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solarbirdWe finally have another haus we like. Click here for listing pictures; it's big, it's on a quiet street, it's not an architectural style I'd have picked (1960, needs updating inside) but I can handle that; I like the layout. (It's unusual; three wings.) It's a little over a third of a mile to acceptable bus service and half a mile from Burke-Gilman. The downside: it's in Kenmore. The other downside: it's also a little over 1/3 of a mile from Bothell Way, so there's highway noise, about at the level of the wind chimes in the back yard. That's a lot less than I've got now (courtesy 20th; we hear traffic inside, even after soundproofing), but a lot more than zero. And occasionally I can hear the dock noises from Lake Washington's last industrial dock, 3/4 of a mile away. But that part I'm okay with; it's kind of cool.
Go here and scroll down for the MLS listing, and go here for the nighttime pictures I took of the inside. (Some of them are still huge, sorry; but many are small.)
So, anyone know anything that screams HORRIBLE MISTAKE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO?! out there? Anybody?
EDIT: For some reason, the pictures don't want to load clicked from here. Go to the MLS listing and click on "See additional pictures" for the outside/realtor pictures. It's the second listing, the one in Kenmore.
Go here and scroll down for the MLS listing, and go here for the nighttime pictures I took of the inside. (Some of them are still huge, sorry; but many are small.)
So, anyone know anything that screams HORRIBLE MISTAKE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO?! out there? Anybody?
EDIT: For some reason, the pictures don't want to load clicked from here. Go to the MLS listing and click on "See additional pictures" for the outside/realtor pictures. It's the second listing, the one in Kenmore.
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checking it out
Date: 2004-02-07 10:10 am (UTC)Re: checking it out
Date: 2004-02-07 12:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 11:16 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-07 12:26 pm (UTC)("near" being "closer than I am now to that particular store")
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 11:19 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:46 pm (UTC)KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-07 02:02 pm (UTC)(you knew I'd have to say that.)
Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-07 02:12 pm (UTC)(We've been looking for a YEAR. God. I'm so sick of looking for places.)
Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-08 08:01 am (UTC)Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-08 10:02 am (UTC)I actually like ca 1960 architecture you know. Open, spacious, light.
That certainly describes this place. Personally, I like a bit of hidden-away space and little corridors and such, but I'm a bigger fan of utility, and this house has a lot more of that going around.
Plus, it's got a lot of levels. I like a lot of levels. One-storey modern houses bug me. I don't know why. I like being up the hill and I like that showing up in the house.
Fritzoleum
BWAH-HA-HA!
You could have fossilized limestone for that much.
Guh. Yeah. I think for the downstairs living room (where the once-swank linoleum was) we'll go with carpet; I've got this idea that we could use it as kind of a combination home theatre room (like Regis did in Bothell) and music studio - particularly since it's mostly underground, so if we get loud, we won't bother the neighbours.
And when it's being used as a home theatre, we can make the wet bar into a concession stand! Only $2 for a can of soda! ^_^
For the main (upper) living room, I'm thinking skylights near where the ceiling lights are - preferably ones that open, if you can do that; I don't even know! - and hardwood bamboo flooring. Since it's a modern, I think I'd like to play some with new materials. It should be fun. ^_^
Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-07 02:13 pm (UTC)Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-07 07:01 pm (UTC)Re: KENMORE????
Date: 2004-02-08 08:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 03:35 pm (UTC)Letting it get away!
You do the intellectual evaluation where you recognize its assets and liabilities, decide things like whether the price is reasonable for the overall package. Then you check your inner feelings, gut instinct, or whatever you call it, that can sometimes tell when you might be making a mistake even though you can't see the reason for it yet, or other times can tell you you're doing the right thing. If it passes both of those tests, grab for it as quickly as possible.
Hesitation caused me to lose the first house I placed a bid on. (The one next door to the one we ended up with in Lexington.) I was lucky that I didn't end up regretting that, because the one we got instead was better and cheaper. (And almost identical.) The second house we got, we wanted to place a bid on it within 24 hours of seeing it, on our second day of househunting. (We couldn't, but that's a long story. Anyway, we kept hoping it would come available again, and it did.) The third (and current) one, was a little harder. We didn't love it immediately, but after eliminating all the other possibilities in the area, decided we could probably live with it. Didn't take long after closing for it to win us over, though. :-)
Good luck!
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Date: 2004-02-07 09:27 pm (UTC)wow, that's a very big house!
we remember the home buying process and it's really f'ing scary!
It seems really neat and nicely unique. we like that it's not a big box, inside or out. i like all the angles in the rooms.
oh, was also very impressed with how thorough it seems like you've been at just looking at everything in the house.
oh, and the outside space has really neat energy. at least that's how it feels from over here.
anyway....good luck. we hope it goes well, and relatively non-stressfully.
be well,
storyteller
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Date: 2004-02-08 01:15 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-08 10:15 am (UTC)But that said; yeah, it's still Kenmore. Most people just think of the appliances and go, "Why do I want to live next to the laundromat?" ^_^