What 700k will buy you in RI.....

[davescatch]

My sister and BIL's house has been on the market for a bit - it is their dream home! I love it so much - but sadly my BIL has been unemployed for quite a while now and they are eating into their savings too much to keep it. My sister lost her son 9 years ago so she has helped me SO MUCH through my grief. They has plenty of $$$ invested in other things so they will be ok. My BIL is 62 now and trying to find a good job at his age.....just not happening.

Anyhoo - just thought I'd share the link of the listing .....


www.newenglandmoves.com/property/details/490070/MLS-1024409/75-Stony-Lane-Exeter-RI-02822.aspx

[mrsemilys]

If I only had that kind of money and lived in RI! It is a beautiful home with all the windows backing up to the woods! Sure hope they sell quickly and can move on.

[SusanBAnthony]

It is beautiful. The only thing that surprises me is the baseboard heat. Is that common in newer houses in the area? We had baseboard heat in our older house, which I could deal with in an old house, but in new house is surprises me.

[kaylie]

Nov 8, 2012 7:44:01 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

It is beautiful. The only thing that surprises me is the baseboard heat. Is that common in newer houses in the area? We had baseboard heat in our older house, which I could deal with in an old house, but in new house is surprises me.

I was surprised to find a lot of people prefer baseboard heat when we were house hunting. H thinks it's ugly (I don't like the look of it, but it doesn't send me running for the hills). Apparently it's more efficient than forced air.

[thatgirl2478]

Nice house!

Right now in my 'hood, there's an equivalent (bdrm/bath/sqft - not style or acreage) for $260k. $700k would get you this:
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1616-Timber-Rail-Dr_Washington_IL_61571_M89058-61195

[simpsongal]

Here's what you get in my hood: www.zillow.com/homes/22181_rb/#/homedetails/9911-Vale-Rd-Vienna-VA-22181/51771018_zpid/
about 1800 sq ft split level built in 1966

[SusanBAnthony]

Nov 8, 2012 7:54:15 GMT -5 kaylie said:

Nov 8, 2012 7:44:01 GMT -5 SusanBAnthony said:

It is beautiful. The only thing that surprises me is the baseboard heat. Is that common in newer houses in the area? We had baseboard heat in our older house, which I could deal with in an old house, but in new house is surprises me.

I was surprised to find a lot of people prefer baseboard heat when we were house hunting. H thinks it's ugly (I don't like the look of it, but it doesn't send me running for the hills). Apparently it's more efficient than forced air.

Yah, my grandma thought the baseboards in our old house were the best thing evah! I was less thrilled bc it made furniture arrangement a pain (have to leave space) and it takes a long time to get up to temp if you turn the heat up a few degrees. Slow, even heat is great unless you come home from vacation to a 55 degree house and want it up to 70 in less than 2 hours!

[thatgirl2478]

Nov 8, 2012 8:59:23 GMT -5 @cookiemonster03 said:

Nov 8, 2012 8:21:33 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

Nice house!

Right now in my 'hood, there's an equivalent (bdrm/bath/sqft - not style or acreage) for $260k. $700k would get you this:
www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1616-Timber-Rail-Dr_Washington_IL_61571_M89058-61195

WTF does one do with 6000 sqft?

$700k in my area would buy a 2000 sqft house on a quarter acre in an upscale town, or a new construction 2500 sqft house jammed on a too small lot in a more middle class town.

NO idea ... total we have 2400 - right now only 1800 are liveable (the rest is laundry/furnace/storage space). While I'd like a LITTLE more space, I'm OK with what we have.

My parents have 5,000 and growing up it was nice. My brother & I had our own bedrooms/bathrooms, a play room, my mom had an office, and we still had 1 extra room for a guest. Sure we rarely used the dining room & living room (holidays only really), but the rest of the house was definitely lived in.

Now that we've both moved out, they often host visiting church groups (bands, missionaries, etc) since they have the rooms/bathrooms. If they don't have anyone visiting they just close up the rooms.

But their situation is very different - they have a historic home that they won't ever leave (they bought enough Long Term Care insurance to have full time home nurses should that be necessary so they don't have to go to a nursing home). It was built in 1855, has floor to ceiling windows & doors everywhere which means that there's not much useable wall space. It's a great house, but for all it's sq ft furniture placement is limiting.

[floridakat]

This is what $700,000 would buy in my area. The Cinderella room is killing me, LOL!

www.zillow.com/homedetails/9662-Shepard-Pl-Wellington-FL-33414/60183292_zpid/