Pictures!

Well, we went over to the new house for a couple hours this afternoon to watch our home inspector inspect, and, as promised, I took a bunch of photos so everyone can see this house I've been talking your ears off about. Most of the photos are exterior, in part because it's hard to get interior shots that show more than a corner or a door, and in part becuase the outside of this house is so much more interesting. There will be a bonus at the end of this post for anyone who's really interested in the inside :o)

(click on any photo to see it larger)

First the front:


close up of the porch:


If you turn around and look back toward the street you see one of our favorite features- the long, slightly curved driveway :o)


We never even saw this before we made the offer, but inside the garage is this huge array of cabinets and a built-in workbench. Jeff was drooling:


Above the garage there's a huge amount of storage (just needs a floor.) You can see the doors in the outside photo as well:


Heading inside, step into the Living Room and see the lovely "Octagonal Tray Ceiling" (mentioned in the listing as one of the house's features.) Isn't this one of the silliest things you've ever seen?


Here are 2 pictures of the kitchen. I took two in order to show the whole thing. The kitchen needs some help. I just don't understand having a house with 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, and 4 feet of counter space!



Out the back of the house and you see the real reason this place was such a find. There are 5 decks out back (if you count level changes as going from one deck to another) one of them a really nice, LARGE screened in one. And one holding a (non-functioning) hot tub. This photo doesn't really do it justice, but it was the best I could do (click on it to see it bigger):


Right next to the deck is a little stream that runs roughly along the property line:


And, finally, the vision. We stopped by Sunday after church, (since the house is between church and our apartment,) knocked on the door, and introduced ourselves. The people were very nice, showed us around a little, and, most importantly GAVE US THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS TO THE HOUSE! So I've been feverishly drafting them up and working out how we'd like to remodel the inside to make the floor plan work better, and add some space to the living room. The plan is pretty dysfunctional right now, but by adding a bump off one side and reconfiguring the interior walls, we can make it A LOT nicer.

(if you want to see an aerial photo of the lot, check out Jeff's post)