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My sister used to live in the Central Section where there are some large Victorians....she used to say you couldn't believe how many of those houses were practically empty because the owners couldn't afford to HEAT them, LOL.
No. I meant furnish. My sister had friends that literally had empty room after empty room. I remember we were out one day and we drove past this humongous Victorian that was being re-sided. And my sister said "I can't believe so-and-so .... re-doing the outside and she doesn't have a stick of furniture inside. She just cares what shows".
But ya know, they lived in some of the biggest houses in GC, so it was all good right?
No. I meant furnish. My sister had friends that literally had empty room after empty room. I remember we were out one day and we drove past this humongous Victorian that was being re-sided. And my sister said "I can't believe so-and-so .... re-doing the outside and she doesn't have a stick of furniture inside. She just cares what shows".
But ya know, they lived in some of the biggest houses in GC, so it was all good right?
This is the kind of people my father would call "house poor".
My sister used to live in the Central Section where there are some large Victorians....she used to say you couldn't believe how many of those houses were practically empty because the owners couldn't afford to furnish them, LOL.
That explains why a few of them look in need of some TLC.
I personally like Splanches... I think it's nice to have a living/entertaining area on its own level, but you still have bedrooms on their own level, and the kitchen/other living area on a separate level.
When my husband and I were looking at homes, we loved splanches. We thought we liked split level houses but then realized what a waste of space the house has b/c there is no real definition of upstairs, downstairs, etc. When you walk in everything is just open and I'm sure the heating bills to cost a house like that must be a lot. I grew up in a high ranch and tend to like them. We brought a front to back inline ranch and we do like the set up and we have a full finished basement but I personally like to be on a main level and not in a basement so a high ranch probably would have gotten more use for us. Overall though, our favorite was a splanch b/c we liked the middle level floor which had a living room area and also the den and dining room area on the main level. However, we are happy we went with a ranch b/c there aren't too many stairs and vacuuming is a lot easier b/c everything is on one level.
until you see that the 'basement' in the splanch is basically a room where the electric and boiler is...hardly usable. I saw plenty of splanches in my search this year, and besides the basement being laughable, the living room was always weird in its position between floors.
Yeah the between floor thing is present in a regular split, but then along with that living room is the kitchen, dining room, and the front door. In a splanch, it's just the living room, by itself. May as well have put it off to the side like a corner office. The few we saw looked terrible with a big room so lonesome. Couldn't see ourselves living there at all.
I personally would only buy a Tudor or Center Hall Colonial. Splits and some Hi Ranches are ok, but tudors and CHCs are more aesthetically pleasing and just look more upscale.
I babysit for a family, and they live in a splanch and actually have a reasonably spacious basement as well. At least enough space for the dad's "man cave", and the boiler/heater is in a separate room.
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