House Update, OT/CP

Now we all know why the prospective buyers didn't like your house..... you aren't suppose to move at this time.

Ah, Larisa, major bummer!!!

Glad you had a fall-back plan, too bad about the "dream house", though.

Sometimes those 'dream houses' aren't what they're cracked up to be! You were lucky to find out about the rot *before* moving in.

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20

--Mae West=20

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We faced this problem (move or add on) last year- no year before (2003). We did all the sums as to which would be better (move, build or extend) and came to the conclusion that (a) we couldn't find a pre-existing house to fill our needs and (b) we would be $5000 better off to build our dream house. The only problem was - location. And we decided that our current location was worth way more than $5000 so we stayed and extended and we are soooooo happy. We have exactly what we want. However, NOW, we found the house we would have moved for LOL but we are happy, and again, the location wasn't as good as what we have.

I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. You were destined to stay in your house so get it fixed up the way you want and enjoy it.

CNYstitcher wrote in news:9a13e.124413$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

oh, good. i hope building the addition/moving the wall helps make your current house more of the dream house. if the wall between the rooms isn't a load bearing wall, it should be a fairly easy, although messy, thing to move. where in CNY are you? we're looking at houses around Rome, north through St. Lawrence county , west through Wayne county. i'd prefer being in Oswego, up near Fair Haven area... lee

That's the thought line we are taking....did a LOT of soul searching and realized we weren't supposed to be doing this...the kids need to be where we are right now...maybe some day. DH said we might be abl;e to afford something like this in our 60s-70s, to which I responded that at that time, we are supposed to be in an RV and touring the country...lol

Larisa

maryd wrote:

we are in LIverpool, north and west of Syracuse, in Onondaga county. NOt the most fabulous place, but better than 95% of the places I've lived in teh past!! The only thing I miss in our neighborhood would be sidewalks. our utility lines are all underground, so that makes it a little prettier than most areas, but the kids all have to walk in the street, and most (teenagers) walk right down the middle .

enigma wrote:

So sorry to hear about having to go through that situation.. but as you guys said you just weren't supposed to move ..

it was kinda funny when you said that the inspectors found problems in the house you wanted... see .. we bought our house 3 years ago.. and our inspectors didn't find anything wrong (the house was only 2 at the time) .. but since we bought the house, the ground that we are sitting on has settled so much that the entire house is shifted.. all doors/windows don't work, garage sank over 9 inches.. all moulding around the house is all messed up.. I've been fighting with the warranty company for over 2 years to fix the problems. and FINALLY they are going to do something about it. it's taken them a year from the time they said they would fix it to the time i saw an actual plan that i could send out for bids.. the fix is over 135,000 to jack the house, fix the foundation, put new supports and put it back.. so it could have cost you a LOT more then just a few thousand.... no one wants to have to go through this :(

Well, it would help if hubby wuld give me some input - or maybe just make all the decisions! But the kitchen is pretty much "my thing". He has his Harley barn, and he's doing the master bedroom - the rest of the house is up to me. I thought i would want it that way - but I'm quickly finding out why he was so agreeable to letting me choose everything - this is not fun.

The only item we had to talk out was

Yes, that was a consideration for us, as well. I wanted hardood floors in the living room and dining room. There are already beautiful hardwood floors in there that just need to be restored. I was hoping it was that way in teh kitchen, as well, but that floor is just 100 years of linoleum. So I am probably going in your direction with the tile.

But I am getting a new puppy in October for my birthday (a Cairn Terrier - so *Cute*!) so I had to consider that when deciding on floors.

Anyway, we are underway - have almost

We have no walls. I call it "the shell". There are only beams left - we are doing all new walls and ceilings (And I *am* getting a tin ceiling for the kitchen - that's decided, as well). There wasn't a single bit of insulation in the whole huse, so while the walls are gone, we are putting that in. And we are raising the ceiling in the master bedroom to include the attic space there as part of the room and adding two skylights.

After the

Hahahaha! You are in the same boat I'm in! The whole house will be new. Good, I'll have someone to commiserate with! When you get to the bathrooms - let me know. Those were pretty easy - I just don't know about the tile and where to put it. Behind the shower - halfway up the wall, on the floor to match? I guess that's just to counter the fact that the fixtures were so easy to pick out - nothing can go smoothly, you know. And colors. I hate picking colors. The computer room/sewing room will be easier, I think. I've lived in enough computer/sewing rooms to know exactly what I want and need - especially the fact that I need *lots* of outlets!

And you as well!

Kim

Well, we haven't moved there yet. Soon I hope. (Two Weeks! - the contractor has been saying that for a month now, though, so don't hold your breath!) Then we *will* get together for a stitching day! That will be *great* fun! We can trade material too! I have tons and tons and tons.

And all my kids are grown and gone - my youngest just started law school in September at Chapel Hill (hence the great move and new house project - we really needed a smaller house.) I'm quite sure when I post about kids clothes and embroidery it's for my nieces - I have tons of nieces and I'm always sewing something for them. I take them for a weekend or school vacation and I've been trying to teach them some of the lost arts - sewing, knitting, embroidery and stuff. I love teaching them those skills. And since I had three boys - well, I never had a girl to teach. My youngest niece is just over a year and the oldest is 10 (and she's getting pretty good at knitting and using my embroidery machine!)

I can't wait to move - I'll let you know when we finally do and we can set up some stitching time!

Kim

In article , Kim of uttered

Shame on you! I learnt to sew and knit from my Dad - he had 4 brothers and they all could.

Oh - they can all sew, and one can even cross stitch a little. It's just that after they learned to "mend"- they were never really interested in "creating". The girls are much more into "making" things than my boys were.

I made sure all three of my boys could cook some basic meals - knew how to do basic things like sew on a button or mend a tear, shop for price and value not just "I want", balance a checkbook, write a resume, and all of them can do their own laundry. This made them all leaps and bounds ahead of my husband, who, although he can tear apart a Harley and put it back together, couldn't boil water to save his life.

And funny story - when my youngest son was about 13 hubby and I went away for the weekend, and we left the boys home alone. Youngest son *had* to do laundry that weekend, because he had a football game and needed to wash his own uniform.

Before we left, I had given him instructions on how to run the washer and told him "seperate the colors, and add bleach only to the whites".

I called from the hotel and asked him if everything had gone ok with his laundry. He said "Yeah, but I didn't get to do all of it - I only had one or two reds and one or two greens, but I did a whole load of blues and a load of whites."

He thought "seperate the colors" meant *seperate* the colors.

He's much better now.

Kim

well, the youngest is only a bit younger than my youngest.....didn't know yours were all grown and gone....see how fogged my brain gets at times? lol

Larisa...just let me know when you move!

Kim wrote:

My DS knits and I have taught several boys to knit.