Our house is a very fine house

[quidditchgrrl]

*sigh*

Can I just say that I've wanted this house since I was a little kid? We drove past it all the time on the way to Columbus, and it's looking sadder and sadder every time I see it (the gutter and some of the fascia has detatched from the front of the house now).

And the owners won't sell it. :-(

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[catsperspective.livejournal.com]

What a beatiful place! I can just picture what a little love (and $) could do to the place to make it grand again. It's a shame the owners refuse to sell it.

I think everyone knows of a house like this while growing up. Mine was an old victorian house in the middle of town that was in shambles. My friend and I went in it one afternoon and it saddened me with the shape it was in. The one thing I remember was that there were two flights of stairs one leading to the second floor and from the second floor to the attic and once in the attic there was a tiny staircase that led to rooftop were there was a small balcony of some sort. I was too chicken to climb it. LOL

Finally we heard that some people had bought it and were going to have it torn down and rebuilt in a town about 50 miles away. I never saw it after it was moved, but I like to think it is still standing and is once again beautiful.

Anyway...sorry for the ramble. But thanks for the walk down memory lane. :o)

[mlsqueen.livejournal.com]

It's a beautiful house that has a lot of potential. It's a shame the owners are letting it rot to the ground.

[1anonymous1.livejournal.com]

It looks haunted!

*is scared*

[azurerose.livejournal.com]

oh, what a pretty house!!! *sigh*

It's a shame it's just sitting there abandoned... no idea why they won't sell? They could make a fortune, I'd think...

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

I think they won't sell because they are holding out for a land contract for a golf course or somesuch (several have popped up in the area over the past 12-15 years). They own the farmland around the house for miles and miles.

If they sell the land, the house will be demolished, I'm sure. :-(

Sad...

[blue-eye.livejournal.com]

This is so sad...

Where I live, I see too often the demise of such houses. It's very depressing. Owners sell them for big bucks to builders who knock them down and put up all that disposable shit.

A little over 10 years ago, when we were looking fpr a house, we fell in love with a house on Browneye's block. It was a beautiful Victorian on a huge plot of land. The owner was restoring it.

We ended up buying a house a few blocks away.

About a year ago, this guy put the house up for sale and sold to builders. The house was 75% restored and it took the demolition crew 3 days to know it down!

We both cried.

Re: Sad...

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm pretty much convinced they're waiting to be bought out by developers looking to build a golf course or more disposable crackerbox housing.

It's in the perfect place between Columbus and 'the country' to attract that sort of buyer too. *hiss*