Next house

[dancerjodi]

Its on the same street the old Waltham Hospital is on. Its HUGE and has a neat wrap-around porch, large rooms, 1/2 finished basement and a fireplace. Its also apparently got recently updated kitchen, bathrooms, updated electrical and updated windows.

The catch? Its got no land. There is a teeny side yard (at present there is a Virgin Mary in a bathtub in it) and the back is paved. There is parking for 2 cars (I'd assume enough more room for a picnic table or jacuzzi, which we hope to get some day).

I poked our realtor about it. He sold the place 6 years ago and said that since then its sold twice. He also noted that "we have to start somewhere" and asked if we want to get in to look at it. Hrm.

Here is the listing - the chain link fence you see is actually the side of the house. The front faces a main street and as you can see, there is no front yard to speak of. The Virgin Mary is located on the side of the house opposite the chain-link fence.

City living, gotta love it! This place is 2 blocks from our old apartment (i.e. a neighborhood that would most likely not appeal to your average young professional trying to move in to one of the new condo complexes)

Comments

[devina.livejournal.com]

I know you want to get out of tha Hood and back to Waltham, but I'd consider waiting it out a little longer. Housing prices are on a bubble, and they're going to fall. Nobody knows exactly when, but the rental market has been falling steadily, and house prices eventually have to follow. Yes, the price of your house will fall, too, if you wait, but your incomes will be the same. You could potentially get the same house for a lot less money.

Just something to think about. If you decide to keep going, good luck, let me know if you need any help. :)

The bubble

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"Housing prices are on a bubble, and they're going to fall. "

Historically housing prices rise and fall, rise and fall. When we move we're staying put - so I don't care what prices do after that :)

I don't want the fall to make our house in Framingham worth less than it is now - then we'd be stuck there. That (in addition to being very unhappy where we live) is the main reason for this. Also, we were planning before the whole job move to start looking in the spring . . . the possibility of some more money to do it with makes it more feasible. :)

Re: The bubble

[tygerwillow.livejournal.com]

if you're "staying put" then i suggest holding out for a house you're really happy with. you don't want to move to waltham only to discover that in a year or so you're enviously eyeing your neighbor's yard.

Re: The bubble

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"you don't want to move to waltham only to discover that in a year or so you're enviously eyeing your neighbor's yard."

We actually want a smaller yard than what we have now - its too much work. No yard though - its not something we were actively looking at. If the house was good, price was good we'd be flexible . . . its near a lot of parks, the river and moody street so there's definitely some appeal to it.