I toured a house today

[MissB]

We got up this morning and decided to go look at a house. We had plans to do something else but both agreed over breakfast to check out a house for sale on the coast.

So we did.

I have to say, I’d love to live there. But I’m not sure I’m really ready to give up my place here. If we got the place, I’d have zero remodeling projects. I’d have a pretty nice garden and orchard (huuuuggge greenhouse).

But selling? Ugh. So not a fan. Will see what our realtor says tomorrow.

[mr_lebowski]

1. I get like 4 freaking messages and calls a day asking me to sell my house ...

Cash money on the barrelhead ... AS IS!!!!!!

The vultures are definitely up and circling right now.

[MissB]

2. That's cool! If you want to sell...

Of course I’m not sure if we want to sell yet. The realtor lives in the neighborhood so they’ll provide a clear answer to what we’d get.

There a price point in the neighborhood that sells quickly and we are likely within it. Plus we have a bit of land and that doesn’t hurt since folks seem to want some more breathing room.

[mitch96]

3. Same here in So Fla.. I'm suspecting flippers. Mine is an older home in a great neighborhood nt

[pansypoo53219]

4. orchard? always a plus.

[MissB]

9. Really small.

It’s a 5 acre parcel and they have three apples and a pear tree, so while those are established and clearly bearing a bunch of fruit, it’s... underwhelming. If we were to buy it, I’d add a bunch more. The property uses city water for the house but a deep well for irrigation.

The green house is 20’x30’ so it’s pretty much my dream right there.

[pansypoo53219]

11. well. unless you planned on a big orchard, at least you have some to try.

maybe ask the apple names. i am pretty picky about apples. sad i only have a small bag of lodi/transparents. my applesauce apple. macs-pfft.

[genxlib]

5. The coast sounds lovely

Just verify that it is at a high enough elevation to be sustainable for Sea Level Rise. At the very least, check the individual homes elevation. But I would be looking at the broader community for long term viability.

It continues to flabbergast me that people are driving up prices in some very vulnerable communities. I wouldn’t want to be left holding the bag when people realize that it might not be a good investment.

For context, I am a consulting engineer spending 10s of millions of dollars on some coastal communities and they are simply buying time. Meanwhile, the real estate values are crazy and new construction is going on everywhere.

[MissB]

8. It's at 100'

So it’s well above the expected 5’ rise. At 5’-10’, there are still roads outside that zone but one of the nearby towns would be inundated. We’d lose a Costco and a Fred Meyers so that’d be interesting.

My first concern was that it was outside the 100 year flood plain but it was quite clear that it is.

I appreciate that suggestion on the sea level rise. Had fun this morning looking over maps.

[genxlib]

10. Sounds awesome

I would not be afraid of that scenario.

Good luck!!

[LisaL]

6. You can always remodel something.

Surely there is something you would want to change in a new place?

[MissB]

7. Oh I'm sure I could find something

I’d totally paint the kitchen. I don’t love their choice of color. I can live with the countertops- I actually have far worse counters here.

Windows- we don’t like vinyl windows. We’ve slowly replaced almost all the windows in this house to custom fir wood windows with true divided light (so each of the top of the double hung windows is split into 6 panels of individual glass instead of putting a wood grid on top of one pane of glass).

To do that at the potential new place would be cost prohibitive.

If we were to buy it, I’d need a chicken coop. They have one, but it’s woefully undersized. But... there is a huge (HUGE) 30’x60’ shop building with heat and power. I’d totally section off part of that for an indoor coop, cut in a pop door and provide a huge covered outdoor area for them.

But all else is just fine. It’s a newer home and really the house and gardens are perfect. It even has radiant heat in the floors.

[LisaL]

12. Sounds nice.

My uncle has chickens.