A link to photos of the new house
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Kate's Dating Show
7 years ago
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Homeowner?
As my Facebook friends know Glenn and I are contemplating buying a house in Corliss on a Contract for Deed basis. For those of us with less than a stellar credit history this is a fantastic option.
Last Friday night Glenn came home and gushed about a house that his boss had taken him to see. English Tudor, same rent as now but with 5 bedrooms and 1 1/2 bath. Sounds great to me! Let's go. We stopped on our way to Cameron's birthday party on Saturday to see it together. It was a fairly quick see as it was freezing, no heat or power in the house and yes we were late to our own party!
The first floor is dining, kitchen, 1/2 bath and living room. The living and dining room are quite roomy although with radiator heat, our furniture set up will be a bit odd during winter months. I can tell you I know where my Christmas tree is going. LOL That's usually my first thought when I look at a new place to live. Weird I know, but that's me! Second floor is a room for the classroom, Cam's room (I like the laundry chute in his closet), a full bath and a fairly large master bedroom. Third floor/attic is 1 completely finished room we can use for a media/game room and a partially finished room that I'd like to use as a guest room but Glenn wants to use as storage. I'll update you when we decide who wins that battle. There is a full basement with a garage but Glenn doesn't want to store anything like boxes down there because a) it's cold and b) the concrete allows the water to saturate itself and starts to leak into the basement, not flood leak but the concrete gets damp. A covered porch off the living room and an uncovered porch off the kitchen. Fairly decent sized yard.
We've spent the week researching Contract for Deeds. Aunt Sharon has sent me information from Dave Ramsey, and I've spent much time on the beloved internet. We finally decided to go all in. I called the homeowner yesterday to let him know we were okay with moving on to the discussion of terms when he informed me that the radiator heaters were not drained and when the frozen pipes started to thaw this week the radiators, yes all 10 of them, cracked and leaked a small amount of water on the hardwood floors under each of them.
Glenn and I discussed the fact that the house is nearly 75 years old and the potential for the radiators to go bad in the near future was pretty high so we decided that we'd agree to pay 1/2 the cost of replacement before the move. Sounds pretty stupid but we are grateful that we are only paying 1/2 now and not ending up with the full bill in the future. We are hoping to meet with the homeowner tomorrow to look over the damage, see the radiators and take pictures. Once I get the pictures, I will upload them for all to see. Be fair warned...the kitchen is in need of work before we move in.
My concern has been that if the radiators cracked and leaked...what about the other plumbing? I don't want to spend money to fix the radiators only to discover that we have a huge plumbing bill on our hands once we turn on the water. Glenn's father told us that fixing the plumbing would not be a big deal, parts are cheap and he and Glenn can do the labor. So it looks like we are back on.
I've been researching window treatments and found a very nice set for the dining room. Unfortunately, when I went back to the JCPenney website the curtains were gone. :< Are all of these unfortunate incidents an indication that we should forego the purchase and look to move to another rental in the spring? I sure hope not.
Other interesting news, known to my and Kelly's facebook friends.
a. Kelly is doing fantastic in Florida. Other than an emergency trip to the ER to remove a ring that was too tight on her finger and she mangled using kitchen shears that is. She got a job as a hostess and starts on Wednesday.
b. Cameron grew 1.2 inches this month and stayed the exact same weight. Both are great news. We met with a nutritionist on Friday at Children's Hospital and she put us on a healthy eating plan. It was devised by a dietitian at Children's some time ago and is used by many dietitians around the country. It uses a red, green, yellow light plan. Red is food you should avoid and if you must eat you can have no more than one item from the list per day. Green is you can eat anything on it as much as you want, primarily vegetables and condiments. Yellow is the food you need to survive but eat in specific portion sizes and certain amounts per day. 2 proteins, 4 milk and dairy, 10 breads and starches, 3 fruits and 2 fats/oils. The booklet is simple to use and is easy to pop in my purse when we go grocery shopping. I purged the cabinets and am now trying to decide what to do with the foods I've purged. So far, we have not been able to eat the 10 breads and starches per day. We also need to add 30 minutes of exercise or walking per day. Cameron's goal is to maintain his weight with no gain this month and mine is to lose 1-2 pounds per week. I see a long way until I hit my goal weight but when I do....watch out!!! At a 1-2 pounds it should take me 1-2 years. I'd like to lose about 100 or a bit more. Glenn wants me to stop at about 170 or 180 but I want to get to 150. When I was 20 and hit 130 I looked gaunt.
Last Friday night Glenn came home and gushed about a house that his boss had taken him to see. English Tudor, same rent as now but with 5 bedrooms and 1 1/2 bath. Sounds great to me! Let's go. We stopped on our way to Cameron's birthday party on Saturday to see it together. It was a fairly quick see as it was freezing, no heat or power in the house and yes we were late to our own party!
The first floor is dining, kitchen, 1/2 bath and living room. The living and dining room are quite roomy although with radiator heat, our furniture set up will be a bit odd during winter months. I can tell you I know where my Christmas tree is going. LOL That's usually my first thought when I look at a new place to live. Weird I know, but that's me! Second floor is a room for the classroom, Cam's room (I like the laundry chute in his closet), a full bath and a fairly large master bedroom. Third floor/attic is 1 completely finished room we can use for a media/game room and a partially finished room that I'd like to use as a guest room but Glenn wants to use as storage. I'll update you when we decide who wins that battle. There is a full basement with a garage but Glenn doesn't want to store anything like boxes down there because a) it's cold and b) the concrete allows the water to saturate itself and starts to leak into the basement, not flood leak but the concrete gets damp. A covered porch off the living room and an uncovered porch off the kitchen. Fairly decent sized yard.
We've spent the week researching Contract for Deeds. Aunt Sharon has sent me information from Dave Ramsey, and I've spent much time on the beloved internet. We finally decided to go all in. I called the homeowner yesterday to let him know we were okay with moving on to the discussion of terms when he informed me that the radiator heaters were not drained and when the frozen pipes started to thaw this week the radiators, yes all 10 of them, cracked and leaked a small amount of water on the hardwood floors under each of them.
Glenn and I discussed the fact that the house is nearly 75 years old and the potential for the radiators to go bad in the near future was pretty high so we decided that we'd agree to pay 1/2 the cost of replacement before the move. Sounds pretty stupid but we are grateful that we are only paying 1/2 now and not ending up with the full bill in the future. We are hoping to meet with the homeowner tomorrow to look over the damage, see the radiators and take pictures. Once I get the pictures, I will upload them for all to see. Be fair warned...the kitchen is in need of work before we move in.
My concern has been that if the radiators cracked and leaked...what about the other plumbing? I don't want to spend money to fix the radiators only to discover that we have a huge plumbing bill on our hands once we turn on the water. Glenn's father told us that fixing the plumbing would not be a big deal, parts are cheap and he and Glenn can do the labor. So it looks like we are back on.
I've been researching window treatments and found a very nice set for the dining room. Unfortunately, when I went back to the JCPenney website the curtains were gone. :< Are all of these unfortunate incidents an indication that we should forego the purchase and look to move to another rental in the spring? I sure hope not.
Other interesting news, known to my and Kelly's facebook friends.
a. Kelly is doing fantastic in Florida. Other than an emergency trip to the ER to remove a ring that was too tight on her finger and she mangled using kitchen shears that is. She got a job as a hostess and starts on Wednesday.
b. Cameron grew 1.2 inches this month and stayed the exact same weight. Both are great news. We met with a nutritionist on Friday at Children's Hospital and she put us on a healthy eating plan. It was devised by a dietitian at Children's some time ago and is used by many dietitians around the country. It uses a red, green, yellow light plan. Red is food you should avoid and if you must eat you can have no more than one item from the list per day. Green is you can eat anything on it as much as you want, primarily vegetables and condiments. Yellow is the food you need to survive but eat in specific portion sizes and certain amounts per day. 2 proteins, 4 milk and dairy, 10 breads and starches, 3 fruits and 2 fats/oils. The booklet is simple to use and is easy to pop in my purse when we go grocery shopping. I purged the cabinets and am now trying to decide what to do with the foods I've purged. So far, we have not been able to eat the 10 breads and starches per day. We also need to add 30 minutes of exercise or walking per day. Cameron's goal is to maintain his weight with no gain this month and mine is to lose 1-2 pounds per week. I see a long way until I hit my goal weight but when I do....watch out!!! At a 1-2 pounds it should take me 1-2 years. I'd like to lose about 100 or a bit more. Glenn wants me to stop at about 170 or 180 but I want to get to 150. When I was 20 and hit 130 I looked gaunt.
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