Anyone wanna play ....Pick my house?

Bellabride2B · February 2010

We have been havinf such a rough go a this home buying thing! We had an offer accepted last week on a short sale, but the bank came back and wanted us to pay the owners 10k in liens off. So needles to say we backed out.

Anyways, we are looking at two promising houses on Monday. They are both a little further than we were originally looking, but look nicer than 95% off everything else we have looked at.

Opinions? Should be clicky... I wanted to use the realators listing, but you would need a password. Sorry for the zillow listings!

#1 ... Horsham Road. GREAT school district and two car garage.Also, well underpriced for nieghborhood. Our REA says they need to get rid of it and are willing to accept lower offers.Oil heat and well water, not to excited about that

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1234-Horsham-Rd-Ambler-PA-19002/9937224_zpid/

Basement:	FULL, FINISHED	Floor Coverings:	WOOD, FULLY CARPETED, VINYL
Bathroom:	FULL BATH: 1 ON LOWER LEVEL,1 ON MAIN LEVEL	Kitchen:	BREAKFAST ROOM, ELECTRIC COOKING, PANTRY, ON MAIN LEVEL
Kitchen Dim.:	11 X 11	Dining Room:	DINING ROOM ON MAIN LEVEL
Dining Room Dim.:	12 X 10	Family Room:	FAMILY ROOM ON LOWER LEVEL
Family Room Dim.:	24 X 11	Living Room:	LIVING ROOM ON MAIN LEVEL
Living Room Dim.:	21 X 12	Bedroom:	MASTER BEDROOM:14 X 12,MAIN LEVEL; 2ND BEDROOM:13 X 12,MAIN LEVEL; 3RD BEDROOM:14 X 11,LOWER 1 LEVEL;

#2 Surrey Road Priced above neighborhood comps, but also sellers willing to take lower offers. Better kitchen than #1, but about the same size house. No Garage, also very good school district.Alos has a deck like #1.Gas heat, and public water wich is a plus.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1800-Surrey-Rd-Oreland-PA-19075/10015866_zpid/

Laundry:	LAUNDRY HOOK-UPS ON MAIN FLOOR	Floor Coverings:	WOOD, FULLY CARPETED
Kitchen:	EAT IN KITCHEN, GAS COOKING, KITCHEN ISLAND, SELF-CLEANING OVEN, DISHWASHER, ON MAIN LEVEL	Kitchen Dim.:	13 X 14
Family Room:	FAMILY ROOM ON MAIN LEVEL	Family Room Dim.:	20 X 24
Living Room:	LIVING ROOM ON MAIN LEVEL	Living Room Dim.:	12 X 19
Bedroom:	MASTER BEDROOM:14 X 11,MAIN LEVEL; 2ND BEDROOM:11 X 8,MAIN LEVEL; 3RD BEDROOM:11 X 11,MAIN LEVEL;

Bellabride2B · February 2010

Thought I would add. I HATE that we live in such an expensive housing market. I guess I watch way to much HGTV, but you would think for the kind of money these houses are going for we would be able to get an actual 2 story house or someting a little bigger!

ariajean · February 2010

Both are great! I like Surrey the best, except for the random post in the middle of the kitchen. But it has lovely upgrades.

Bellabride2B · February 2010

Aria, I like Surrey the best too! I am a sucker for a great kitchen. But ,my rational side tells me to get the other because it has a 2 car garage and the neighborhood is a little nicer. We will se when we check them out on Monday.

code_8 · February 2010

The surrey house is cuter. The no garage thing isn't a huge deal but that support post in the kitchen would drive me bonkers. Do you know why this house is priced above neighborhood comps?

The horsham one - the oil heat concerns me only because of how bad the prices of it have fluctuated as of late. But it is supposedly better than gas heat.

Bellabride2B · February 2010

Code, I think its priced so high because it is the nicest house on the street. Also, it is a complete flip, they bought it in April for $125k and are probably trying to get what they spent and then some.

kdonedizzle · February 2010

I like Surrey based soley on the kicthen. Like you, I am a sucker for a nice kitchen and the fact that you dont have to sink $ into it will be so nice later down the road. The lone pillar doesn't bother me too much neither does the garage but the "better neigborhood" would really get me. Im sure you will be able to feel out the better option once you see them IRL.

ilovedesi · February 2010

I like the Surrey house too! A gas stove is a MUST for me.

Rachel2315 · February 2010

Surrey here too - like Karrey said the kitchen is nicer.

veruca5839 · February 2010

Surrey as well. The kitchen is so much nicer. I'd have to really weigh the garage thing because for me that's a need-to-have for our own house, but that's just me. The neighborhood would really make a difference in my decision, so GL Monday!!

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