so...

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we bought a house! *eeeeeee!*

It needs a little fixing up. In the words of the listing:

"Renovator's Delight-Same Family For Many Years--New Furnace-Newer Roof---Spacious 2.5 Storey Home-High Ceilings"

Or in real terms, we have bought a house with:

• a great location


• 2 1/2 storeys


• a full, but unfinished basement with a separate, but collapsing entrance


• no appliances


• kitchen cupboards on the walls, but not base cabinets


• plumbing and wiring that all has to be replaced


• some extremely retro and probably valuable sinks and tubs


• two 23-year-old windows (the rest are original)


• a brand spankin' new furnace that hasn't been connected to the water heater yet


• floors in decent condition (except for the former kitchens, which have ancient and grotty lino tiles)


• original baseboards (somewhere underneath the layers of paint)


• a really hideous front porch with green awnings


• a pocket-handkerchief fenced back yard


• a bucket of coal in the basement (I do hope that goes with the house)

ETA: Oh, and the roof is only 4-5 years old, so we have that going for us. And no termites, although we have to stick a foundation or something on the addition on the back of the house.

It used to be a rooming house. Someone's ancient Polish granny was living in it until recently. It's possible that we're crazy.