unfinished house for sale
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 12:52 pm
my husband, kids and I are driving...just a normal day of things to do for us. driving down a new road...well sort of...partial dirt/pavement because it's going to be a new development/neighborhood. but this road does connect thru with the actual thruway road. either my husband had seen already or just saw a sign for a house for sale on this road and wants to stop and look at it to see what it's like.
this is a huge...for us anyways...huge house. ranch style and all brick. red brick. not bright red, not faded. that perfect rich, deep red brick. no grass or trees yet. outside is complete. we see realtor there and get a tour. electric and plumbing 75% done. drywall up but needs mud. no finished floors. waiting for inspection thus far. big open layout but super small kitchen. this is a 9000 sq.ft. home. I'm thinking to myself there is no way we could ever live here...can't afford this, this is like a million dollar home. This has to be a finishing project for our construction business my husband is thinking about...
Realtor says that i'd be surprised to hear how affordable this place is. my husband asks for the cost. wait, no. for us to live here or a project? live here he says. cost: $90,000.00. WHAT?!! WHY?!!! there is 9 acres that goes with it. original contractor wanted to almost land lock this property selling off the other 8 acres. so there would be practically a half mile driveway to get to the house which would be surrounded by the rest of the other sold-off properties which would be the backyards. i thought to myself, how creepy is that!
but we could buy all of it for $90K and do whatever we want. I said I had to find out from the current owner why selling so cheap to verify the story. just then she came out of back door of house all bundled up. it was summer warm outside, little bit of sun going down, probably 80F+ degrees. she seemed phillipino maybe...winter hat and puffy jacket but thin baggy leggings on. she started talking excitedly and loud saying oh yes, it's all true! please please tell me you're gonna buy this to help me out! I asked why so cheap. Because she ran out of money to finish it. but she could sell it for so much more. she only wanted out of it what she needed, or used thus far and based on her judgement what its worth it at this time. she didn't care what anyone else felt or believed it was worth. she hugged me tight and pressed her cheek into my collar bone. she was short. i hugged her back just as tight. she struck me in my heart. she was genuine about situation and definitely grateful for us to buy the home. she said we were the only ones to have actually stopped to look at her house. she said we will love the house as much as she does, she just knew it.
so i needed another look through. regardless of the price, if it didn't suit our family no sense in buying it. and i had serious hesitation due to our financial situation at the moment, too. my husband said we could afford to buy it, live in it while finishing it. then could use it's value to fix our financial burdens by selling it after completion. so i looked around and saw the living room was huge. the kitchen was an almost small corner but long and open to back of house and living room. the two rooms must have been around 30-40 ft x 30/40 ft alone. all windows along the back wall to see all the property. so much potential, but i still worried about the event of purchasing and adding more debt. my husband had expectation of greatness in his eyes...like he was envisioning the future. this house was doable, not my liking or style at all but i could understand the final results for both finished work and financial outcome. i kept seeing the $90,000. I knew it was an excellent scenario for us. but i was hesitant. then i woke up.
so ...pizza dream?
this is a huge...for us anyways...huge house. ranch style and all brick. red brick. not bright red, not faded. that perfect rich, deep red brick. no grass or trees yet. outside is complete. we see realtor there and get a tour. electric and plumbing 75% done. drywall up but needs mud. no finished floors. waiting for inspection thus far. big open layout but super small kitchen. this is a 9000 sq.ft. home. I'm thinking to myself there is no way we could ever live here...can't afford this, this is like a million dollar home. This has to be a finishing project for our construction business my husband is thinking about...
Realtor says that i'd be surprised to hear how affordable this place is. my husband asks for the cost. wait, no. for us to live here or a project? live here he says. cost: $90,000.00. WHAT?!! WHY?!!! there is 9 acres that goes with it. original contractor wanted to almost land lock this property selling off the other 8 acres. so there would be practically a half mile driveway to get to the house which would be surrounded by the rest of the other sold-off properties which would be the backyards. i thought to myself, how creepy is that!
but we could buy all of it for $90K and do whatever we want. I said I had to find out from the current owner why selling so cheap to verify the story. just then she came out of back door of house all bundled up. it was summer warm outside, little bit of sun going down, probably 80F+ degrees. she seemed phillipino maybe...winter hat and puffy jacket but thin baggy leggings on. she started talking excitedly and loud saying oh yes, it's all true! please please tell me you're gonna buy this to help me out! I asked why so cheap. Because she ran out of money to finish it. but she could sell it for so much more. she only wanted out of it what she needed, or used thus far and based on her judgement what its worth it at this time. she didn't care what anyone else felt or believed it was worth. she hugged me tight and pressed her cheek into my collar bone. she was short. i hugged her back just as tight. she struck me in my heart. she was genuine about situation and definitely grateful for us to buy the home. she said we were the only ones to have actually stopped to look at her house. she said we will love the house as much as she does, she just knew it.
so i needed another look through. regardless of the price, if it didn't suit our family no sense in buying it. and i had serious hesitation due to our financial situation at the moment, too. my husband said we could afford to buy it, live in it while finishing it. then could use it's value to fix our financial burdens by selling it after completion. so i looked around and saw the living room was huge. the kitchen was an almost small corner but long and open to back of house and living room. the two rooms must have been around 30-40 ft x 30/40 ft alone. all windows along the back wall to see all the property. so much potential, but i still worried about the event of purchasing and adding more debt. my husband had expectation of greatness in his eyes...like he was envisioning the future. this house was doable, not my liking or style at all but i could understand the final results for both finished work and financial outcome. i kept seeing the $90,000. I knew it was an excellent scenario for us. but i was hesitant. then i woke up.
so ...pizza dream?