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I was at my girlfriend's house on Saturday night when my mom calls. She informs me that they're putting the house up for sale and we're moving. Mind you, we're not moving far from where we are now, just about a 5 minute drive. The new house is bigger (by 402 sq. ft.) and has 1.5 acres of land with it (compared to our current <1/2 acre). I'm still kinda aprehensive about moving out of the house I grew up in, but I think it might be interesting. The new house doesn't seem that bad. The good side is we'll be getting a new, bigger pool for the new house.
I'll be sure to keep you all up to date on what's going on. There is a couple that is interested in buying the house, they're a friend of the family. But we can only sell to them as a private sale, so I don't know what's going to happen with that.
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WHAT?! $117,900?! Okay, it's a wooden bungalow in the middle of nowhere, but houses w/ the same (and often less) acreage and a pool don't go for under $400,000 here...
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Damn, Nebraska real estate is cheap! My house (1699 square feet, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 9000 square foot lot, no pool) was $133,000 when we bought it (it's now valued about $150K), and Fernley, Nevada is sticksville. The nearest "big city", Reno, is 30 miles away, and for all that the locals think it's a city, it's really more of a village (especially after Tokyo). Maybe I ought to start looking at Nebraska...
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Actually, I live in New Brunswick, a Canadian maritime province. So, those prices are in CAD, which makes it even cheaper to someone from the US. When my parents bought this house in 1983, it was $38 500. In 20 years, the price of the place has gone up $60 000, probably a lot of that due to the landscaping and building my parents have done. In 1983, there was no garage, no shed, a small deck, no pool, no screenhouse, and a gravel driveway. But yeah, living in NB isn't all that expensive, especially when compared to other places.
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So, your room is the pink one, right?
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If I were w/ my girlfriend ("ha!" I hear you say, and rightly), and my parents called me and said they were selling the house and moving, my reaction would be "What, now? Where should I come home to, then?".
I mean, seriously, they couldn't have waited for you to get home? Surely it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision that couldn't wait? Impulse-buying houses seems like a bad idea.
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quote:Originally posted by Topher: I haven't actually seen the house yet. My parents have, though. And if the room is pink, it won't be for long...
Going for lavender?
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So, from the south of England to the north of England to the south of England to the other side of the world... you just can't please some people. :]
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