Homebuying Questions

[DGuller]

Pretty sure Sheilbh is shocked at how much house and land you get for so little money.

Gorgeous house Meri - but for a 90 year old home get a very thorough home inspection.

That house where I love would easily be twice that. Go to live the rust belt.

Sounds like you should love less and sleep more.

[Sheilbh]

London is done.
Even Berlin's time is passing.
Warsaw. That's where the cool kids are heading.

Warsaw's done - I hear it's Tbilisi and Kyiv now

[merithyn]

If I get the house, I'll close in the port cochre (or whatever that's called) and make a library there. I might also add a second-floor to the garage as my office. Or possibly a game room.

[Valmy]

Yeah I reversed love and live in that post

[Richard Hakluyt]

What a lovely spacious house 

.........and the price is fantastic.


So......how bad is Peoria?

[Syt]

From the listing.

[merithyn]

What a lovely spacious house 

.........and the price is fantastic.


So......how bad is Peoria?

It depends on what you're looking for. It's a small city in a rural area of Illinois. It's close enough to Chicago that it doesn't really breed its own culture, but it has still tried in recent years to "rejuvenate" the city. There are million dollar houses, and $1000 houses. There are very very poor and very very rich, and the whole gamut in between.

I prefer these kinds of cities over the larger metropolises. It tends to be a bit more conservative than somewhere like Chicago, but nowhere near as conservative as the smaller communities around it. There's a big, beautiful river that flows down the center of the city, and they've started building around it to bring people downtown.

It is, in a lot of ways, very similar to the city that I grew up in, but closer to a large metropolis.

[Josquius]

*Googles Peoria*
*Checks Peoria to Chicago*
160 miles. 3 hours by car.
Close....to....Chicago....
*Laughs in European*

:p

[merithyn]

Just for you, Sheilbh.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1222-W-Moss-Ave-Peoria-IL-61606/5159419_zpid/

[Maladict]

Looking at what I could afford in Peoria. It's more tempting than I was expecting.

[merithyn]

*Googles Peoria*
*Checks Peoria to Chicago*
160 miles. 3 hours by car.
Close....to....Chicago....
*Laughs in European*

:p

I've driven it many times. It's not three hours unless that's in traffic. It's much closer to two hours, maybe two and a half.

But yes, to you guys, that's a distance.

[Maladict]

Just for you, Sheilbh.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1222-W-Moss-Ave-Peoria-IL-61606/5159419_zpid/

Exactly 

[merithyn]

And it really is a cute city. I've gone up there for concerts several times, as well as to go to their Indian and Polish grocery stores. I love the river walk, and can't wait to take a boat out on the river.

Given that my job is fully work-from-home now, there's no reason not to move back there.

[Barrister]

As I poke around the listings Meri, I can find a lot of cute smaller houses for about $100k.  Not as gorgeous as the one you listed, but around the 3 bedroom, 2 bath size, at $100k.

Knowing your plans, I'd be tempted to get a smaller house and use the rest of the money towards that place in Barcelona.

[merithyn]

As I poke around the listings Meri, I can find a lot of cute smaller houses for about $100k.  Not as gorgeous as the one you listed, but around the 3 bedroom, 2 bath size, at $100k.

Knowing your plans, I'd be tempted to get a smaller house and use the rest of the money towards that place in Barcelona.

Thank you for your advice. I appreciate that you have my best interest at heart.

I know what my budget - and needs are - and what will allow for the second place in Barcelona. This house is well within that budget, and fits my needs to a T. Otherwise, I would have looked at the smaller houses for less money.