Thursday, February 28, 2008

Urine Soaked Crack-House

So remember that house that we were excited about? Yeah. It's seriously been used as a crack house. It was in a really awesome location (938 N Randolph Street in Northern Libs). Unfortunately it was was saturated with urine and Andrea was afraid we might fall through the floor. There were ominous dark spots on the carpet and holes in walls, floors and doors. It was in such bad shape rats and squirrels wouldn't even inhabit it. Needless to say we won't be putting an offer in on that one (and our realtor was horrified, which I thought was a good sign).
The other two had so much wood paneling that we were immediately transported back to our grandma's houses. In the 1970's. They were also way too far south (we're using Tasker as our furthest point south... we'll see how that goes.)

This evening Andrea and I looked at 1210 Gerritt Street... it's super fabulous but has some ominous cracks in the walls and uneven floors. Like, it maybe all tilts west. Also, the kitchen upstairs is basically fake. It's got a stovetop and a sink, but the real deal is in the basement... along with a little toilet in a small saloon to the left of the water heater... Uh, this is clearly our new home. Seriously, it's the right size, the right location... it just will need lots of wallpaper, carpet and kitchen love... We're going to try to find out if it's the money-pit and we'll keep you posted!

Here's the link to the house:
http://www.prufoxroach.com/search/search_results_profile.cfm?propID=52ef30a1-ea00-444a-a1ae-0f5739609482&propNo=1

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