Im buying another house...

DucksNuts · 12-06-2007, 05:55 AM

Well trying too.

I put my place on the market and it sold in a week....gotta love an expanding city and money-to-burn developers.

I dont quite know what I want to do, location wise, so I am buying a decent sized investment home that isnt too expensive, so the rent will cover the payments after I am finished with it.

I am putting in an offer tomorrow on an older style 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, rumpus room and office home. Its currently owned by an older couple and it smells, looks, feels like an older person house.

Wish me luck

Aliantha · 12-06-2007, 05:58 AM

just take the moth balls out of the cupboards and it'll smell better.

Sounds like fun Ducksy. Keep us posted!

ZenGum · 12-06-2007, 08:37 AM

Good luck with that Ducks!
I was wondering what you'd been up to. Nice to know it wasn't anything unpleasant or bad.

kerosene · 12-06-2007, 08:47 AM

Congratulations, Ducks. Are you thinking of remodeling?

lookout123 · 12-06-2007, 09:31 AM

G'luck!

Sundae · 12-06-2007, 09:39 AM

Be sure and take us plenty of pictures, please.
Hope it all goes through smoothly

Razzmatazz13 · 12-06-2007, 10:13 AM

Oust is very effective for smelliness...my mom carries it with her to combat hotel rooms that smell like smoke, she says it will fix a room in an hour or two. Check to see if you have a similar product?

http://www.oust.com/

DucksNuts · 12-06-2007, 04:21 PM

Thanks guys.

Case - yeah, I will knock out the room between the two (?) bathrooms, the wall between the dining and living room, put a pergola/patio out the back and paint it non-old-person-colour.

Oh, 4yr MALE T-man is mighty impressed that his room is PINK!! That will change sonny boy.

Zen, work is crazy at the moment, life is too.

10 more days and I am on holidays in Perth...woo hooo

Sundae · 12-06-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Razzmatazz13

Oust is very effective for smelliness...my mom carries it with her to combat hotel rooms that smell like smoke, she says it will fix a room in an hour or two. Check to see if you have a similar product?

HM is a little too fond of Oust. I prefer to light a scented candle or ideally a cone of incense (got Frankincense going right now, my room smells like a church!) He will Oust (which he pronounces Oooost bizarrely) and I choke. I'd rather smell poo to be honest!

But yes Ducks, smells are easy to counter - I know my grandparents were not fresh air fans and kept the windows closed. Mum went in the other direction and taught me the same. Unless it is actually raining I open the skylight every morning while I am having breakfast and getting dressed, keeps the place fresh.

DucksNuts · 12-11-2007, 04:22 AM

My new home...

Old person bedroom

Lounge

Kitchen that needs some work

Dining Room

What will be the rumpus room. I will pull up the carpets and if the floorboards are good....polish them, but probably put down polished corks tiles.

classicman · 12-11-2007, 07:32 AM

looks nice Ducks, congrats.

glatt · 12-11-2007, 07:45 AM

That's a nice looking home!

ZenGum · 12-11-2007, 08:34 AM

I think I can sense my Grandma in that house.
That is sooooooooo late-1950s Australia. Red tiled roof, weather-board walls, neatly trimmed lawn, even the picket fence... and inside, with the curtains and lights to match ... except for the kitchen which looks like it was redone in the 80s or so, if I visited I would wonder if I had fallen through a time warp.
I like your house, Ducks, don't get me wrong. It is pretty good already and has plenty of potential for modernising. It's just so ... so ... exemplarary.
Can I ask ... is there a shed out the back? Does said shed contain an old cricket bat, a non-working victa mower, and the remains of a portable barbecue?

kerosene · 12-11-2007, 08:35 AM

That looks so pleasant, Ducks! Congratulations.

Shawnee123 · 12-11-2007, 09:14 AM

I love that, Ducks! It looks so cozy and warm, and the plants outside! Tres magnifique!

12-06-2007, 05:55 AM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Im buying another house... Well trying too. I put my place on the market and it sold in a week....gotta love an expanding city and money-to-burn developers. I dont quite know what I want to do, location wise, so I am buying a decent sized investment home that isnt too expensive, so the rent will cover the payments after I am finished with it. I am putting in an offer tomorrow on an older style 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, rumpus room and office home. Its currently owned by an older couple and it smells, looks, feels like an older person house. Wish me luck

12-06-2007, 05:58 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	just take the moth balls out of the cupboards and it'll smell better. Sounds like fun Ducksy. Keep us posted! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-06-2007, 08:37 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Good luck with that Ducks! I was wondering what you'd been up to. Nice to know it wasn't anything unpleasant or bad. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-06-2007, 09:31 AM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	G'luck! __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-06-2007, 09:39 AM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Be sure and take us plenty of pictures, please. Hope it all goes through smoothly __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-06-2007, 08:47 AM	#4
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Congratulations, Ducks. Are you thinking of remodeling?

12-06-2007, 10:13 AM	#7
Razzmatazz13 Vicariously, I live... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,221	Oust is very effective for smelliness...my mom carries it with her to combat hotel rooms that smell like smoke, she says it will fix a room in an hour or two. Check to see if you have a similar product? http://www.oust.com/ __________________ I have some people I need to have smoted. ~ SteveDallas

12-06-2007, 04:21 PM	#8
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Thanks guys. Case - yeah, I will knock out the room between the two (?) bathrooms, the wall between the dining and living room, put a pergola/patio out the back and paint it non-old-person-colour. Oh, 4yr MALE T-man is mighty impressed that his room is PINK!! That will change sonny boy. Zen, work is crazy at the moment, life is too. 10 more days and I am on holidays in Perth...woo hooo

12-11-2007, 04:22 AM	#10
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	My new home... Old person bedroom Lounge Kitchen that needs some work Dining Room What will be the rumpus room. I will pull up the carpets and if the floorboards are good....polish them, but probably put down polished corks tiles.

12-11-2007, 07:32 AM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	looks nice Ducks, congrats.

12-11-2007, 07:45 AM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a nice looking home!

12-11-2007, 08:34 AM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think I can sense my Grandma in that house. That is sooooooooo late-1950s Australia. Red tiled roof, weather-board walls, neatly trimmed lawn, even the picket fence... and inside, with the curtains and lights to match ... except for the kitchen which looks like it was redone in the 80s or so, if I visited I would wonder if I had fallen through a time warp. I like your house, Ducks, don't get me wrong. It is pretty good already and has plenty of potential for modernising. It's just so ... so ... exemplarary. Can I ask ... is there a shed out the back? Does said shed contain an old cricket bat, a non-working victa mower, and the remains of a portable barbecue? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-11-2007, 08:35 AM	#14
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	That looks so pleasant, Ducks! Congratulations.

12-11-2007, 09:14 AM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I love that, Ducks! It looks so cozy and warm, and the plants outside! Tres magnifique!

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