FS (new brunswick): house

[thebarber]

lol

who wants to buy my house?

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=7773842

[Black Yaris]

no square footage listed in the add

[Benggolf2]

No pictures either. :redface:

[Black Yaris]

No pictures either. :redface:

you gotta click the link to see the pix :thumbsup: NOOBZ

[thebarber]

1300-ish sqft, but good catch...ill mention that to my realtor

[Black Yaris]

good price though..... same amount houses are going for around here

[Pars]

Don't like the kitchen. Perhaps a black granite counter and a new stove might help. Is that vinyl on the kitchen floor?

Somebody need to soup-up that kitchen. But, adding some skirt and exhaust on the car is more fun.

[thebarber]

Don't like the kitchen. Perhaps a black granite counter and a new stove might help. Is that vinyl on the kitchen floor?

Somebody need to soup-up that kitchen. But, adding some skirt and exhaust on the car is more fun.

well, when we bought the house the kitchen was pretty ugly...
we kept the 50's diner theme, so we installed a new counter top, cupboard hardware, and new vct flooring....

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v196/108/4/517016258/n517016258_1002257_9371.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v196/108/4/517016258/n517016258_1002258_9684.jpg

hallway before
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/100_4272-1.jpg

hallway after
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/newtrim1.jpg

bathroom before
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/100_4274-1.jpg

bathroom after
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/bathroomnew.jpg

we've put a lot of time and money into this house.....my major worry is that with the market being so-so right now, some people (like yourself) won't like the way that we've done things....i blame hgtv

[thebarber]

edit: damn you facebook and your linking!

[Pars]

Yep. Not a good time be selling when everyone is worried about the economy. I'm in downtown Toronto and the price hasn't gone down. But, i'm not expecting any price increase for next summer.

The old retro Kitchen was kinda cool.

[mojoyaris]

I like the kitchen. Did you do the wooden floors yoursel?
yeah, you might want to hang onto it for awhile. The market till take a nose dive, I'm sure.

Over here on the West Coast it's just starting to slow down. Toronto is being hit hard.
our dollar dropped and then we can start talking about politics......

Hows the car? BTW

[YAR1S]

wow what a mess to begin with.
how come you have differnt pics of the same kitchen or are they before an afters?? On the realtor's website theres a grenishblue and white kitchen then the same kitchen with wooden cabinets??? It looks nicer with the white modern cabinets...

oh and is that a grass driveway??? If you pave it ... that would be nicer...

otherwise nice house :]

[thebarber]

I like the kitchen. Did you do the wooden floors yoursel?
yeah, you might want to hang onto it for awhile. The market till take a nose dive, I'm sure.

Over here on the West Coast it's just starting to slow down. Toronto is being hit hard.
our dollar dropped and then we can start talking about politics......

Hows the car? BTW
well, i was just talking to my wife on the phone, and she says that the housing market is down about 30% right now, but prjections are that itll only be down 10% in the new year....so im keeping my fingers crossed that i can get outta dodge!

the problem with the larger cities like toronto and vancouver (esp. TO) is that there was a HUGE markup in housing on percepted value. i had a friend buy a house in oakville for 280 and now, a year later, he can sell for 330.....like 50k in a year? c'mon.

we never really saw that kind of crazy inflation in the maritimes, its always been steady....

and as for the hardwood, the living room, dining room and front foyer were already there in red oak. i did the hallway leading to the bedroom and all 3 bedroom in red oak myself....

wow what a mess to begin with.
how come you have differnt pics of the same kitchen or are they before an afters?? On the realtor's website theres a grenishblue and white kitchen then the same kitchen with wooden cabinets??? It looks nicer with the white modern cabinets...

oh and is that a grass driveway??? If you pave it ... that would be nicer...

otherwise nice house :]
ya, it was a bit of fixer-upper, lol.

we have a granny suite/inlaw suite in the basement (essentially a 1bedroom apartment) so thats why there our white/teal 50's kitchen upstairs and the other kitchen w/ wood cabinets downstairs....

and ya, the driveways.....i was going to put a garage door back on the garage in spring and get the front driveway paved this spring, but now we're moving. currently we mainly use the driveway off of the side street which is gravel (fairly compacted gravel at this point, lol)

[thebarber]

here's a couple of pics i took after we put on the new roof w/ blue-ish shingles....i repainted all the doors blue....also the railings, mailbox, house numbers, light fixtures blue too...

front
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/house/houseoct2008010.jpg

rear
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/house/houseoct2008012.jpg

[thebarber]

Hows the car? BTW

car is good too, lol, annie has it in waterloo, ontario. intake is off for the winter...just k&n drop-in right now....

looking forward to spring again....intake back on and trd/eibach springs to go on...going to be ghetto dropped on 14" steelies and hubcaps all summer! w/ my wife going on maternity leave as of february (and since she's also the bread winner) we'll be conservative in our purchases for that time...

[contraband831]

Very nice house, Good Luck with the sale

[cali yaris]

What's with the extensive critique of the guy's house? Like he's going to do any of that stuff before he sells it?

wow. anyways, good luck with your sale, I hope you can get what you want out of it.

[thebarber]

What's with the extensive critique of the guy's house? Like he's going to do any of that stuff before he sells it?

wow. anyways, good luck with your sale, I hope you can get what you want out of it.

lol, thanks cali

had lots of plans for it in the spring, but now we're moving back to ontario....

planning on renting for a year or more (annie found a nice, cheap, good apt in downtown kitchener (699 + hydro (uses water/boiler heat)) so that we can save for a larger down payment on the next house or condo (annie and i are both luke warm on the whole idea of owning a full house right away again w/ a baby....its a lot of frickin work owning a house....time and money, time and money)

[Pars]

With a new Babe, a small cozy place is perhaps better then a big one. That is, until they start walking..

If you're an invester, buyin realestate when the market is depressed isn't wise. However, if you're looking for a home to live in, buying when the market is down is ideal. Personally, I don't think it'll go anywhere for the next few years, since the economy is going to take awhile to recover, so no rush.

[cali yaris]

If you're an invester, buyin realestate when the market is depressed isn't wise.

that makes no sense at all, it's the perfect time for investors to buy -- if they have the money.

[WeeYari]

that makes no sense at all, it's the perfect time for investors to buy -- if they have the money.

I suspect he is referring to investing in terms of flipping realestate, not long term holding.

My father-in-comonlaw is the property sales manager for a new condo development outside of Shediac. Pre-construction sales started while we were out there this past summer. I almost signed on a unit, but now I think I'm glad I didn't. I think :iono: As always, hindsight will tell.

[thebarber]

office/extra bedroom
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master bedroom
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3rd bedroom
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hallway looking towards front foyer
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hallway looking towards bedrooms
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bathroom
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front foyer looking at front door (living room to the left)
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front foyer looking at kitchen
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living room
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dining room
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dining room looking towards living room
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kitchen
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laundry area just between kitchen and mudroom
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back entrance/mudroom
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/dabarber/house/finished/housefinished032-mudroom.jpg

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stairs to basement
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bottom of stairs looking at garage entrance door (family room door to the left)
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stairs back up
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garage
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family room
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family room from basement kitchen door
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basement kitchen
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basement bathroom beyond kitchen
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basement bathroom
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cold room
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basement living room
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basement bedroom
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[thebarber]

*SOLD* (pending financing and inspection)

[WeeYari]

:thumbsup:

:drinking:

[Benggolf2]

Nicely done and congrats on the sale. Hope everything goes through smoothly. :thumbsup:

[Doc Zaius]

Nice one! Congrats!

[TheRealEnth]

I just think its way overpriced... Or maybe im crazy... here in miam they are selling 5/4 with Double Garage with a good amount of land for 230 ez some for 200k, Bad economy FTW, maybe its just me

[thebarber]

I just think its way overpriced... Or maybe im crazy... here in miam they are selling 5/4 with Double Garage with a good amount of land for 230 ez some for 200k, Bad economy FTW, maybe its just me

you realize a couple of things though, right?

1. you know nothing of the canadian economy, especially in the martimes...

2. my price is canadian funds...so my 145k sale price is about 108kUSD

[voodoo22]

Yet in Toronto you can't find a decent house which isn't in gangland for under 375, so there's no way his house is overpriced.

Also, Canadians are very cheap and if it was overpriced it would have never sold!

[MUSKOKA800]

Yet in Toronto you can't find a decent house which isn't in gangland for under 375, so there's no way his house is overpriced.

Also, Canadians are very cheap and if it was overpriced it would have never sold!

We're not "very cheap", just 'very poor' in comparison to our US brothern. Our cost of living is outrageously high when you take all cost into consideration. Homes (generally), insurance, vehicles, fuel, taxes ... all the big hitters are cheaper in the US with the exception of food which is comparable.

[voodoo22]

We're not "very cheap", just 'very poor' in comparison to our US brothern. Our cost of living is outrageously high when you take all cost into consideration. Homes (generally), insurance, vehicles, fuel, taxes ... all the big hitters are cheaper in the US with the exception of food which is comparable.

In comparison to the US I think you're right. When I said cheap, I was thinking globally. We don't have a selection of certain things here, because will not pay for them or see a value in them. A good example is our produce and meat where everything seems to be listed as grade AAA, but many europeans and asians wouldn't consider buying a box of moldy strawberries when they're on sale for 1.99.

It's one reason why there is so much more selection in their car configurations in those places as well. People I know from those areas of the world thing North Americans are very cheap and living in a disposable society.

[TheRealEnth]

im just saying the economy in the US sucks right now... mansions i mean MANSIONS going away for affordable prices of normal people... like teachers

[thebarber]

It's one reason why there is so much more selection in their car configurations in those places as well. People I know from those areas of the world thing North Americans are very cheap and living in a disposable society.

the reason europeans have such selection in car configuration is that their gas is like 4$/L and they tax based on emissions...

so ya, there are more engines available and they buy more small cars. why? because they realize the large, gas intensive vehicles are too expensive

north americans have had it so good for so long that they dont (or didnt?) blink at buy 4.6L v8 vehicles for daily drivers......i wouldnt either when gas is $1/gallon!

north americans will simply not spend 30k on a 1.5L car even if it has leather, moonroof, nav, blah blah blah....not unless gas stays up at 1.30/L or $3/gal