Painted basement open ceiling
Interesting idea to simply paint the basement ceiling and mechanicals and leave easy repair access.
Interesting idea to simply paint the basement ceiling and mechanicals and leave easy repair access.
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I go along with another on here-the place is BLAHHH,UGLY,BORING.Is there any color besides white here?The rec room is too dark-needs my CMH lights!Oh,I could fill the place with vacuums!The shot of the TV-GLARE on its screen-poorly placed.The window needs blackout shades or curtains to make the TV useable.I guess that's the "home theater"?Stick with the place I have!
Oh yes,tjhe kitchen looks too small,and also boring.Too little counter space-esp if you are a small appliance geek.The white makes it look like a mortuary embalming room.And no counter space for your embalming machine!
@Tolvic: LOL
But ok everyone, I have a challenge: Post pics of homes which appeal to you
But ok everyone, I have a challenge: Post pics of homes which appeal to you
vacerator
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Here is one
recently listed and already has a pending deal.
Keller Williams central market agency. The homes address is public, so I'll post it. There are no interior photos in the listing. It's on a rather busy through street. The style is similar to ours. The asking price is/was $239,900.00.
The average price per square foot in that area is $140.00. It has roughly 1,600 sq. ft. 3 bedrms, 2 full baths, 2 car att. garage. Spacious kitchen and family room. I do not know if the basement is finished.
I can't believe they were offered that much. I wouldn't pay that much.
It does back up to a drainage easement, which is to be beautified into a park like setting soon. Maybe they are speculative of a value gain.
11453 Brougham, zip code 48312. Built around 1975-1980.
recently listed and already has a pending deal.
Keller Williams central market agency. The homes address is public, so I'll post it. There are no interior photos in the listing. It's on a rather busy through street. The style is similar to ours. The asking price is/was $239,900.00.
The average price per square foot in that area is $140.00. It has roughly 1,600 sq. ft. 3 bedrms, 2 full baths, 2 car att. garage. Spacious kitchen and family room. I do not know if the basement is finished.
I can't believe they were offered that much. I wouldn't pay that much.
It does back up to a drainage easement, which is to be beautified into a park like setting soon. Maybe they are speculative of a value gain.
11453 Brougham, zip code 48312. Built around 1975-1980.
vacerator
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Oh, and bubbles always burst.
We paid $120,000 in 1995. It was a sellers market then as well. We needed a place to live. Inventory was a bit better than now. Move in condition also.
It appraised for $175,000 in 2002. Our neighbors sold in 2006 for less. The market crashed in 2007, and you could barely get $110,000.
The area used to appreciate in the 90's by $5,000 per year, but is older now.
We've done higher end finishes than we had in '95. I doubt we'd recoup our investment even though we did most of the work, so we are staying put.
My advice is buy a house that needs cosmetic work, one others pass up. fix it up, live there 5 to 7 years, and then sell. It's tricky to time the market because if you sell high, you have to pay more for a new house too.
We're too old to go any where more expensive. Our taxes are moderate, and it is ours outright now.
If the area declines, well, I'll be like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. I hope that doesn't happen. I figure, we have about 20 to 25 years yet to live and enjoy it.
We paid $120,000 in 1995. It was a sellers market then as well. We needed a place to live. Inventory was a bit better than now. Move in condition also.
It appraised for $175,000 in 2002. Our neighbors sold in 2006 for less. The market crashed in 2007, and you could barely get $110,000.
The area used to appreciate in the 90's by $5,000 per year, but is older now.
We've done higher end finishes than we had in '95. I doubt we'd recoup our investment even though we did most of the work, so we are staying put.
My advice is buy a house that needs cosmetic work, one others pass up. fix it up, live there 5 to 7 years, and then sell. It's tricky to time the market because if you sell high, you have to pay more for a new house too.
We're too old to go any where more expensive. Our taxes are moderate, and it is ours outright now.
If the area declines, well, I'll be like Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. I hope that doesn't happen. I figure, we have about 20 to 25 years yet to live and enjoy it.
A link to that listing would be nice.
gusherb
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I would only like a home that big if it had radiant heating, and were overall built to be as energy efficient as possible (I know, a bit of an oxymoron being so big in the first place). I would probably choose a more traditional multi story floor plan for something so big (something that's not super sprawled out width wise) more like mansions of the early 1900s. If I wanted a sprawl I'd just build a ranch.
Here's a link to a nice 1963 bungalow. It has been modernized, but with respect.
https://www.funda.nl/koop/leeuwarden/huis-40539651-bordineweg-50/
https://www.funda.nl/koop/leeuwarden/huis-40539651-bordineweg-50/
vacerator
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That is nice Louis!
I tried to get a link for you, but the listing agent is new in the business and young, and did not provide one on the mailer card. I will look at their web site again.
The seller is an elderly German retired machinist.
Can you Google the real estate office, or the address of the house?
I tried to get a link for you, but the listing agent is new in the business and young, and did not provide one on the mailer card. I will look at their web site again.
The seller is an elderly German retired machinist.
Can you Google the real estate office, or the address of the house?
vacerator
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No link,
I tried to e-mail you the listing and photos. It wouldn't allow me to.
You're not missing anything Louis.
No updates. It's stuck in 1980, except for a newer black top freezer fridge, and low end free standing range w stainless front, black handles.
No stone work tops, all formica. Brass and wood light fixtures, low end drop in lavatory basins, sheet vinyl flooring, older carpeting.
I don't know what this listing agent is thinking. The square footage says 1,770.
I can tell by the photos there is no way, because it is so similar to my homes floor plan. Same lot size also. I don't have a second main floor bath. It is in the basement.
But we do have an en suite style master/main bath with an entry off the master bedroomm, and off the pass hall. It's larger, at 11 ft. by 5 ft. We also have red oak floors, which were not put in homes here as standard flooring after 1970, because all the old forest growth lumber had been spent.
We've tastefully updated our home with transitional decor, tile, fixtures, Nickel accents, and all are high end. I think we could get at the most $199,000.
Our roof and exterior trim was done in 2005, and is vinyl and aluminum. The roof is supposed to be a 50 year roof. Architectural asphalt shingles. Furnace was new in 2008, 10 year pats warranty, 95% plus efficient. Water heater is from 2002, a 40 gallon capacity. We keep it at 135 F. so it has lasted long.
I tried to e-mail you the listing and photos. It wouldn't allow me to.
You're not missing anything Louis.
No updates. It's stuck in 1980, except for a newer black top freezer fridge, and low end free standing range w stainless front, black handles.
No stone work tops, all formica. Brass and wood light fixtures, low end drop in lavatory basins, sheet vinyl flooring, older carpeting.
I don't know what this listing agent is thinking. The square footage says 1,770.
I can tell by the photos there is no way, because it is so similar to my homes floor plan. Same lot size also. I don't have a second main floor bath. It is in the basement.
But we do have an en suite style master/main bath with an entry off the master bedroomm, and off the pass hall. It's larger, at 11 ft. by 5 ft. We also have red oak floors, which were not put in homes here as standard flooring after 1970, because all the old forest growth lumber had been spent.
We've tastefully updated our home with transitional decor, tile, fixtures, Nickel accents, and all are high end. I think we could get at the most $199,000.
Our roof and exterior trim was done in 2005, and is vinyl and aluminum. The roof is supposed to be a 50 year roof. Architectural asphalt shingles. Furnace was new in 2008, 10 year pats warranty, 95% plus efficient. Water heater is from 2002, a 40 gallon capacity. We keep it at 135 F. so it has lasted long.
vacerator
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Oh, and it has
a wooden deck, requiring washing and staining. We have a 20 ft. by 20 ft. brick paver patio. When a brick paver shifts, I simply lift it out, add a bit if sand under, and replace. Then I sweep sand across the surface and seal it every few years to keep weeds at bay.
a wooden deck, requiring washing and staining. We have a 20 ft. by 20 ft. brick paver patio. When a brick paver shifts, I simply lift it out, add a bit if sand under, and replace. Then I sweep sand across the surface and seal it every few years to keep weeds at bay.
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I will say that house is a bit too “McMansion” for me. A lot of long days shopping for decor at target with that one. I do like the kitchen appliances, I believe they are kitchenaid.
And John L is totally right. Their previous washer threw a bearing in 2 years and they bought a speed queen. I get customers like that all the time. Errr, well at least I used to.
I will say that house is a bit too “McMansion” for me. A lot of long days shopping for decor at target with that one. I do like the kitchen appliances, I believe they are kitchenaid.
And John L is totally right. Their previous washer threw a bearing in 2 years and they bought a speed queen. I get customers like that all the time. Errr, well at least I used to.
vacerator
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Nice Greg!
Even my Joe likes it, and he's not much for old antique anything.
My folks (both deceased now) have a Victorian 6 ft. long gated top, cathedral arched beveled glass 3 door china cabinet. It's a family heirloom, but only us or my youngest sister has room for it. She didn't really want it, but I convinced her cleaning it won't consume her life. Her electronic furnace air cleaner is shot. I told her husband to throw out the inside cells and get a passive pleated 3M type filter.
She has way less dust now.
Even my Joe likes it, and he's not much for old antique anything.
My folks (both deceased now) have a Victorian 6 ft. long gated top, cathedral arched beveled glass 3 door china cabinet. It's a family heirloom, but only us or my youngest sister has room for it. She didn't really want it, but I convinced her cleaning it won't consume her life. Her electronic furnace air cleaner is shot. I told her husband to throw out the inside cells and get a passive pleated 3M type filter.
She has way less dust now.
vacerator
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Yes Louis,
that's it. Too bad the inside isn't a reflection of the exterior.
My step daughter has a quad level like the grey one in the photo above it.
Sterling Heights is a young city. Incorporated in 1968. The last farm was subdivided in 1998.
Grew during the white flight years from Detroit following the 1967 riot.
It is the only suburb which grew from north to south. Warren grew south to north.
Hundreds of thousands of GM, Ford, and Chrysler employees were buying in during the tail end of the baby boom years through 1980.
that's it. Too bad the inside isn't a reflection of the exterior.
My step daughter has a quad level like the grey one in the photo above it.
Sterling Heights is a young city. Incorporated in 1968. The last farm was subdivided in 1998.
Grew during the white flight years from Detroit following the 1967 riot.
It is the only suburb which grew from north to south. Warren grew south to north.
Hundreds of thousands of GM, Ford, and Chrysler employees were buying in during the tail end of the baby boom years through 1980.
Wow, that is really an unattractive price for a so so house.
vacerator
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Yes Matt,
and the brokers think because of low inventory they can ask those prices.
A family needs a home, but paying so much for one which needs a large budget to update will put the value of that house under water. It will never appreciate enough to recoup the money.
This area does not have a market like Toronto for example, and it's even more difficult for folks up there to afford a starter home.
Other places also have a housing shortage. It drives up prices. The working poor end up renting.
I know of a Chaldean family who lost their store and house in the recession. they were renting a house, and the landlord hiked the rent so high, they had to move to an apartment. They are upper middle aged. The father is a tailor. At least his sons have found better jobs. The former landlord used to live there, and is also Chaldean, more successful. So much for helping out one of your own.
The house they were renting has been sold, but is also mediocre inside.
and the brokers think because of low inventory they can ask those prices.
A family needs a home, but paying so much for one which needs a large budget to update will put the value of that house under water. It will never appreciate enough to recoup the money.
This area does not have a market like Toronto for example, and it's even more difficult for folks up there to afford a starter home.
Other places also have a housing shortage. It drives up prices. The working poor end up renting.
I know of a Chaldean family who lost their store and house in the recession. they were renting a house, and the landlord hiked the rent so high, they had to move to an apartment. They are upper middle aged. The father is a tailor. At least his sons have found better jobs. The former landlord used to live there, and is also Chaldean, more successful. So much for helping out one of your own.
The house they were renting has been sold, but is also mediocre inside.
wft2800
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That place is such a McMansion. It needs at least a radical remodelling (if not total replacement) by this chap...
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