhood if you want a big house, particularly on a double lot. Heck, my neighbor's house is for sale for $650K.....granted, it's beautiful and much more "done" than this house, he really did an extensive and quality job on it. Size is the key factor here.....4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, huge living room, dining room, den, office, front parlor, laundry room and kitchen with a walk in pantry. An interesting history doesn't hurt either......an elevated water tower in 1915 looked to have provided water for the newly platted neighborhood.....people were coming up to the spigot in front by the "Water 10 cents" sign up into the 70s. Boarding house, bordello, halfway house and back to an awesome single family house is quite an interesting life. Plus it is the homiest, most comfortable, welcoming house I've ever lived in except for maybe the cottage on Sebago Lake up in Maine that my papa built just shortly after this was built. Now I'm getting emotional (again). Forgive my rambling......it is an awesome house, please let someone know it is available; I am asking $500K....we'll see where that goes......I'm happy to talk to anyone about the house....but I will only show the house by appointment; I have dogs who need to be stuffed in the car and taken for a ride when I show it......bad vibes for potential buyers to be mauled while looking at their potential next house.
Thanks for reading my rambling........and please pass the word.....
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