New Possibilities (and Photos of the Probate House)

I spent the afternoon going to open houses and checking out possible new places to go with my agent on Monday afternoon. Many of the places where horrible! There was the foreclosed property with holes in the ceiling, and a gaping hole in the floor where the tub used to be. Many were just too small or had a configuration I didn't care for.

There was one open house where I saw the same model house as "the Probate House," and I got a sense of what it might look like without furniture or carpeting, and with a redesigned laundry room. This one had an added master bedroom, office and bath. It was too much house and I didn't like the backyard, but they were asking only $450,000 for it. I'm going to ask my agent to find out when the Probate House's tenants move out so I can see what it looks like without them.

In order to see what it looks like with them, here are the photos of the current interior that I finally was able to download from the web. As you look at them, try to strip away all the furnishings and decorations and just look at the bones of the room.


[The overstuffed but well-lit living room]


[The quite large dining room]


[The relatively large, but needs updating kitchen]




[I would not place my bed in such a way that the backboard blocked half the bedroom window]


[The large backyard]

I did find two new possibilities to visit with my agent on Monday afternoon.

The first is right around the corner (literally) from the Probate House. It has nice curb appeal, but I'm a little concerned about one aspect of the interiors: it appears to have marble floors throughout the home. I need to see it first before I can decide.

Here are some photos of it I've downloaded off the seller's website:


[The front of the house and the landscaping are nice]


[The kitchen appears to be quite large]


[I'm just not thrilled at the idea of marble living room floors. There's also no entry foyer; I believe that's the front door]

The second house I want to see is a bank-owned house. I peeked through the window and it looks to be in much better condition that the last two bank-owned properties I've seen. The front of the house, though, is really ugly. I'm also not sure if what the condition of the roof is. I found photos online at the agent's website:


[Here's the really ugly front. The other houses on the street are much nicer, and there's a large pine tree in front]


[The interior decoration seems to be an odd mix of styles].


[Some of the flooring is hard wood]


[Some of the flooring is either marble or tile]


[at first I thought the last owner took off all the cabinet doors, but then I realized they were perpendicular to the camera]

The tag line on the agent's site for this house is: "This house sold once and will sell again." Yeah, but the last guy who bought it went bankrupt!