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Mar. 19th, 2006 09:18 pmWe made an offer on the house. Pardon me while I surprise myself by not freaking out.
It's a 3 bedroom 1 bath brick row in the northern end of Pottstown. It's 1100 sft., and has a 1-car garage and off-street parking. There's a park and a private swim club across the back alley; a block away from that is a fucking country club. The house is only 41 years old and is move-in ready. The dining room and living room have hardwood floors; the upstairs is carpeted, but I pulled up a corner and verified that there are hardwood floors under there. :) The house is immaculate - the owner never lived there, but rented to his kids, who appear to have been excellent to the place. The stove is newer (electric, though, not gas - I'm pouting a little), and the kitchen is a workable size - we're thinking about knocking out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room in the future to open up the space.
The house has very little character (because it's so new), but it's got...funk. The kitchen has bright lemon yellow walls, and the cabinets are white (frames) and lime green (doors). The bathroom is bright blue (think classic cadillac blue) and black tile. The master bedroom is lime green, and the smallest bedroom (soon to be the sewing/guest room) looks like someone mixed pink cotton candy, bubblegum, pepto bismol, and a strawberry milkshake made with artificial strawberry syrup and used that combination to paint the walls. but - paint is paint. there's hardwood floors! and a garage!
and it's in the fucking suburbs. unreal.
a big bonus for me is that Pottstown is so much closer to Allentown than where we are now. yay more baby sister time!
Speaking of baby time, we had a quick visit today, and i also have new pics - f-locked post on that will come later.
i need to go make dinner, do laundry, and pass out.
we'll know by tuesday what's going on with the offer!
(oh, and have i mentioned we're going to see Billy Joel at the Wac tomorrow night?!?!?!)
It's a 3 bedroom 1 bath brick row in the northern end of Pottstown. It's 1100 sft., and has a 1-car garage and off-street parking. There's a park and a private swim club across the back alley; a block away from that is a fucking country club. The house is only 41 years old and is move-in ready. The dining room and living room have hardwood floors; the upstairs is carpeted, but I pulled up a corner and verified that there are hardwood floors under there. :) The house is immaculate - the owner never lived there, but rented to his kids, who appear to have been excellent to the place. The stove is newer (electric, though, not gas - I'm pouting a little), and the kitchen is a workable size - we're thinking about knocking out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room in the future to open up the space.
The house has very little character (because it's so new), but it's got...funk. The kitchen has bright lemon yellow walls, and the cabinets are white (frames) and lime green (doors). The bathroom is bright blue (think classic cadillac blue) and black tile. The master bedroom is lime green, and the smallest bedroom (soon to be the sewing/guest room) looks like someone mixed pink cotton candy, bubblegum, pepto bismol, and a strawberry milkshake made with artificial strawberry syrup and used that combination to paint the walls. but - paint is paint. there's hardwood floors! and a garage!
and it's in the fucking suburbs. unreal.
a big bonus for me is that Pottstown is so much closer to Allentown than where we are now. yay more baby sister time!
Speaking of baby time, we had a quick visit today, and i also have new pics - f-locked post on that will come later.
i need to go make dinner, do laundry, and pass out.
we'll know by tuesday what's going on with the offer!
(oh, and have i mentioned we're going to see Billy Joel at the Wac tomorrow night?!?!?!)
