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So, I haven't been around much because we went on a house hunting expedition to San Antonio. I made a concerted effort to see several houses in a few of the historic downtown neighborhoods. I hated them. They were nice, they were fine, they were BORING...
I finally looked at Rick and said- I'm not willing to live anywhere but the King William District and that's just the way it is. So...there are TWO houses for sale in the neighborhood, both of which are in desperate need of serious amounts of money to make them inhabitable (as in neither has air conditioning or heat...one has a fake Mexican front that was slapped over a gorgeous Victorian, etc.)
We pondered and pondered and finally made an offer of the less expensive of the two. (we went to a second walkthrough with our realtor/friend, our contractor that we used for a previous home in the neighborhood, and an architect and the estimate was minimum 150k to rehab it. which means undo the crap that the current owners have done)
and- nearly two weeks later- we have a contract and they have accepted our contingencies and it's all good.
Whew hew! Now, it's time to find a one bedroom to hunker down in until this place is inhabitable. Poor Rick will need to be studying for the Boards at the hospital...
Jenn
I finally looked at Rick and said- I'm not willing to live anywhere but the King William District and that's just the way it is. So...there are TWO houses for sale in the neighborhood, both of which are in desperate need of serious amounts of money to make them inhabitable (as in neither has air conditioning or heat...one has a fake Mexican front that was slapped over a gorgeous Victorian, etc.)
We pondered and pondered and finally made an offer of the less expensive of the two. (we went to a second walkthrough with our realtor/friend, our contractor that we used for a previous home in the neighborhood, and an architect and the estimate was minimum 150k to rehab it. which means undo the crap that the current owners have done)
and- nearly two weeks later- we have a contract and they have accepted our contingencies and it's all good.
Whew hew! Now, it's time to find a one bedroom to hunker down in until this place is inhabitable. Poor Rick will need to be studying for the Boards at the hospital...
Jenn
It sounds like some of those things should be relatively easy to take out. When we moved in, DH ripped out a cheesy wall that blocked light and airflow in the first hour of getting in the house. Lucky for us, they did a really bad job putting it in so it just about fell over for him. It was fun! You should take the first swing at that staircase. 
) because design-wise, the remaining vestiges are a bit of a nightmare.
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