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#93760 - 07/28/04 07:09 AM
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atomic rose
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It was built in 1920.  It looks like it got a complete overhaul in the '70s (hence the retro kitchen... I posted pictures further down in the thread), and it got a fresh coat of paint everywhere before it went on the market. The bathroom floors are all tiled (3 bathrooms!!), the kitchen has linoleum, and the rest of the house is carpeted - thick, brand-new, cream-colored carpet. It's gorgeous, even if it is going to be a nightmare with 2 black cats. LOL!
I think I may pull up a corner of carpet in one of the bedrooms and see what's underneath... I betcha it might be hardwood.
It's in excellent condition, inside and out. We'll have to have the roof redone before winter, but that's the biggest repair. It *looks* incredible.
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Hey you,
What an awesome house, no wonder you are excited! I would be too! From the front, it totally looks like a cute little house, I never woulda guessed 4 bedrooms - that's awesome! And of course 3 bathrooms is sweet.. you can never have enough bathrooms I say! The other half and I have been talking about places to live when we mvoe to Canada, and first we'll live with my family but when that drives me nuts, I am guessing crappy apartment until we have enough for anything bigger. Anywho, I said that no matter what, we are having more than one bathroom! Just having one bathroom in this tiny England house drives me CRAZY! Thank God the bathroom and the toilet are in different rooms, or I would have had some seriously traumatic times since his sis takes about 4 days in the shower! So yeah, yay for the bathrooms.. Nice bathrooms as well! I second you on the heat lamps, I have them in my house in Canada and enjoy them muchly.
If you like gardening, isn't it kinda nicer to have a big project on your hands? Then you can really get into it, and do whatever you want. You could have much fun with that.
I am jealous too.
As for the one hour commute, that's a bit of a drag but I know so many people now that have to do it! I think it's all the cities getting way too expensive to live, but necessary to work! It takes my boyfriend, and all his family at least an hour to commute from London every day. Same with people I know in Vancouver - since we don't live right in Vancouver.
Anyway, I am so happy for you! You totally deserve a kick@$$ house!
--Steph
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It sounds perfect. And now that I heard what you paid for it - I'm completely jealous. My parents thought my house was cheap because they are in Chicago and we are in a smaller town - and we still paid well over triple that amount. We will probably only stay here for about 5 years, and it's value will increase a lot because it's new contruction. We'll finish the basement and do a bunch of landscaping - I'm working on that now! I'm not that good with plants 
Well anyways - that house will be perfect, and now you'll have tons of space to cook!
~Cara
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Casey,
Very nice house. I am happy for you. Think how much fun it will be to work in the yard and decorate.
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Bevrs!!
#93787 - 07/28/04 07:59 AM
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atomic rose
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Worms?! With that GORGEOUS house you're about to move into, you can't possibly be jealous! I won't allow it!!
Besides... it's not really a farm house if it's on a teeny tiny 2/10 acre town lot, is it? 
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Wow! It is so cute...it reminds me of one of the house I looked at when I graduated..I was in love with it too. It's very cute. It kinda reminds me of a cottage.
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Sentimental Slob
#93815 - 07/28/04 08:48 AM
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Bevvy
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Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Actually, it might have been at one time. How old is the house? I'll bet there used to be a lot more land around it that was sold off over the years. And I'll bet the part on the right was added at some point, and I'll bet before then there was a large barn with an enclosed woodshed connecting to the main house. In the woodshed or extension of the barn was the outhouse. I'll just bet. And is the kitchen in the back of the house? Could there have been a door back there, going into the woodshed? And in that kitchen in the back, I'll bet at one time there was an old water pump in the sink.
Is there a front parlor? I'll bet there used to be horsehair couches in it. Is there a central room with doors off to the hallways? I'll bet there used to be a large wood-burning stove in it, which is where everyone gathered in the winter-time, with all those windows closed to keep the heat in.
And I'll bet there's an old stairway going up to the bedrooms upstairs, and on that old stairway used to be a collection of old irons, one on each step.....
Do you have pix of the interior? I wanna see! I wanna see!
I'm not jealous, just a little sentimental, remembering times long ago. Those times are long gone, and I have to move on, but I'm an old Mainer at heart, and always will be.
Our new house is very reminiscent of an old farmhouse, but western farmhouse, not New England-style. It's a very old-fashion floor plan, not the typical open style of the new homes nowadays, and we have arched doorways and old-fashion mouldings around the floors and windows. The wrap-around porch is really very western farm-style; I just ordered some wooden porch rockers for the front porch.
Our old cottage on Lake Kezar had a screened-in porch, and daddy had some antique rockers that we'd all sit in and rock while looking out over the lake, just 20 feet in front of us. Daddy would sit there and rock for hours, looking through his binoculars, while us kids would be out in the lake, swimming, trying to get him to come into the water with us.
Happy days, happy times.
The old cottage kept sinking into the sand; daddy "jacked it up" on cinder blocks every year. It was just a cottage and eventually had to be torn down.
We used to go visit Aunt Mattie Whitehouse, who had a house just like yours in South Berwick, and Aunt Mattie Gibson, who had an old mansion on the ocean at Wells Beach. Of course they're all dead now....
Why am I such a sentimental old slob?
Worms.
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Gee, no outhouse?
I hope when you remodel the kitchen, you do it in an old-fashion style with a farm sink and an old fashion stove, maybe even butcher block counter tops. Pass on the water pump though....
I knew there'd be a back door from the kitchen -- don't forget to add on the old woodshed back there!
Stained glass window, eh? I love it. Hubby and I do stained glass; we have plans to do some windows in the new house.
Casey, I'm so excited for you. This is just a super neat old farmhouse. Way cool.
Bev
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What a sweet story Bev! I like reading your posts like that one
Aren't you moving SOON?? I am in love with our front porch. I sit out there for at least an hour a day on the swing Justin built me. We are going to buy some rockers too, when we save some money. I just love sitting out there! It's peaceful. I will never buy a house without a front porch after this!
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Hardwood Floors
#93826 - 07/28/04 09:02 AM
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Bevvy
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The house was built in 1920? You bet there are hardwood floors under those carpets!
You'll have to look up the history of the house and find out if it wasn't an old farmhouse, who built it, who lived there, maybe even find some old momentos in the attic....
Ooooh, I just love it, Casey! You done GOOD. I can't get over the price you paid.
When daddy bought the old cottage on the lake, it was before the war. He could have bought all three cottages in the cove (it used to be a resort) for a total of $3,000. He didn't have that much money, so he opted for the cottage closest to the water (20 feet away), fully furnished, 3-bedrooms, for $1,000.
Bev
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