They have rules.
Posted on 03/02/2012 9:17:36 AM PST by Short Bus
Eh, no worries; I've been here so infrequently, of late, had you been spot-on I mightn't have noticed.
Hope all's well with you.
Just put in an offer on a house for my FIL; it's big enough for all of my tribe, plus has a very nice ground-floor space that will be built out with a bedroom, full-ADA bathroom, living room, kitchenette so he can live with us, so we can provide for his care and monitoring needs, but still have his very own place.
Now, if we can just get all of the inspectors and bankers to cooperate...
Best wishes - I’ll pray for your successful purchase!
Thanks. I’ve seen everything from palaces to absolute dumps, and I’m in the mood to be DONE looking.
I don’t blame you. It’s hard to find the right house anywhere, especially when there are a lot of you.
Oh, if it were ONLY the lot of us, we’d actually have MANY places to choose from; it’s my FIL’s physical limitations that are the deal breaker in almost every case. He gets around in a power chair, and walks only VERY short distances, so access is a huge issue.
There was a home I saw earlier this week that was big, very nice, had a mature vineyard out back, wine cellar, beautiful kitchen and bathrooms, all up-to-date — just a gorgeous place, and it had a full apartment in the lower level backing on the wine cellar with windows facing out across the valley, but it was built into a hillside, and all stairs everywhere.
Another house on which we actually made an offer would have had us building a whole separate cottage for my FIL to live in, or bring in a completed manufactured home and set it up. The lot was over an acre of beautiful rolling hillside with hard-packed sand walking trails throughout; no trouble in a power chair, but — again — tens of thousands in expenditure to make something work that was NICE, but only partway to what we really need.
The place we’re committing to will require minimal work to achieve our goals, and will put us within 1/4 mile of downtown Pleasant Hill, CA.
I empathize with your FIL. I’m sure that he will appreciate your efforts in complying with ADA, since they are so danged strict! Are you going to install a walk-in-tub for him?
If so, may I be his Roomie?
*snart*
;o])
Off to bed, Chillrun. Not feeling all that great. The week has been stressful, so far.
Morning will be different!
That first place you describe sounds like where I want to live! I’m guessing it wasn’t priced under $200,000, though.
1119 Vista Point Lane, Concord, CA 94521
Offered at $559K
http://www.movoto.com/real-estate/homes-for-sale/CA/Concord/1119-Vista-Point-Ln-12_40566282.htm
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Concord/1119-Vista-Point-Ln-94521/home/1866980
I reiterate: How on earth do you do it?!?!?
Uh oh. Have I goofed? The day lilies and daffodils I transplanted from last season are gorgeous. We also have a lovely maple sapling and a bunch of incidental blackberry bushes and pine saplings. (I like the expensive gifts.)
Wow. I mean, like ... Wow. That’s gorgeous.
Spinach. It’s the Ultimate SuperFood, according to the package.
I’d feel bad if the darned animals suffered. Dragonbaby was excited when the crickets got here, and I didn’t have to ride with Tom, because Bill was at school. He got home early - his teacher for his last class told him to leave because his cough was annoying everyone. I guess that’s a not-counted absence. Then Tom drove to his “Envirothon” meeting - that’s the Natural Resources Department competition that’s next week - and Bill picked him up afterward.
Now DP has gone to the church capital campaign meeting, and Elen went to help hand out materials and serve refreshments. Frank fell asleep on the sofa just after 5:00. I need to wake him up so he can have something to eat and go to bed.
They have rules.
Actually, we’ve learned not to consume collard greens, carrots or parsnips before we go to bed. The darned things keep us awake all night (multiple canines were given “pot likker” and they, too, seemed super-energized.) Collards are scarey.
Collards cost more than spinach, around here. Kale is cheap, though. And dragons like it, although Baby seems to like arugula best.
It is a beautiful house; the photos don’t begin to really do it justice.
Trouble is; it’s a short sale with two outstanding notes, so any buyer is going to have to wait for two banks to duke it out in addition to the usual foot-dragging inherent in real estate short sales.
With Alyson Hannigan as my witness, I had never heard of a Lufkin tape measure. Thanks.
That would be a nuisance. *sigh* I want to have a very small house someday, with a porch where I can sit with my greyhound and some catz, watching the grass grow.
Tom’s watching another X-Men movie. I can hear Patrick Stewart being that Xavier guy.
That’s possibly the “X-Men, First Class” film that I saw in the movies. Stewart’s character was walking around in that one. I think they were doing something with the voices.
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