The pros around the house to buy:
gets me out of NH onto the Cape
near conservation land
I'd be near my friends
private
good for the cats
hardwood floors
decent kitchen cabinets condition
fireplace
basement
septic passed inspection
south facing
only 20 years old
i'd get settled and end this madness of searching
not having to pay rent
I'd get all my scattered stuff into one place
Cons
very, very small
would have to give up about 85% of my furniture/antiques/furniture my grandpa made/trunk of family quilts/trunk of other linens old
appliances shot
needs new roof
has carpenter ants
needs water heater
chimney needs work
kitchen counter falling apart
floors/walls need cosmetic corrections
needs new one of those plastic bathtub things-- also no storage for towels/toilet paper type things
no shed
no floor in attic (if a floor were already there I'd at least be able to stash linens etc up there)
no real dining area table must sit between open living and kitchen areas
no space for my books and papers not much wall space for bookcases due to open kitchen and living room style
I guess as Kim said today on my other post it sort of comes down to this. Buy a house elsewhere than Cape Cod for the same price but with much more space for my treasured things and maybe less fixing up needed Or sacrifice all for Cape Cod and live squished and dump all my stuff. And have to spend far more time fixing the place up than I would like. she didnt exactly use those words. They are my words.
The clock is ticking. I have thursday and then on friday I must say one way or the other.
