Still hoping to move the house. We lowered the price $5000 and continue to put work in to the place. In response to our Realtor's comment that our house may "lack curb appeal" I did a bit of lanscaping to the front yard. Here are before and after pictures.
Well, its official, the house is on the market.
As requested by a few, here are snaps. These are ones that I took.
For the past few years Monica and I have lived in parts of Chicago populated by the un-or-only-recently-married. As such Halloween was year after year rather disappointing. When we moved back to Columbus we chose to live in a neighborhood that epitomizes the post war American dream, a planned subdivision where every house is a slight variation on one of two designs. While there were clearly other considerations (bus access being one, but thats a subject for another post) I assumed that one payoff of moving to this middle American bland-fest would be a more fulfilling Halloween experience. Clearly I was mistaken.
When we bought the house the Home Inspector warned us that there was a drainage problem in the rear of the house by the great room. Specifically there was a downspout that drained directly on the the ground into a depression which left standing water against the foundation. there was a broken drain head next to the spout but it was not in use, presumably due to it having over time gotten clogged, or the pipe having caved in at some point. I spent a bit of time contemplating what I would do to resolve the drainage issues before, yesterday, we were hit by a pretty huge rain storm. Today, out of curiosity, I stuck a hose into the Drain head and was surprised when watter started to run out at the street. There seems to be nothing wrong with it. I guess at some point someone simply decided to stop using it and flood the back yard instead. I don't understand.
When the inspector looked this house over one of the treats he discovered was that the breaker box was full of lint from the dryer. Clearly this was considered a fire hazard, so cleaning the box, deducting the dryer and having the box inspected by an electrician was added to our request to remedy. Soon after the previous owner presented us with a document from an electrician clearing the box. We were left believing that all was well.
Well, here we are in our new home. I will try to get pictures up when it is convenient.
