bikeman564™ Posted March 16, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2022 Built in 1826. This is a mile from where I live. https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/trenton/2003-w-jefferson-ave-trenton-mi-48183--2099277869 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 16, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2022 It has history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted March 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, donkpow said: It has history. yeah, there are many homes that do, that were built in the 1800s, and early 1900s. Couple still have the carriage house. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted March 16, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2022 You should buy it. It's inexpensive. Plenty of room for bikes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: You should buy it. It's inexpensive. Plenty of room for bikes. way too much house for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 16, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2022 Why would a house built in 1825 have a 2.5 car garage? Was the builder some sort of wacky visionary who knew what was coming? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted March 16, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, bikeman564™ said: Built in 1826. This is a mile from where I live. https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/trenton/2003-w-jefferson-ave-trenton-mi-48183--2099277869 If I sold my townhouse today I could by 2 if those and have a nice chunk of change to put in the bank! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 16, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 16, 2022 It looks too New Englandy for me, but it seems like a good deal. You don't see houses that cheap out here at all. Why were they shouting in the description? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted March 16, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 16, 2022 Holy crap, that's huge!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 16, 2022 Share #10 Posted March 16, 2022 38 minutes ago, smudge said: Holy crap, that's huge!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted March 16, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Randomguy said: I figured it would be you or ...well...any of you guys who would respond with that. 😋 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted March 17, 2022 Share #12 Posted March 17, 2022 Whew, the taxes are almost as much as my mortgage payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted March 17, 2022 Share #13 Posted March 17, 2022 6 hours ago, bikeman564™ said: Built in 1826. This is a mile from where I live. https://www.trulia.com/p/mi/trenton/2003-w-jefferson-ave-trenton-mi-48183--2099277869 I didn't know Canada's big cities, even my city which is much smaller than Toronto and Vancouver, alot more costly for a house of that house and even translated into Canadian prices. Our prices have jumped noticeably in the past 8 months ...probably because Canadians from the above bigger cities are discovering much lower pricing in our city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted March 17, 2022 Share #14 Posted March 17, 2022 4 hours ago, smudge said: Holy crap, that's huge!!! Things Jsharr has never heard for $800 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted March 17, 2022 Share #15 Posted March 17, 2022 Eight burners! That’s a lot of cooking going on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted March 17, 2022 Share #16 Posted March 17, 2022 Periodically, older homes come up for sale in our town. Though cheap initially the costs really come when one needs to make the needed upgrades to electrical, plumbing. and insulation. In addition, in our area, much of the old concrete tends to break down and crumble. One needs to be aware of what is behind the walls in finished basements. I have watched as old basement walls have been removed and entirely new basements have been poured under existing buildings. My boss, back in 1988 was very good about pointing out some of the pitfalls with some of the houses in the area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted March 17, 2022 Share #17 Posted March 17, 2022 I'm going to guess the owners aren't going to recover the cost of all the renovations they've done, even finished as nicely as they are. I also wonder what kind of mess they had that warranted the need for the large commercial mop bucket in the corner of photo 11. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share #18 Posted March 17, 2022 10 hours ago, shootingstar said: I didn't know Canada's big cities, even my city which is much smaller than Toronto and Vancouver, alot more costly for a house of that house and even translated into Canadian prices. Our prices have jumped noticeably in the past 8 months ...probably because Canadians from the above bigger cities are discovering much lower pricing in our city. Our values have been going up. Houses on the market, in my city anyway, sell quick. Heck, there have been several condos in my complex that sold w/in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share #19 Posted March 17, 2022 8 hours ago, MoseySusan said: Eight burners! That’s a lot of cooking going on. Yeah. For a time, that house was used as an assisted living home for elderly people. So that probably explains the stove and roomy kitchen. But, that kitchen has a lot of potential for a remodel. There's another big ranch near me that's used for that also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 17, 2022 Share #20 Posted March 17, 2022 Nice, big additions in the house. $299,900? That's about what my 30' x 30' mini-cape code is worth on a 100' x 60' plot in the Baltimore Suburbs. My $30K in upgrades, additions, and termite repair plus State Farms $70K in improvements changed my house from one of the lower-value ones on the block to one of the highest. I considered getting a bigger house like that in Trenton, MI and similar in price to mine in the semi-rural country in Northern Maryland south of Gettysburg, PA, when I was approaching retirement 15 years ago on an acre of land. Then I thought, why would I want to deal with all that land and property after I retire? Additionally, it's an extra 30-60 minute drive to the good stuff in the area where I am dead-center located now. I loved that TV commercial about retirement financial advice where the customer makes fun of the commercials of other companies where they show the retiree being able to start things like a wine business: "A vintner? I just want to retire." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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