Ancestral home for sale

glatt · 07-15-2014, 08:15 AM

I'm sad to see this go. This is the glatt ancestral home, for sale. My Aunt lived there last, and now that she died, my cousin is selling it. Another cousin is the RE agent.

I suppose I could buy it, but what would I do with it? It's in North East PA, about 20 minutes from Honesdale. Nice place. Old. 1826. (Although I thought it was older than that.) Set back from the road. Big. Very stately looking. Nearest neighbor is 300 yards away, although you can't see them through the woods. You feel like you are all alone there. 4.4 acres, but feels like 300. And it's so far from the road, even loud trucks going by are faint in the distance.

It's a steal at $89k.

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Sorry to see it go.

limey · 07-15-2014, 08:36 AM

Retirement home for old Dwellars?

Clodfobble · 07-15-2014, 08:38 AM

Did you ever live in that house?

glatt · 07-15-2014, 08:49 AM

I spent an entire summer there in college.

Mowing the lawn takes several hours, even with a big tractor and a sickle mower attachment.

Edit: And if you don't have a plow, you need to hire someone to do the driveway in the winter. But other than that, it's a normal house.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2014, 08:54 AM

The maintenance would be murder... or bankrupting.

glatt · 07-15-2014, 09:07 AM

It's the same maintenance as any other house, except for the mowing and driveway plowing.

Edit: But you're right. I don't want it. Trying to keep it maintained while I live in Virginia is impossible.

Spexxvet · 07-15-2014, 11:11 AM

Wish I could

Gravdigr · 07-15-2014, 12:59 PM

$89k, on 4 acres?!?!?!?!?!

JFC!

You should see the piece of shit I've been looking at on the other side of the block, for $69k. Egads.

Someone will be pleased a s punch to get that.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2014, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

It's the same maintenance as any other house, except for the mowing and driveway plowing.

Pre-WW-I houses are always full of surprises, and this one is very pre... and big with lots of joints and surfaces. That's what makes them so beautiful. Of course having been in the family so long gives you a leg up on condition and past maintenance.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

You should see the piece of shit I've been looking at on the other side of the block, for $69k.

People around this house don't know what a block is. Add that word and the price would immediately triple or more.

Griff · 07-15-2014, 09:17 PM

Pretty close to Grifftopia as well... maybe that's why the price is so low.

Could be a nice B and B there's good mtn biking in the area.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2014, 10:36 PM

Or a honeymoon B&B, which is not unusual for northeast PA. Hard to tell with a house like that, how difficult it would be to upgrade the wiring for all those hidden cameras though. Can't risk wireless with all the electronic gizmos folks carry these days one might pick up a stray signal.

Griff · 07-16-2014, 05:54 AM

Interesting piece on Wayne County.

http://plan.co.wayne.pa.us/CulturalR...esAnalysis.pdf

footfootfoot · 07-16-2014, 09:05 AM

It would be a horse of a different color if it was a Maine Glatt Ancestral home. PA is fine, but not for a second home.

Griff · 07-16-2014, 04:36 PM

Ghosts - I don't buy into ghosties but a friend of mine who is more interesting than myself finds that whole area to have a certain creepy mojo. It could be his crazy ex-girlfriend from Waymart(?) but he talks about the Native Americans avoiding permanent residence in the area and the general isolation.

footfootfoot · 07-17-2014, 10:01 AM

It may have some sort of bad juju or feng shui. There is a corner near my ancestral home that had at least 25 businesses in the same number of years. On the opposite corner another business, a deli, lasted over 40 years and made the owners quite wealthy. It was as though the other corner was cursed.

Where I am now there is a building that has had about 6 different businesses in it in the past 15 years that have all failed miserably, and long periods of vacancy. Popular opinion is that it is cursed. (unrelated to popular opinion, but by curious coincidence, the building is about 1/10 of a mile from a, recently discovered while excavating, native American site. The excavation had to be stopped while the area was mined for artifacts and so on.)

I think looking for explanations is pointless, shit happens that makes no sense but our brains want to create order and explanations. Got religion?

07-15-2014, 08:15 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Ancestral home for sale I'm sad to see this go. This is the glatt ancestral home, for sale. My Aunt lived there last, and now that she died, my cousin is selling it. Another cousin is the RE agent. I suppose I could buy it, but what would I do with it? It's in North East PA, about 20 minutes from Honesdale. Nice place. Old. 1826. (Although I thought it was older than that.) Set back from the road. Big. Very stately looking. Nearest neighbor is 300 yards away, although you can't see them through the woods. You feel like you are all alone there. 4.4 acres, but feels like 300. And it's so far from the road, even loud trucks going by are faint in the distance. It's a steal at $89k. Sorry to see it go.

07-15-2014, 08:36 AM	#2
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Retirement home for old Dwellars? __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-15-2014, 08:38 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Did you ever live in that house? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-15-2014, 08:54 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The maintenance would be murder... or bankrupting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-15-2014, 11:11 AM	#7
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07-15-2014, 08:49 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I spent an entire summer there in college. Mowing the lawn takes several hours, even with a big tractor and a sickle mower attachment. Edit: And if you don't have a plow, you need to hire someone to do the driveway in the winter. But other than that, it's a normal house.

07-15-2014, 09:07 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's the same maintenance as any other house, except for the mowing and driveway plowing. Edit: But you're right. I don't want it. Trying to keep it maintained while I live in Virginia is impossible.

07-15-2014, 12:59 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	$89k, on 4 acres?!?!?!?!?! JFC! You should see the piece of shit I've been looking at on the other side of the block, for $69k. Egads. Someone will be pleased a s punch to get that. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-15-2014, 09:17 PM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pretty close to Grifftopia as well... maybe that's why the price is so low. Could be a nice B and B there's good mtn biking in the area. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 07-15-2014 at 09:23 PM.

07-15-2014, 10:36 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Or a honeymoon B&B, which is not unusual for northeast PA. Hard to tell with a house like that, how difficult it would be to upgrade the wiring for all those hidden cameras though. Can't risk wireless with all the electronic gizmos folks carry these days one might pick up a stray signal. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2014, 05:54 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Interesting piece on Wayne County. http://plan.co.wayne.pa.us/CulturalR...esAnalysis.pdf __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-16-2014, 09:05 AM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	It would be a horse of a different color if it was a Maine Glatt Ancestral home. PA is fine, but not for a second home. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-16-2014, 04:36 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ghosts - I don't buy into ghosties but a friend of mine who is more interesting than myself finds that whole area to have a certain creepy mojo. It could be his crazy ex-girlfriend from Waymart(?) but he talks about the Native Americans avoiding permanent residence in the area and the general isolation. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-17-2014, 10:01 AM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	It may have some sort of bad juju or feng shui. There is a corner near my ancestral home that had at least 25 businesses in the same number of years. On the opposite corner another business, a deli, lasted over 40 years and made the owners quite wealthy. It was as though the other corner was cursed. Where I am now there is a building that has had about 6 different businesses in it in the past 15 years that have all failed miserably, and long periods of vacancy. Popular opinion is that it is cursed. (unrelated to popular opinion, but by curious coincidence, the building is about 1/10 of a mile from a, recently discovered while excavating, native American site. The excavation had to be stopped while the area was mined for artifacts and so on.) I think looking for explanations is pointless, shit happens that makes no sense but our brains want to create order and explanations. Got religion? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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