Yay! Both my eBay items have bids!
Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2014 9:07:02 am PDT #4576 of 30000
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flea - Aug 21, 2014 9:44:31 am PDT #4577 of 30000
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The pictures are all of one of two units in the house. The units are mostly identical, as far as layout. The first floor kitchen (not shown) is recently renovated. The first floor also has the original Rookwood fireplace, columns, and ceiling beams in the living room; the second floor was "simplified" a bit sometime before 1974. But both units have original windows and floors and china cabinets and such. (Unfortunately, it makes much more sense for us to live in the second floor unit, but we could deal for now and make better over time.)
On the other hand, since we cannot seem to decide where to send Casper for dance lessons (we have been trying to decide for 3 weeks now), I feel like nobody should allow us to buy a house.
flea - Aug 21, 2014 10:21:04 am PDT #4578 of 30000
information libertarian
Oh, also, the house was built as a 2 family in 1906, by a man for his two married daughters. The 3rd floor was originally the maids' quarters, and is less charming (appears in one picture, the carpeted room.)
Sophia Brooks - Aug 21, 2014 10:31:49 am PDT #4579 of 30000
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So if you live on the second floor, is the third floor also yours?
flea - Aug 21, 2014 10:34:55 am PDT #4580 of 30000
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Yes. It has another bathroom. The first floor apartment ALSO has a bedroom on the 3rd floor connected by a separate staircase, which is a little weird. I am thinking we might renovate the whole 3rd floor into a 2 room + bath master suite, and rent the first floor as a 2br. Eventually.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2014 10:35:26 am PDT #4581 of 30000
brillig
At least it was built to be shared, instead of something knocked together.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2014 10:44:16 am PDT #4582 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The first floor apartment ALSO has a bedroom on the 3rd floor connected by a separate staircase, which is a little weird.
It's nice that both apartments get a maid's room! I mean, if you're going to have a maid, she has to sleep somewhere, right?
flea - Aug 21, 2014 10:46:04 am PDT #4583 of 30000
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Or, as in the current first floor tenancy situation, your teenager. I can imagine that works well for them!
Jesse - Aug 21, 2014 10:49:14 am PDT #4584 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, that's awesome. My best friend growing up lived in a two-bedroom apartment in a two-family house with her two sisters, and eventually, the oldest moved upstairs into her grandparents' spare room. Better than sharing a bed with your sister, but probably still not ideal!
Theodosia - Aug 21, 2014 10:56:03 am PDT #4585 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
In Somerville, that arrangement is called a Philadelphia house, where the 1st floor has a 2nd floor bedroom, and the 2nd floor has the 3rd floor too. They're unusually spacious for apartments, being mostly pre-30s construction.