Yeah, people make fun of Pittsburgh. But we like it. When we spent $272,000 on a new house a year ago, we got:
3200 sq. ft. plus finished basement and two car garage 4 bedrooms (plus second floor loft) finished basement (game room with kitchenette and another spare room) big kitchen with island 5.5 baths 2 car garage 1/3rd of an acre of land, relatively private back yard about 1/2 hour outside of Pittsburgh (at any time other than rush hour)
We've put about $13,000 into the house, mostly for a deck, but also for a ceiling fan in the master bedroom, getting some rooms repainted, a refrigerator for the downstairs kitchen and two storm doors.
So much as we love to visit Boston, New York, Seattle and London, we like having a house that we can afford. We expect to have the house paid off in less than ten years, just about the time we hope Jim will be able to retire.
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Date: 2007-04-16 07:27 pm (UTC)Yeah, people make fun of Pittsburgh. But we like it. When we spent $272,000 on a new house a year ago, we got:
3200 sq. ft. plus finished basement and two car garage
4 bedrooms (plus second floor loft)
finished basement (game room with kitchenette and another spare room)
big kitchen with island
5.5 baths
2 car garage
1/3rd of an acre of land, relatively private back yard
about 1/2 hour outside of Pittsburgh (at any time other than rush hour)
We've put about $13,000 into the house, mostly for a deck, but also for a ceiling fan in the master bedroom, getting some rooms repainted, a refrigerator for the downstairs kitchen and two storm doors.
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http://216.92.255.170/blog/2007/04/deck-is-done-41007.html
New Deck
So much as we love to visit Boston, New York, Seattle and London, we like having a house that we can afford. We expect to have the house paid off in less than ten years, just about the time we hope Jim will be able to retire.