#old fixer upper

[cheapoldhousesunder50k]

Riverfront Farmhouse on 3 Acres in Maine $160,000

OHU50K Notes   $160,000 Maine farmhouse for sale on 3 acres. This home is a fixer upper. Riverfront property! Hardscrabble River access. Realtor Comments CALL STACY! Here’s your chance to own and restore this 1850s New England farmhouse with tin ceilings and double parlors. You will own about 3 acres of partially wooded and open fields which gently slope to the Hardscrabble River. Tucked in…

[mydotguy]

I like this game

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Not surprised that this abandoned 1905 abandoned beauty in Rock Island, IL has a pending sale. The 4bd, 2ba, 2,412 sq ft Victorian is all original and is only $129,900! Take a look at this steal.

Original mosaic floor in the foyer.

Beautiful! Look at the wood- the columns, the lighting, stained glass, and the bench on the landing.

Isn't this crazy for that price? I guess they left the old piano, too. Score.

Amazing. Intact fireplace even has the original insert.

Talk about an original kitchen!

This is a blank slate. That stove must really work, too.

The pantry. All original.

Pushbutton lights.

It's like another room up here on the landing.

The bedrooms need work, but look at the alcove in this one.

Bedrooms 3 & 4 are smaller.

Very vintage bath. Look at the sink and tub. I hope the new owner preserves them.

Large porch in the back.

Check out the potential in the attic.

They already started to finish it off.

Back porches. Fenced yard. 0.51 acre lot

Huge garage. There has to be potential for an apt. on the 2nd level.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/916-17th-St-Rock-Island-IL-61201/5198990_zpid/

[fatedroses]

zenos, but he's getting spammed by his weirdly tech savvy great-grandfather.

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Salem, VA

[recurring-polynya]

"Just do as you're told," Mogget said firmly. "Think of yourself as Abhorsen's sworn sword-hand, if it makes you feel better, though in this present era, you'll find common sense is more important than honor. "Very well", Touchstone muttered, humbly. He stood up and put on the underclothes and shirt, but couldn't get the trousers past his heavily muscled thighs. "There's a kilt and leggings in one of the chests back there," Mogget said after watching Touchstone hopping around on one leg, the other trapped in too-tight leather."

if you, as an author, aren't introducing your male love interests like this, what are you even doing with your life?

(from Sabriel, by Garth Nix)

[chromiumhater]

Symptoms of Being Human - Chapter Eight (End of Book One)

“Fordsy” Bill breathed, the word tickling his lips.

“Mmm” Ford replied, keeping his eyes locked with Bill's.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

They make me sick.

Enjoy the chapter :)

[wildfaeworld]

i'm in diy hell 😭 trying to rip out my bathroom vanity (hiding mold behind it, rotted to hell and back) and install a new one and ohhhh my god

this thing is landlord special caulked everywhere. for a ramshackle assemblage of rotted plywood and rusty nails it is hanging on something FIERCE. it's 1pm and i've gotten the doors, kickboard, and part of the front frame off and loosened the counter some.

a new problem rears its head: the water hookup appears to be a permanent part of the vanity back?? instead of having a hole in the back for the water hookup like most modern vanities, this one said 'fuck it they can't evict me if i chain myself to the wall'

look at this shit! what am i supposed to do with that?

[red-nite-mare]

[golvio]

Personal Crack Theory: BotW’s Master Kohga is the exact same Master Kohga from Age of Calamity because he’s immortal. He is also very likely not actually dead, and is probably somewhere underground.

Personal Crack-er Theory: Not only is Kohga immortal, he’s over 10,000 years old, but often forgets this due to having the Malice version of BotW!Link’s death-and-resurrection-related brain damage.

Personal Crack-est Theory: Kohga knew Ganondorf personally and joined whatever subterfuge the big man had planned partly because they were absolutely schtupping before Ganon got skeletonized and Kohga got amnesia.

[kvetch19]

[cheapoldhousesunder50k]

c.1954 Affordable North Carolina Home $57K - 90 Min. To Virginia Beach

OHU50K Notes   $57,000 Take a look at this affordable North Carolina home. The brick ranch is nestled on a quarter acre lot with a carport and a shed. The two-bedroom, one-bath home has central air and heat, public water and sewer, and a tiled bath. Plus, it is only a 90-minute drive to ocean beaches at Virginia Beach. Realtor Comments This cozy 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home in Woodland, NC, offers…

[hale-of-stiles-heart]

just out of curiosity I'm looking at houses listed for sale and it would literally be cheaper for me to buy a house than rent an apartment.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Kaylamoonbeam sent this 1877 Italianate Victorian in Vanceburg, KY and asked that I give my opinion of it in a post. It has 4bds, 2ba and is listed for $225K. I don't know what the prices of homes are in Kentucky, but even though it's a fixer-upper, it's a steal. Let's take a look inside.

I didn't think that the brick looked bad painted light gray, but now in this photo it looks completely different. Battleship gray. Hmmm.

The hall stairs are original and this is great. Someone's already stripped the wallpaper.

This is a lovely room. It may be a main floor primary bedroom. I noticed that all the rooms are filled with natural light- it's a very cheerful home. The walls are stripped, the fireplace is original, and there's a nice chandelier. The floors need redoing- they're lifted and chipping in places. I would leave them and just refinish them.

The sitting room is partially stripped down and has a wonderful fireplace. Looks like the original flooring was under a carpet and they finished around it. This room also has a usable chandelier.

Not sure what this room is, but 2 outer doors open directly into it. There's a lovely window bench, it gets lots of light, but I wish they hadn't tiled the floor.

Don't like the kitchen cabinets, but at least they left the original built-in. I think that it probably has the original footprint, so I would temporarily just paint the cabinets. If the wallpaper isn't peeling, I would just leave that for now, too.

Does it look like they painted over wallpaper? This is nice- beautiful stairs and wide halls.

Original linen closets.

Beautiful fireplace, but the room is much too dark.

This one has a beautiful insert. The walls and floor need work. If the new owner doesn't need all the bedrooms, just shut the door on this one for now.

This colorful room looks like it may have been a child's bedroom. The fireplace is beautiful. The thing I wonder about is why didn't they show any of the bathrooms? They may be total guts or ugly renos.

Oh, this is nice. Too bad the paper is peeling. I once bought glue for loose wallpaper seams, but it didn't work at all. What is happening w/the floor? Is it half painted? They also don't show the basement and the heater. I don't think it has central a/c, either. So, there's also that to consider.

It's a very picturesque property.

There's a small brick storage building, too.

The 1.29 acre property is on the banks of the Ohio River.

https://circaoldhouses.com/property/the-pugh-house-historic-riverfront-italianate-in-vanceburg-ky/

[my-wife-doesnt-approve]

I want play, too! Our bathroom had an original ungrounded non-gfci outlet in the floor next to the toilet! They had run romex for the last bit, but it was powered by knob and tube on a 15 amp breaker!

(knob and tube circuits are only rated for 10 amps, all wet areas need GFCI outlets - the square ones with a reset button, bathroom outlets super duper need to be grounded, putting an outlet next to the toilet means any plumbing problems become electrocution/house fire problems, too!)

Mark the electrician has been here for five minutes and he’s already said “well that’s…weird” twice from the other room and frankly I’m afraid to ask.

[chaoticdesertdweller]