Like Doodle God!

if anyone in philly wants my big ass double leaf dining room table and 6 excellent chairs, please contact me.

i also have a big ass cabinet for putting dining room shit into

all are of the same hard wood and staining. my ex got all this shit in 1995 and it's all still in good condition, as if there was never really much of a life led around them. she has excellent taste in furniture that would fit well in any nice home that someone would simply abandon at some point in the future.

It sounds like that furniture is CURSED

;)

We bought a bed on Craigslist for the boy. If you don't get any takers here, a couple pictures on craigslist might help them move. A young couple looking to furnish a new home will be checking out craigslist hoping they can get some nice furniture and be happy to see yours posted.

When we were getting rid of all my dad's fancy old furniture, we sent photos to a consignment store and they came to pick the stuff up themselves in their truck. Now they just send me a check when something sells.

This afternoon I looked at a little farmhouse, built in the 30s, that new development forgot to tear down and replace.

It sits on a hill with a partly-paved driveway you have to back down. The exterior is a ridiculous combination of filthy stucco, fake brick face, about ten feet of modern siding, and unfinished concrete.

Because it's a farmhouse, the interior layout is just ridiculous. Most floors are painted wood. Most floors are uneven. All rooms are tiny. Every replacement window is a different make. The roof is not shingled, it has some other type of covering that I don't know about.

It has a large back yard, and beautiful woods, including a secret path down to the nearby Perkiomen Trail. So it's awesome for walking exercise, and for the dog.

The damp unfinished basement is not good for anything but laundry and storage. It doesn't look like it takes on water, it was raining while I looked at it. There were no signs of flooding, but it is "farmhouse damp". A good-sized dehumidifier could change things, probably improve living conditions as well.

An alarm system is installed, so it would only be a call to the alarm company to set up security. It's not like I have anything worth stealing, but maybe the nearby college student housing is a problem. There were two recent Natural Light empties out front, and a bunch of glass shit some student threw down the hill instead of discarding in a proper bin. It would be a pain in the ass to have Natty Light-drinking students walking around my domicile, but at least nobody is going to be drunk on that shit.

How much for a place like that and how big is it UT?

Despite all the negs, I really hope I get it. It's a little farmhouse. I think that's cool.

Here you can see the Cellar Car, the awesome woods, and the ridiculous front of the farmhouse. You can see the dirty stucco, fake brickface, and around the front door you can see modern siding. Obviously this place has been maintained by somebody who just plain doesn't give a shit. I think that's funny. Anyone know WTF that roof is coated with?

http://cellar.org/2012/exterior.jpg

As size, there are 3 rooms on the top floor, but one is more of a den because it doesn't have its own entrance. All the rooms are tiny - the dining room would not be big enough for my two-leaf dining room table.

Rent is $1050. That is about 2/3rds of what the same sized apartment goes for, around here.

They want an additional month's worth of security deposit for a pet, even though tiny little Pearl couldn't do that amount of damage in her lifetime.

looks like roll roofing. same material as asphalt shingles, but in roll form. I used it for my roofing (there's a thread around here somewhere). It's popular for low pitch rooves. Also, it may be the case that the roofing material, whatever it is (sure looks like some kind of rolled material) has been coated with some kind of sealant. lots of flat or near flat rooves are coated in silvery sealant as protection against water intrusion due to the slower pace of runoff with a lower slope.

I hope you get it too!

I hope you get it too!

Tiny rooms can be cozy :). Slap some paint on the front and tie all that together. Good thing about the roofing material roof is that if you have a leak, you can just lay some tarpaper and sealant on it and you're (cheaply) good to go.

Wow that's a lot of rent. Does it include utilities?

presuming you can find the leak. water is devious and occult.

I like it.

What kind of heat? I'm guessing oil, but only because it looks like an oil kind of place.

The rent doesn't include utilities. The heat is oil and the mystery compunds there, because there's an oil tank in the basement AND another one outside. The agent thought the one in the basement was the "active" one, even though the one outside looks newer. Also there is a propane tank outside even though nothing inside runs on gas. Obviously someone didn't give a shit. I think it's funny.

Such a propane tank, if usable, likely goes to an RV. I have one for mine.

Looks cute!

looks like living there would be a fun adventure! think off all the neat stories you will be able to tell. i like it

Looks like fun! I hope you get it. :)

Well, the best properties make an impression. The impression I get from this one is 'serial killer'. Was the alarm to keep people out or the previous occupant in?

Strange. My impression is of a cute, funky place to bake pumpkin loaf in and maybe weave a blanket in the living room (loom with a view), and room in the yard to run around jumping in the piles of leaves you raked up for just that purpose. Oh, and heading down that trail with the dog.

I like funky. Any property damage in the turtle department?

I like it, although some features like tiny rooms might be a PITA to actually live with. It has character. Is that an old hand-pump by the wall?

With a bit of garden work, you could survive the collapse of civilisation there. Small windows prevent velociraptor entry. How secure do the doors seem against zombie hordes?

I have been OKd for the lease. This settles a family conflict that could have scuttled plans... we are cleared for approach and may sign next week if all goes well.

The turtle department is a tough situation. Turt and his crew should ideally move to a 75 gallon tank. He'll need a stand that spreads that weight out, and it'll have to be on a piece of floor that can hold the weight long-term. (The floors are uneven, but they seem firm.)

Even if the floors are a little iffy, you can just go to home depot and get them to cut a 2 foot by 4 foot (or whatever) sheet of half inch plywood, and flop that down on the floor to be a base to support the tank and stand. It will spread the weight out so the floor can hold it no problem.

Fabuloso. I wanna come to the house-warming party!

Cooool! Think of all the dead hobo storage that place must have!

Win-win... the dampness will help them decompose.

Just occurred to me, though, come the zombie apocalypse, a basement full of dead hobos is the last thing you want, if it turns out to be one of those re-animate-the-corpses type of zombie plagues, and not the more common bite-the-living plagues.

That's some good forward thinking, Zen. It's so obvious in hindsight, but I never would have made the connection until they were all banging on the basement door to get through to eat my brains.

I built a stand for my son's 75 gallon tank, and I don't have mad JimHelm skilz. Just screwed together 2X4s. I'll try to remember to take some pix.

Thx, if you can - it's gonna be a Craigslisp deal and only half of those come with stands.

I like it, you don't have to worry about keeping up appearances. Small rooms can be a lot cozier in cold or stormy weather. Even closing off rooms to make it easier to heat is an option. Heating oil is sky high this fall, is the heat water or air?

Air

I like the idea of closing off rooms.

The owner has graciously given me -- just out of the blue -- $600 in PECO (electricity) credit, and offered to pay the monthly bill for an alarm company.

OKAY!

Although that makes me believe there's a reason for the alarm system. Guess I'll find out. Maybe once Pearl goes I should get a bigger dog?

I LOVE it! it gives off a 'cabin in the woods' kind of vibe that might be charming or scary as hell depending on how you play it. I DO love funky old places. The McMansions they currently build around here are sickening and they all look exactly the same - huge monstrosities. If you came home drunk there is a very good chance you'd wind up in the wrong home thinking it was your own. I hate the same-ness of today's unimaginative architecture in which HUGE = BEST. I little little eases, cozy cottages. I love my own house even though I bitch about it. It's pretty much a three bedroom cottage, really. Needs work- but, hey, after Dec. 21st, who's gonna notice?

That makes it much easier.

Or a recording of one. It shouldn't be to hard/spendy to augment their system with better sensors... an air raid siren on the roof... and Claymores. :nuts:

Zombie hordes aint skeerd of no dawg.

I also have to air condition it in 7 months... probably

In this case I wish I could buy the ACs on Craigslist right now, because they are dang cheap for an awful lot... two portable units would probably do this entire place

Hopefully the people who procrastinated will decide to upgrade in the spring and be giving the old ones away. This gives you 7 months to decide which rooms you actually live in and see how large a harem you accumulate.

A lot late for my well wishes but not too late for a big 'ole congratulation. I little cozy place in the woods sounds ideal. I'm happy for you :)

Tony, since you're going to selfishly spend your money on luxuries like food and moving, I guess we'll have to pony up to keep the Cellar running for a couple months. :smack:

Chuh. typical Tony!

I had a big ol' plate of spaghetti just last night!!

Already the boxes accumulate... and I'm sorting out my life with this, too; for the first time ever, my various cables and AC adapters are in marked plastic drawers. Book boxes are separated by books I care about and books that can perish in a flood.

I sold 95% of my vinyl records (400 of them, for $175). (Kept the 5% that are valuable) Great sentimental value, but I haven't played any of them in 10 years.

"I sold 95% of my vinyl records (400 of them, for $175). (Kept the 5% that are valuable) Great sentimental value, but I haven't played any of them in 10 years".


Naw couldn't do it my wife's been nagging me for years to dump my records but i just can't clear the space, fuck they can bin them when I'm dead but until they're mine too many memories
Your new place looks like it would be ok in summer, whats the snow like in the winter?, could be fun digging the car out.
All the best for your move hope everything goes ok

Yeah.. digging that driveway out in winter is going to be hell. But it's MY hell.

I'm excited for you. I think it is lovely. BTW, are you in an area you can hunt? Looks pretty wooded

Can you park at the top in winter?

Can't you just melt the snow with 5 gallons of diesel and a match?

I'm pretty sure I saw that house on True Crime Stories the other day...

I can park at the top, but there are a limited number of spots. There are spots on the college property, but I don't know what the college thinks about using them.

Sarge, the woods are 20 feet deep to the North, ending in student apartments; 100 feet deep to the West, ending in the local police station; 40 feet deep to the South, ending in modern big-ass housing; and 1000 feet deep to the East, ending in a creek.

So if the varmints are to the East I'm good to go.

And check the wind direction before smoking outside... or blame it on the college kids. :joint:

Oh and

The local fire department is across the street from the local police department. I think it would make them want a word with me.

yeah... the kinds that may be used against you in a court of law.

yikes.

Dang! I thought it was more isolated. I still think it is a great place

Well, it all depends. What's the bag limit on stoner college kids?

(Try not to hit Ibby, though!)

My wife went to college there. One time when we were in the area, she showed me around the old stomping grounds.

Maybe it's a little stalkerish of me, but I looked the place up on Bing's map based on your descriptions. It's right in the heart of town, but in the woods. I love it. I hope you get it.

I hope he gets it, too. But I want him to turn into a Dexter-like character and post to us about it.


is that wrong?

Yeah I didn't want to turn it into a Where Is This? but that's fine, I trust you guys, glatt most of all.

And I will have a free alarm system and be 100 feet from the cops.

Lease signing is tomorrow BTW. I'm getting it.

Hmmm...maybe it wasn't that place then... :)

It looks more woods-y on Google sat view BTW. It was winter when Bing got to it.


although... I guess it will be when I get to it as well