What does the base include? I know my house, which isn't exactly anything spectacular, took another 30k in builder upgrades. Without it I'd be stuck with the world's most garbage carpet, lino in the kitchen, non-fenced yard, no appliances.
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Big Phoenix
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Heres the only two that really show anything, rest I took were of close ups of random stuff since the listing pics were all pretty much accurate and photoshop free
Tile > carpet I must say. You can throw down rugs over whatever you want but it's so much easier to clean.
That is very much an Arizona house. Congrats.
Do something with that backyard. I suggest trellises and peppers to make your own salsa if you are into that.
That is very much an Arizona house. Congrats.
Do something with that backyard. I suggest trellises and peppers to make your own salsa if you are into that.
Palum
what Suineg set it to
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I think it only really looks 70s if you don't have spanish or southwest architecture. It looks very dated in a lot of houses I saw when I was looking.
RE: bars, they do suck but that's just indicative of the age of the neighborhood more than the safety. Now you have wifi security cameras in every home. I have a french door and a slider behind the back, if anyone really wanted to break in they could but the alarm would go off. On the front door I got a steel reinforced frame and a steel entry door instead of those awful looking security storm doors that everyone else has. Good luck prying that open. Won't stop anyone, but that's what the lovely little security system camera and insurance are for.
meStevo
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Lived in a bad neighborhood growing up and even once we moved to a nicer one I came home to found our house broken into... I was maybe 13 or 14 and it stayed with me for several years. Would have recurring dreams of walking around my house from a perspective about a foot taller than me, was creepy as hell. So yeah, don't mind bars. Wife isn't a fan and our current home doesn't have them but we love our security system and it's on at night and whenever we're not home.
We should have prequal/approval stuff done tomorrow sometime, and also meeting with our realtor at our place to start the process of concurrent selling and buying tomorrow afternoon. We have a laundry list of things to get done, clean, fix before listing, realtor going to provide some guidance. Wife currently in love with this property so probably going for it if it's still available in a day or two:https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29955630.
Spent the weekend cleaning and packing, wife got a storage unit to start getting things out of the house, wasn't too expensive to do as long as we're out in 3 months.
We should have prequal/approval stuff done tomorrow sometime, and also meeting with our realtor at our place to start the process of concurrent selling and buying tomorrow afternoon. We have a laundry list of things to get done, clean, fix before listing, realtor going to provide some guidance. Wife currently in love with this property so probably going for it if it's still available in a day or two:https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29955630.
Spent the weekend cleaning and packing, wife got a storage unit to start getting things out of the house, wasn't too expensive to do as long as we're out in 3 months.
Big Phoenix
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Thats the plan eventually. Would like to eventually try my hand at a garden maybe, grow some tomatoes, strawberries etc.
Bars dont bother me too much. Growing up my dad had lived in a pretty nice area of Phoenix and had bars on his so not a shocker to me.
Yeah sorry I wasn't ragging on the house or neighborhood or anything. It seems extremely common for homes in that area to have bars on the windows from watching HGTV and all that. Is the crime rate really that high to warrant it or is it just a cultural thing now?
Noodleface
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Man that one room has a lot of electrical sockets, I'm jealous. That's one of the few things the guy that redid our house really dropped the ball on. He took the house down to the studs but neglected adding more electrical sockets.
Big Phoenix
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Sign of the times when the house was built like Palum said. It was built in the early/mid 70s when crime was actually a problem(same time my dads was too). Nowadays id bet its against hoa rules to put bars on houses in the newer subdivisons.
Arative
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My wife and I put 60k in upgrades when we built our house but half of that was doing upgrading the garage, kitchen and master bath. It was way to easy to add lots of upgrades because so many were $200-$500 range.
Big Phoenix
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Grabbit Allworth
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Here's the plans for a home I designed. 1820 square feet. We're pouring the foundation today.
