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Creepy things when looking at homes
Last week we were helping a Ann Arbor couple evaluate the possibility of selling their home in town and moving to the country where they could have horses. That is plenty of horses with plenty of land.
Unfortunately at any given price range the homes with the most land have the least home. Or the least desirable home.
In looking at a home West of Chelsea I unlocked the 100+ year old farm house to find it vacant. Along with the smell of an oil furnace there were some cobwebs and some dust. As we went through different rooms we found a small bedroom in the back. As we walked in we heard a scraping & scratching sound in the outside wall.
I'm not faint of heart, but that kind of thing still gives me the creeps.
I'm sure it was just a squirrel, (too much sound to be a mouse) but hearing that kind of thing in the wall right next to you is still creepy!
The other creepy thing I ran into last week was a vacant luxury home that had a basement floor covered with dead pillbugs. When I say covered I'm not kidding, there was almost no place to put your foot without stepping on the dried bodies and hearing a crunch. To make matters worse one of the buyers I was taking through the home had gotten some mud on their shows and so removed his shoes at the door. He was crunching these things in his stocking fee.
And remember this was a luxury home which we define as having an asking price over about $500,000.
Unfortunately at any given price range the homes with the most land have the least home. Or the least desirable home.
In looking at a home West of Chelsea I unlocked the 100+ year old farm house to find it vacant. Along with the smell of an oil furnace there were some cobwebs and some dust. As we went through different rooms we found a small bedroom in the back. As we walked in we heard a scraping & scratching sound in the outside wall.
I'm not faint of heart, but that kind of thing still gives me the creeps.
I'm sure it was just a squirrel, (too much sound to be a mouse) but hearing that kind of thing in the wall right next to you is still creepy!
The other creepy thing I ran into last week was a vacant luxury home that had a basement floor covered with dead pillbugs. When I say covered I'm not kidding, there was almost no place to put your foot without stepping on the dried bodies and hearing a crunch. To make matters worse one of the buyers I was taking through the home had gotten some mud on their shows and so removed his shoes at the door. He was crunching these things in his stocking fee.
And remember this was a luxury home which we define as having an asking price over about $500,000.
Labels: Creepy Ann Arbor real estate and houses for sale
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