Like my new house?

[Brigid]

This house is for sale near where I live now. Isn't it adorable? Now all I have to do is win the lottery. :evilgrin:

http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?zp=47803&mnp=19&mxp=18&bd=4&bth=4&typ=1&sid=ea118bbc8845448ab13424fbc80b5c71&pg=2&lid=1101149522&lsn=13&srcnt=22#Detail

[KitchenWitch]

1. ...

[Brigid]

3. Now how did you do that?

It's hilarious!

But anyway, here's the link:

http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?zp=47803&mnp=19&mxp=18&bd=4&bth=4&typ=1&sid=ea118bbc8845448ab13424fbc80b5c71&pg=2&lid=1101149522&lsn=13&srcnt=22#Detail

[KitchenWitch]

4. I have the Smiley Extra plug in for Firefox

It is one of the smileys available in the list.

[MorningGlow]

25. OT--smileys on Firefox?

I had no idea! I just loaded them too--this is going to be so much easier than searching for smileys online! Thanks for the tip, KW!
( <-- that's one!)

[PeaceNikki]

2. Oooo, I've ALWAYS wanted an invisible house, too!!

:bounce:


;)

[PeaceNikki]

5. Very cute!!

If you win the lottery, here's one up the road from me that's been on the market a while. They're divorcing and have over $10 million invested so it's a real "bargain". Scroll through the pictures. It's obscene!

http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?zp=53029&ml=3&typ=7&ofbm=100&sid=d03bf005dcdd47088e69785c20a33e2d&sdir=0&sby=2&lid=1090982316&lsn=1&srcnt=224#Detail

[XemaSab]

8. It must really suck to be one of the nouveaux riche and have no taste.

:(

[PeaceNikki]

10. I just want the kitchen

First time I drove by that house it was at night. It was all lit up and and I thought to myself "why is there a shopping mall THERE!??".

Odd thing is, it's SMACK in the middle of DOZENS of gorgeous lakes, but it's not ON the water. If I were gonna blow several million on a house in this neck of the woods, it would be on the water.

I mean, look:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=N61W29181+Parkside+Pl+Hartland,+WI+53029&ie=UTF8&ll=43.151411,-88.319693&spn=0.135755,0.257149&z=12

See all the lakes around here? It's a BEAUTIFUL area!

[XemaSab]

13. The kitchen's bigger than my damn house

Yu know why you need multiple fridges? 'Cause you might get hungry wandering around in there. :o

[Brigid]

12. Yes, there's only one word for this . . .

obscene. The utilities alone must cost a small fortune every month. I'll stick with my modest little English cottage, thanks. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. That house looks like Timothy Leary exploded inside of it

:puke:

[yellowdogintexas]

17. somethin's wrong here, that house should only be in a tacky rich

section of Dallas or Houston, seriously.

There's old money rich and new money rich and new money tacky rich and there isn't a good way to define the difference, other than to say I know it when I see it.

That monstrosity is TACKY RICH to the MAX>

Now if you came in my house you would really think
:wtf: does SHE know about anybody else's decorating because I ain't no decorator. I am not really a very good housekeeper. I AM a dynamite cook though.

However even though my house isn't magazine perfect, or even have the neighbor over for coffee ready most of the time I can tell you this, it isn't tacky.

I like the red brick in Terre Haute much better, even if there isn't a photo of the kitchen

[PeaceNikki]

22. Oh, the tacky rich are everywhere. That home was built by an "old" money family.

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2007/12/10/tidbits1.html

Hartland mansion for sale

The opulent Hartland home of Wendy Gahn-Ackley, a Clark Oil heiress, is on the real estate market for $6.8 million.

The 18,000-square-foot, 24-room mansion at N61 W29181 Parkside Place, near the Bristlecone Pines subdivision, was constructed in 2003 on a 4-acre parcel. Hartland assessed the property at $3.2 million in 2007.

According to marketing information on the Coldwell Banker Metro West Web site, the home features Murano Crystal chandeliers, five fireplaces, heated marble, slate and bamboo floors, as well as the "latest in state-of-the-art technology."

Two years ago, Gahn-Ackley sold an historic mansion on Oconomowoc Lake for $3.6 million. The lakefront property had an assessed valuation of $2.2 million at the time.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. WOuld you like to take a peek inside?

http://www.williamsrealtors.com/listings/detail.php?lid=27012645&limit=0&offset=0&&&posc=1&post=3&cfq=radarea%3D0%26startnewsearch%3D1%26searchtypesent%3D1%26property_category%3D1%26searchtype%3D1%26state%3D18%26county%3D167%26bedrooms%3D3%26bath_full%3D2%26sqfoot_low%3D2800%26sqfoot_high%3D2900%26yb_l%3D0000%26yb_h%3D2008%26vtycount%3D2%26restype%3D1%26limit%3D10%26sort%3D1%26b.x%3D103%26b.y%3D24%26SRSearchDate%3D1215973375%26SRRecordCount%3D3%26SRPage%3D1%26SRPageCount%3D1%26SRPageLinks%3D6

[Brigid]

11. Oh, my!

I love the inside too. The bathroom is a little overdone, though.

[lumberingbear]

7. Terre Haute was my hometown.

Haven't lived there sine 1978, but have relatives there.

[TZ]

9. Ummm, where I live thats really really cheap!

Nice..I wish I could get that kind of bang for my buck..I live in a 2 bed 2bath Condo that is worth about $60,000 more than that....

[RubyDuby in GA]

15. That's amazing! When I win the lottery, I'm moving too - to this place

http://www.clarksgrove.com/propertyDB/view_property.php?ID=6

Clark’s Grove is a vibrant, walkable neighborhood based on the principles of Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND). It incorporates a variety of architectural designs from its historic surrounding community, Covington, GA, and features several diverse, mixed-use amenities that are trademarks of the neighborhoods that were so successful in the early 20th Century.

It's awesome. The anchor in the middle is the Montessori school we want to send out son to (which will happen when we win the lottery as well).
It's got a community garden, a pool, a picnic area, a playground, a ballfield and walking trails, a coffee shop and a satellite office of the University of GA.

Oh yeah - and lots of Obama signs in there. I need to win the lottery so I can be with my people! :)

[yellowdogintexas]

19. that is a neat neat looking development. I could get interested in that

let's all win the lottery so we can just move there and take over. LOL

This gets back to buying Whites City NM. which my husband had a good laugh over.

If I won the lottery though I don't know if I would buy or build a new home, stay where I am and just fix this place up nicely or what.

Part of me would like to restore a home in one of the older areas of FW because I love old houses with their big rooms. That is from growing up where there were a lot of old farmhouses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries pre electricity and pre airconditioning, with tall windows, high ceilings and big porches to sit on in the evening.


I would move to Kentucky if I could just take my church with me LOL

[RubyDuby in GA]

24. I'm all for us all moving in there and taking over.

I know the guy who planned it and developed it. He's now running for our county commission (he's a Dem). It really is a neat little place. We'd pay off our current home, do some upgrades and then rent it out to a single mom for dirt cheap - we've actually talked about it. We love our dream sessions :)

Then we begin our charitable works...

It's nice to dream. :hi:

I love old farmhouses/homes like the ones you are talking about. They just have so much character that you can't buy in a new house today, except I do love me some air conditioning.

[yellowdogintexas]

16. my first thought when I saw the photo: Indiana. And I was right..

I see this home is in Terre Haute. We looked a a smaller version of this house in Evansville when we were househunting many years ago. I really like that Tudor style.

What is the kitchen like, since it isn't in the pictures. This does not bode well, makes me think the kitchen needs work, y'know?

[Robeson]

18. Cute, and great price...

...Are you renting or do you currently have a home? The mortgage pymnt. on that wouldn't be much more than some rental rates.

[applegrove]

20. What a darling house.

[Sanity Claws]

21. Cute but ...

I hope you don't mind someone raining on your parade but I was a homeowner and have become more aware of certain things.
That house does not allow a lot of sunlight in. The window on the left probably allows in enough light but the second floor's window is too small; also the middle area of the house will be dark.
Maybe that's not an issue by you but I used to live in Seattle where lack of sunlight is a real problem in winter.

[Brigid]

23. Actually, I just thought the house was cute.

I saw it while I was out walking today and looked it up when I got home. I'm really not in the market; I've just been watching too much HGTV. But anyway, the house might get more light than you think. That beautiful arched window in the photo faces east, and the front of the house faces north. Right now I live in a small condo that has windows facing east and west. There are none facing north or south; and yes, it does create a problem as far as getting enough natural light in the place. My bedroom window faces east, and there is an enormous English oak right outside. I actually get more light in that room in winter than in summer because of all the shade the leaves provide. You do raise an excellent point, though. If I were looking, I would want more light getting into the house than I get now -- even though I do love that tree.