Re: 850 N 5th St. cost/benefit analysis (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

We decided not to bid on it.

I don't know if the realtor was projecting, but she seem like we really
wouldn't like it.

I added a new requirement to our search:

 * < 5% of total in contracting costs needed

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:05:20 -0700 (PDT)
 >
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 > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:47:56 -0400
 > From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
 > To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
 > Subject: Re: 850 N 5th St. cost/benefit analysis (fwd)
 > 
 > If you like the location and THE NEIGHBORS then I think that it might be
 > worth the investment.  My feeling anyway.  Vinyl siding is what we had
 > for 18 years in Windham on Princeton St. home... Peek underneath if you
 > think that something evil is behind the siding.
 > 
 > It may possibly be neat to pick out new appliances for entertaining -
 > such as inviting relatives to partake in delicious feasts.  New
 > appliances are pretty much guaranteed to work and have a repair
 > contracts- useful and practical.
 > 
 > Of course it is finally up to you two...married without children...unless
 > an animal child is in the future...
 > 
 > And youse could always have Marnie move into the "in-law apartment" if
 > you decided to go that route..or one of us...or...someone who is a
 > handyman.
 > 
 > Comments from a busy body
 > 
 > On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:47:35 -0700 (PDT) Noelle
 > <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> writes:
 > > We will find out from our realtor today if she thinks it would be a
 > > good idea to
 > > bid on the house. There's $18K worth of termite damge repair we
 > > would have to
 > > do(since it's an estate sale). The contractor guy went in the
 > > basement and saw
 > > that the foundation was bolted down and was good. It has vinyl
 > > siding!He was
 > > wondering if that was covering up something bad.
 > > we would have to buy about $3K worth of appliances too.