Look at this house, how would you live in it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big open area looks pretty great for life with children. But the house seems to lack a guest toilet. The upper level bathroom is very close to the entertaining/living space, but presumably it would be the main bathroom used by the kids, and perhaps therefore hard to keep clean. You'd have to send your guests all the way down to the bathroom off the rec room.

I'd also use the rec room (or even the game room, though that's probably too small) as a guest bedroom.

And would you be comfortable having your kids sleeping on a different floor from you? I would be, but that may be just me. If so, you'd have to leave the downstairs master bedroom empty for a few more years.

This house is a badly redone split level. Those houses commonly have 3 bedrooms up a short flight of stairs and a hall bath. Sometimes larger ones have a small master bath. The main level lacks a powder room. Notice the stairs to the bedrooms open onto the LR. The floor plan is too open and needs interior modification.

The lower level is a few stairs down and usually has a powder room and laundry room. Guests would go to the basement? Nope. everyone would traipse up the stairs to the bedroom hall bath unless you all are in the family room-then they'll go through the master bed. So the house is basically 3 bed and 1 full bath for normal daily living. This house looks awful from the back. There are now 2 full baths in the basement and no deck or patio area. Poor curb appeal but it is in Amberley.

The problem is they f'd up the renovations and are asking 625 for what? This is nice and in Amberley for 789:
http://729holly.com/wfPropertyDetails.aspx

A 4 bed 2.5 bath 1960's style colonial was listed for 625 on holly so this house is way overpriced.

Thanks, Scott.

[Anonymous]

No. Okay, I take that back, I would need to do something about that wall. I could not live in a house with that. It's just too off for me. I would actually consider putting the wall back.

[Anonymous]

I like it. I agree about the HVAC though. I'd ask for money off because of that, and install HVAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big open area looks pretty great for life with children. But the house seems to lack a guest toilet. The upper level bathroom is very close to the entertaining/living space, but presumably it would be the main bathroom used by the kids, and perhaps therefore hard to keep clean. You'd have to send your guests all the way down to the bathroom off the rec room.

I'd also use the rec room (or even the game room, though that's probably too small) as a guest bedroom.

And would you be comfortable having your kids sleeping on a different floor from you? I would be, but that may be just me. If so, you'd have to leave the downstairs master bedroom empty for a few more years.

This house is a badly redone split level. Those houses commonly have 3 bedrooms up a short flight of stairs and a hall bath. Sometimes larger ones have a small master bath. The main level lacks a powder room. Notice the stairs to the bedrooms open onto the LR. The floor plan is too open and needs interior modification.

The lower level is a few stairs down and usually has a powder room and laundry room. Guests would go to the basement? Nope. everyone would traipse up the stairs to the bedroom hall bath unless you all are in the family room-then they'll go through the master bed. So the house is basically 3 bed and 1 full bath for normal daily living. This house looks awful from the back. There are now 2 full baths in the basement and no deck or patio area. Poor curb appeal but it is in Amberley.

The problem is they f'd up the renovations and are asking 625 for what? This is nice and in Amberley for 789:
http://729holly.com/wfPropertyDetails.aspx

A 4 bed 2.5 bath 1960's style colonial was listed for 625 on holly so this house is way overpriced.

OP here. After seeing it person, the above poster really nailed it. It isn't going to work. Oh well! I really believe we'll end up where we belong. The right one will come along. (p.s. who is Scott?)

[Anonymous]

Oh and that gorgeous house linked by the PP is under contract, boo.

[Anonymous]

Realtor here - haven't clicked on the link but I assume Scott is the listing agent for 729 Holly. Don't thin PP is he, though.

BTW, whoever is the LA for the house OP posted is salivating over all the page views the virtual tour has gotten via this thread.