LInk or PIP Poll: house that you love

[munkii]

I don't think the neighborhoods are bad, but the school system is not great. H on the other hand thinks the neighborhoods are terrible. I could not convince him to buy a house in these neighborhoods at all.

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Here's the porch of the first house:

[mrs.jacinthe]

We actually looked at a couple houses in this area but we could not justify the extra miles/time for R's commute.  It would have added 15-20 minutes to an already 1/2 hour commute.  Plus its the back of effing nowhere and there's no zoning out there, so approximately every other house is fabulous and the others are ... well, not.

www.redfin.com/CA/Colfax/21260-Snooks-Rd-95713/home/19627996



This one appears to have suffered a little from a BBQ fire, but the interior is nice enough.

[sailorgray]

Merida - my FIL is from Akron. Two Thanksgivings ago we went ice skating downtown with some cousins. It was so much fun! Akron is a great little city. I *think* all of his cousins go to the Green schools. Is there such a place?

[mrs.jacinthe]

sailor - Green is actually a bit south of Akron. Just about exactly in between Akron and Canton, specifically. It's a great school district, quality-wise, but the schools there are really crowded because they built new school buildings just before EVERYONE decided they wanted to live in Green. LOL

/butting in

[mrs.jacinthe]

Feb 6, 2013 12:16:26 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Did you skate in Akron or Cuyahoga Falls? Cuyahoga Falls has a great outdoor ice skating rink. I don't know if Akron has one at all. I am guessing you were in the Falls. It's just north of Akron, and you can see it from the freeway. 

Akron has Lock3, which is pretty safe any time and a great place to go skating in the winter. FYI.
There are parts of Downtown Akron that make me a little nervous, but honestly, I'd rather go to downtown Akron by myself at midnight versus some parts of Barberton anytime. The downtown revitalization in Akron has done a lot to make the true downtown parts (the old department stores and such that are now part of UofA) a lot safer. The Canal park area is also pretty safe at night.

[sailorgray]

Feb 6, 2013 12:16:26 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Feb 6, 2013 12:02:49 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

sailor - Green is actually a bit south of Akron. Just about exactly in between Akron and Canton, specifically. It's a great school district, quality-wise, but the schools there are really crowded because they built new school buildings just before EVERYONE decided they wanted to live in Green. LOL

/butting in

sailorgray - What she said! Lol. I am actually not all that familiar with Green. Im not from this specific area originally so I only know bits and pieces. 

Akron has a lot of great things, and certain areas are pretty safe, but in general I wouldn't go there at night alone. In fact, I usually ask before I go during the day alone if its a good area lol. I should probably have planned some classes at U of A but I'm too scared to be there at night.

Did you skate in Akron or Cuyahoga Falls? Cuyahoga Falls has a great outdoor ice skating rink. I don't know if Akron has one at all. I am guessing you were in the Falls. It's just north of Akron, and you can see it from the freeway. 

It was at Lock 3. It was on Black Friday and they had a little Christmas market thing set up, as well.  Then we went to a convention center place and saw Christmas tree displays. Lots of fun!!

[stephm0188]

www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/169-W-3rd-St_Xenia_OH_45385_M30707-22694
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1003-Vernon-Heights-Blvd_Marion_OH_43302_M46250-61278?ex=OH534287829

[sailorgray]

Oh, and to answer the OP questions, pretty much anything in Coatesville, PA. It's a beautiful suburb of Philly, but sadly it has a lot a sketchy areas and the schools have a bad rep. Houses in that district can be $50k - $100k less just b/c of the district. This is for the same type of house and everything. I didn't find any houses to post b/c they are all relatively new Colonials and while that's what my H and I want (well, besides a Craftsman-esque house), they won't bring much excitement to the board. Plus, there are soooo many of them for sale.

[simpsongal]

Merida - YGPM (sorry for the delay).

This Old House featured a gorgeous yellow victorian w/addition this month - I pick that one

[munkii]

simpsongal, the Cambridge project? I loved the outside; the inside belonged in another house.

[pitterwoo]

Feb 6, 2013 11:46:46 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

 

Two awesome tudors in the mid $250's

www.zillow.com/homedetails/1212-Sunset-View-Dr-Akron-OH-44313/35421293_zpid/

I love this one!  So much curb appeal and the inside needs updating but has a lot of charm.  Did you see the bathroom with the sloped ceiling?  Potential!

[simpsongal]

Feb 6, 2013 13:57:35 GMT -5 munkii said:

simpsongal, the Cambridge project? I loved the outside; the inside belonged in another house.

Not that one - I agree re: te interior.  This house featured in the curb-appeal article (Queen Anne in Centerport, NY).  There were only exterior shots, but it was very well done.  I'm sorry, can't find it on the TOH website.

[wawa]

For an easy answer - this: www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/306-Montgomery-St_Laurel_MD_20707_M61571-38795?ex=MD555860006

The house isn't stunning like yesterday's, but it calls to me. It wants to be loved. I want to love it. But it's in the wrong school district/town. I don't live far from here, but i'm over the county line so everything is different (schools, property values, etc). I tried really hard to talk MH into considering this town, but he absolutely vetoed it and our REA and his parents backed him.




For a more fun answer I'm gonna need to rummage around listings in pittsburgh. I'd move back there in a hot second, but MH hated the whole city. So many awesome houses for such SUCH reasonable prices.

[wawa]

Whole. Lee. Shit.

check this joint out: www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/414-W-North-Ave_Pittsburgh_PA_15212_M31681-41645

Not that it qualifies as affordable - except in the sense that a similar house 'round here would be easily 1M+. This is in one of those areas of pittburgh (which is honestly most of the city I think) where there will be three streets of nice neighborhood and then randomly total crap. My brother used to live very close to this house...in the total crap area. LIke, bar fights outside his window on a nightly basis crap.

Also very close to where he used to live, and more in the vein of the poll -
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1309-Liverpool-St_Pittsburgh_PA_15233_M42916-53653

It needs some serious love, but this picture alone makes me want to love it:

[minniebee]

This one is way at the bottom of our price range, and only needs minor updates, but it's in one of the bad neighborhoods:

www.zillow.com/homedetails/1758-Franklin-Ave-Columbus-OH-43205/33840212_zpid/

[pitterwoo]

Feb 6, 2013 15:29:09 GMT -5 wawa said:

Whole. Lee. Shit.

check this joint out: www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/414-W-North-Ave_Pittsburgh_PA_15212_M31681-41645

Not that it qualifies as affordable - except in the sense that a similar house 'round here would be easily 1M+. This is in one of those areas of pittburgh (which is honestly most of the city I think) where there will be three streets of nice neighborhood and then randomly total crap. My brother used to live very close to this house...in the total crap area. LIke, bar fights outside his window on a nightly basis crap.

The first one you posted is seriously amazing.  I love that area.  It's starting to turn around now too as more and more of the homes are getting fixed up and they just extended the subway (T) over there, so it's slowly getting more attention.  Once upon a time, like around the turn of the last century that area had the greatest concentration of wealth in the world.  Like Bill Gates would have been living there.

[wawa]

Feb 7, 2013 12:25:50 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

Feb 6, 2013 15:29:09 GMT -5 wawa said:

Whole. Lee. Shit.

check this joint out: www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/414-W-North-Ave_Pittsburgh_PA_15212_M31681-41645

Not that it qualifies as affordable - except in the sense that a similar house 'round here would be easily 1M+. This is in one of those areas of pittburgh (which is honestly most of the city I think) where there will be three streets of nice neighborhood and then randomly total crap. My brother used to live very close to this house...in the total crap area. LIke, bar fights outside his window on a nightly basis crap.

The first one you posted is seriously amazing.  I love that area.  It's starting to turn around now too as more and more of the homes are getting fixed up and they just extended the subway (T) over there, so it's slowly getting more attention.  Once upon a time, like around the turn of the last century that area had the greatest concentration of wealth in the world.  Like Bill Gates would have been living there.

yup.  Some of the HUGE HUGE houses tucked into random places down there are amazing and have fascinating histories.  My brother used to live across the back alley from this once place (which has clearly been renovated since based on the google street view) and we'd fantasize about buying it and fixing it up.  When he was there the windows were all boarded up and it was empty.  It made me so sad.  I think they've converted it to commercial use though, which makes sense because it's surrounded by parking lots and such.

If you google 937 North Lincoln Ave and look at the street view you'll see it.