To Eastern Panhandle Kickin & Screamin (for sale by owner, rentals, homes)

[Katie1]

Rent to own lets you find the Bugs before you buy LOL Glad you found sucha great rental deal esp with summer comming!

OK now that I know you hate ranchers....

[At-Chilles]

I see where you are coming from....Honestly, only women can keep a home's interior in that type of shape and still live in it at the same time.

Your place is meticulously detailed and the grounds are fabulous. I get a very relaxed/serene feeling looking at your patio chairs...lol

You do need to be by the park....no doubt in my mind now. I have faith you will find what you are looking for and still get a great deal. I spoke with my agent the other day, and she said that the difference between now and last year - is days on the market --- the homes are just not sitting on the market like they did twelve months prior.

Here is another place I really like{although quite a bit more than my previous link on Burke} This place has a very elegant feel to it...

It's been on the market for a long time though - probably because its on an ultra-small lot.

224 RALEIGH St SOUTH, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401 | MLS# BE7575066

[claybakin247]

Originally Posted by At-Chilles

I see where you are coming from....Honestly, only women can keep a home's interior in that type of shape and still live in it at the same time.

Your place is meticulously detailed and the grounds are fabulous. I get a very relaxed/serene feeling looking at your patio chairs...lol

You do need to be by the park....no doubt in my mind now. I have faith you will find what you are looking for and still get a great deal. I spoke with my agent the other day, and she said that the difference between now and last year - is days on the market --- the homes are just not sitting on the market like they did twelve months prior.

Here is another place I really like{although quite a bit more than my previous link on Burke} This place has a very elegant feel to it...

It's been on the market for a long time though - probably because its on an ultra-small lot.

224 RALEIGH St SOUTH, MARTINSBURG, WV 25401 | MLS# BE7575066

**sigh** Oh, yes, I have been admiring that gorgeous Victorian for weeks now. Only I knew it was in the wrong location and there must be some reason for no pics of a lawn. My yard/landscaping is what sold my home. My agent did not upload all the pics. There's a huge goldfish pond and a French potager garden - and we were on our neighborhood's garden tour last year. Gardening is my biggest passion aside from painting & pottery and I would shrivel up and die if I couldn't be where I could continue that. As for my "meticulously detailed" home - LOL - I do have that in my nature but I also "staged" my house for the market (cleared out all the excess and packed it away in neighbor's garage). I also have no children at home any longer and a husband who works a whole lot (and I have him pretty well trained after 32 years )

So it would appear that if something comes on around there that I like I best jump on it. I've noticed homes are beginning to move - some I had my eye on are now no longer available. A cute home went back on the market this week - only a stones throw from the park - but possibly overpriced at $170K for a 2 BR, 1.5 Ba - way too small for me. I heard some negs on it as to why it didn't sell the first time. I may take a look and make an offer that would allow for substantial changes/upgrades. Love the location so its got that going for it at least. No sense in making a low offer until it sits for a couple of months though. And maybe I'm wrong, perhaps there is a ******* out there now that would pay that price for it. No way I would though.

[claybakin247]

Originally Posted by Katie1

Rent to own lets you find the Bugs before you buy LOL Glad you found sucha great rental deal esp with summer comming!

OK now that I know you hate ranchers....

Ha, ha! Good point about the bugs! You are right, too - we quickly learned that our cheap apartment may have mice, or did at one time. We keep our food in plastic bins.

I better clarify the rancher thing (don't want to make any enemies before I even get up there! There's a WHOLE lotta ranchers in the EP!) - I don't actually hate them, well, not all of them. They're just not my fave.

[Katie1]

How abut Split Level Homes?

[claybakin247]

Ugh, dislike almost as much as ranchers. You don't even want to get me started on my feelings about split-levels.....but I'd have my pick if I could stand to live in one cause they build 'em all over the place up there don't they? Such a shame. I call all those tract homes "Monopoly Houses". Little plastic (vinyl) houses. I get listings emailed to me every day for them. Tsk, tsk.

[Katie1]

Well when you think about how the land lays & the rock under it Splitlevels make sence. Richmond people dont do many splits cause they have mostly Flat land No rock boulders under the ground!

[Katie1]

Have you considered buying a lot the size you want & building what you want? Now would be a ggod time to do it. Be ready for winter!

[boycewv]

I bought a split level in the EP, I really like it. Might not have a lot of character, but it serves its purpose and was in my price range.

[claybakin247]

Originally Posted by Katie1

Have you considered buying a lot the size you want & building what you want? Now would be a ggod time to do it. Be ready for winter!

Yes, absolutely! One of the first things I'm going to look into, but I don't have much faith I can afford the kind of home I'd want. I have seen ads for some well priced lots up there. But you can always do better with a resale. And custom is usually for the "well to do", but that isn't me.

I just have champagne taste and a beer budget! I will use my wealth of creativity and ingenuity to create my dream home. All I need is the right home - and another cape like I have now would be perfect - and if the price is right I'll have room for the renovations.