there is a drawing of my new house if check the link
i decided that when i went to belle this time i was going to get something. my sister really, really, needed a place to live. all the old house we looked at had issues. one was quite nice with two baths but on separate floors, but........ after the lady nicely showed us the house, she said she and her sister had accepted an offer. maybe she was expecting a bidding war... no way. it was across the street from a huge grain elevator of metal. besides that it was on an irregular lot and if the house burned the city would not let you rebuild.
the next one had real oder problems in the basement suggesting sewer problems.
the next one had crack issues in the foundation and sidewalks around. nice yard. big.. but no way.
the next one was really cute and had a place you could rent to a college student downstairs.
a nice basement apartment. but you know the saying location, location, location.
it was surrounded by commercial property.
for just a little bit more we decided to buy a new house... it is not first quality building but we are not putting out first rate money for the size. you get what you pay for. besides the tickytacky on dahlia did go up in value. you just couldn't remove the 2 x 4 under the sink in the kitchen or it wouldn't drain right.
so the new place is only finished on the main floor. 2 bedrooms, open area that includes living, kitchen, and dining. a laundry room and a bathroom. a front porch and a hugh double garage. a deck off the dining area.
the basement is walk out and roughed out for 2 more bedrooms another bath , family room and a sort of little study place, it has a place for sump pump.... all the house in area have them. our house is toward the bottom of the hill and we put in contract to make double sure the water drains away from house.
there are covenents about parking vehicles, pets, colors, yards, and fences which is good. not way upscale but enough to keep neighborhood from becoming a junk yard. our house is beige with darker beige trim. :) all the others are earth tones , too, but have white trim. each time i have been there i have seen a deer in the distance.
we are decorating western but not overtly.... coffee and cream rug(FRIEZE- good for pets) and vynal that sort of looks like quarry tile (color matches rug), hickory cabinets with dark blue gray mixed counter tops. and blue as dominate color. going to get some chairs recovered....they need it. to put in.
the bath on first floor is small because the builder wanted a walk in closet for bedroom. it is small too. but all is workable. i just hope the garage comes with openers. we have to buy appliances.
it has pex plumbing and radiant heat from the ceiling and a 1200 btu air conditioner that looks like a room conditioner stuck in the wall by the dining / living area. we will see how that goes. but there is no duct work. how weird. like the pex plumbing though.
we decided to pay cash so we won't have to spreading our meger retirement over house payments.
29 July 2005
air
the good and the bad of owning a jeep without air conditioning
it was sooooooo hot on my last trip through nebraska to the black hills i tied back my hair and used enough clips to capture stray ends to hear messages from mars. because all the windows were open and when you are going 60+ the wind winds your hair into mesh if left free.
but as a consequence of all that air rushing about i could smell corn ripening in the field. i think if i wasn't deaf i could have heard the cells popping out new cells. i could smell the water in the air over irrigated fields. when the coal train went by i could smell and feel micro coal dust in my nose. i could smell air unadultrated by concentrated auto fumes, heat rising from acres of concrete, and the neighbors cooking whatever.
the best part was driving through the black hills....the long route.... through little scattered rain showers. the smell of water washed by pine ..... no one yet has reproduced that
i didn't mind that the wind was blowing mist on the inside of my windshield making wipers pretty much useless.
it was sooooooo hot on my last trip through nebraska to the black hills i tied back my hair and used enough clips to capture stray ends to hear messages from mars. because all the windows were open and when you are going 60+ the wind winds your hair into mesh if left free.
but as a consequence of all that air rushing about i could smell corn ripening in the field. i think if i wasn't deaf i could have heard the cells popping out new cells. i could smell the water in the air over irrigated fields. when the coal train went by i could smell and feel micro coal dust in my nose. i could smell air unadultrated by concentrated auto fumes, heat rising from acres of concrete, and the neighbors cooking whatever.
the best part was driving through the black hills....the long route.... through little scattered rain showers. the smell of water washed by pine ..... no one yet has reproduced that
i didn't mind that the wind was blowing mist on the inside of my windshield making wipers pretty much useless.
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