New Home Owner

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by Deadbug

Borrow my brain? HA! I lost my mind years ago. If you see it, there's a reward pending!

However, I'd be happy to offer my input. That is a versatile home you have there. You can go in quite a few different directions. You're welcome to pm me.

Have you looked into a chair lift for the stairs? It might be less expensive.

Honestly, I think the first thing I would do is replace the fence so the pups can't escape

Oh definitely going to redo the fence. I just have to check with HOA to see what's allowed. And thank you for the chair lift suggestion. I thought of that for our current home but totally forgotten about it all together. LOL

I'll probably end up pming you for some ideas/suggestions.

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Wow, that is a dream home! Love the coffered ceilings, the wainscoting, the HUGE kitchen, the deck, everything!

I had to look up what coffered ceiling, and wainscoting was. LOL The kitchen is actually bit smaller than what we have at the current house but still a very nice kitchen.

One very big reason I chose this house is b/c it's less than 10 min from my work! And again, the price was really good for what it is...

[buddybear]

Lovely, lovely home. Yes I see several hazards for your pups. Not only the fence but the balcony and stairs where they could slip through and fall.

[capt_noonie]

Wow your kitchen now must be gigantic then! I see in the pic double ovens, cooktop on the island... Does that mean you have a pop up hood? How does the smoke get sucked up? I hate how we have our microwave over the cooktop so the hood is underneath and the oil gets all over the MW.

What year was the house built? I never see those interior details like the wainscoting nowadays unless it's a custom house or you add it afterwards. I love hose old style details. I love casing around windows too. How many square ft? It just looks so big!

[matese]

Karen your house is gorgeous and huge. New yard for babies, they'll be sooo happy. Good luck.

[Shicks]

Georgous home . Really big for a Yorkie. Don't let him get lost in there Ha!

[yorkiemini]

Absolutely lovely

[Magnus]

buddybear: Yeap! Noticed that too. Luckily, it's an easy fix so will definitely get done before we move in.

Capt: Current house is slightly smaller but the kitchen is bigger only b/c of the layout. The living room in the new house is MUCH bigger than current though.

Not sure about the cooktop. I didn't take a close look but I'm guessing it has a pop up vent since I didn't see any hood for it.

The house was built 2005 and living space is over 5,000 (including basement). And when you say "casing" around the windows, are you talking about the curtains? I was told those were custom made. Lucky for me, they're leaving them so I don't have to worry about getting new curtains. LOL

Joan/Yorkiemini: Thank you!!!

Shicks: You mean "don't let them pee/poo all over in there!" LOL

[Maximo]

Gorgeous home! Congratulations again. Max and Teddy say that it looks like perfect for running, chasing, playing fetch. No furniture needed.

Awesome commute

If your mom gets a chair lift, my dad will be envious. We wish too that we had a full bath on the first floor.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Magnus

buddybear: Yeap! Noticed that too. Luckily, it's an easy fix so will definitely get done before we move in.

Capt: Current house is slightly smaller but the kitchen is bigger only b/c of the layout. The living room in the new house is MUCH bigger than current though.

Not sure about the cooktop. I didn't take a close look but I'm guessing it has a pop up vent since I didn't see any hood for it.

The house was built 2005 and living space is over 5,000 (including basement). And when you say "casing" around the windows, are you talking about the curtains? I was told those were custom made. Lucky for me, they're leaving them so I don't have to worry about getting new curtains. LOL

Joan/Yorkiemini: Thank you!!!

Shicks: You mean "don't let them pee/poo all over in there!" LOL

HOLY SH**. I am so jealous and happy for you LOL. That is a huge house. We had one before (which we lost in the recession) that was 3500 for the two of us and it was way too much house.

Casing around the windows are like this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=vict...w=1173&bih=611

Awesome it was built in 2005. Old style look but you don't have to deal with an actual old house with old house problems.

[Wylie's Mom]

LOVE the pics - so much space! The wood floors look spotless, as does everything else. Love the black countertops, can't go wrong with those. Is one of those fireplaces in the Master? If so, love.

Can't wait to see the decorating (btw, have you seen our Home Sweet Home thread here in Off Topic...lots of decorating talk there...). I love decorating/styling!

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

LOVE the pics - so much space! The wood floors look spotless, as does everything else. Love the black countertops, can't go wrong with those. Is one of those fireplaces in the Master? If so, love.

Can't wait to see the decorating (btw, have you seen our Home Sweet Home thread here in Off Topic...lots of decorating talk there...). I love decorating/styling!

Yes, one of the fireplace is in the master bedroom. As a patter of fact, it's double sided!

Home Master Bathroom.jpg

[DBlain]

Wow that is one HUGE house for a first home, do you have a family that will be living in it with you. Is that the master bedroom with the step up space in front of the fireplace, if so what will the upper portion be a sitting room. also the large carpeted area is that the basement? it looks like what we call a walk out basement in MI, that is so cool that it is finished, the place looks in amazing shape I would have thought it was brand new. I love all the traditional touches, you bought a really beautiful house.

We also have a see through fireplace in the bedroom/bath and we love it.

[DBlain]

Originally Posted by buddybear

Lovely, lovely home. Yes I see several hazards for your pups. Not only the fence but the balcony and stairs where they could slip through and fall.

Do you mean like this Actually this was my last yorkie Kirby and for some reason I never worried he would go through, perhaps because he was so laid back and did not play. But when I got Lola she started to push her toy through the posts and liked watching it hit the floor, so I bought white plastic lattice and cut it down to size and now we have that on the two areas on our upstairs landing

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by DBlain

Wow that is one HUGE house for a first home, do you have a family that will be living in it with you. Is that the master bedroom with the step up space in front of the fireplace, if so what will the upper portion be a sitting room. also the large carpeted area is that the basement? it looks like what we call a walk out basement in MI, that is so cool that it is finished, the place looks in amazing shape I would have thought it was brand new. I love all the traditional touches, you bought a really beautiful house.

We also have a see through fireplace in the bedroom/bath and we love it.

Yes... It really is a big house. It'll just be my parents, two furbutts, and myself. Your question to master bedroom is yes and same for the large carpeted area. It's called a walk out basement here as well!

We went through the inspection today. Other than the usual wear/tear from the age of the house, the inspector said it was in pretty good shape.

As beautiful as this house is, one of the BEST thing about it is that it's only 6-7 min from my work!!!! And this is during traffic time!

Oh, and lets not forget the snow... There's no sidewalk in front of the house so the only shoveling we have to do is the driveway and path to the front door. I'm sure everyone that has to deal with snow storms understand the joy of this. lol

[matese]

Originally Posted by Magnus

Yes... It really is a big house. It'll just be my parents, two furbutts, and myself. Your question to master bedroom is yes and same for the large carpeted area. It's called a walk out basement here as well!

We went through the inspection today. Other than the usual wear/tear from the age of the house, the inspector said it was in pretty good shape.

As beautiful as this house is, one of the BEST thing about it is that it's only 6-7 min from my work!!!! And this is during traffic time!

Oh, and lets not forget the snow... There's no sidewalk in front of the house so the only shoveling we have to do is the driveway and path to the front door. I'm sure everyone that has to deal with snow storms understand the joy of this. lol

That's great, and your boss will be thrilled to know no more call in for snow days, now you can cover for those that can't make it in lol. I don't have sidewalks either, I'd rather deal with sidewalks and not that %#%^$snow plow guy