More Houses We've Seen (#8)

It's been so long since I posted, I can't remember which house photos I need to post so that you can live vicariously through our home search!

HOUSE #8 - "McCree's Mill"
On paper, the perfect house for us. Well, until Bob decided he wanted 40 acres. This house is on 14ish acres, has a barn plus a detached 2 car garage/workshop, lots of fencing and 4BR's. Notice I put the house part last b/c that's kind of how the tour went in terms of best-to-worst.

The setting is BEAUTIFUL!

I am NOT a talented photographer, so my pictures don't do it justice.

The Barn was really nice. It even had water in each stall! Not that we need that; Bob doesn't plan (FOR NOW) on getting horses. I can't see us putting cows in stalls, but I'm not a farmer-rancher, so what do I know?

The cat was so sweet!

Dog runs all ready for our.... two dogs.

The HOUSE, however, was less impressive. We have a high tolerance and even a preference for fixer uppers. But we weren't feeling this one. It felt VERY small and tight from the second you walked in the front door. Every room was tiny, too.

The front door is the sliver of white/light you see on the right.

The Den/Family Room. It stops just right of the fireplace.

No eating area. Just the peninsula there.

Stairs to the basement. We didn't even get to see the basement. They said there is a full apartment down there with a tenant living in it so we'd only be able to see down there on a second visit. I didn't like how it felt looking down the stairs, so who knows what it would be like down there! The mystery will remain.

Misc. Bedroom. Can't remember the layout. Probably the master.

 Another misc. bedroom

Kid bathroom

We love porches!

The balcony off the kitchen.

Back view. Could be cute and New-Orleans-y, but the quality in person was not good. Plus, what's with this tiny fenced-in brick area? Was there a pool they filled in?? I asked and the realtor didn't know.

The house definitely needed a lot more work than we want to do - major upgrades/updates inside PLUS an addition b/c it's so small and claustrophobic. The land, while pretty, was also claustrophobic. There is fencing criss-crossing the property. While that's nice to not have to put it in, it also left little land just to ENJOY for people's sake. This picture above was pretty much the yard (between the house and the black fence on the right, with the fence by the tree forming the other boundary).

The side yard from above.

Looking at more fencing from the front porch. 

MOVING ON!