Elisha Ave, Zion

We went onanother house tour today and saw some houses we picked out in Zion. We liked this one the best. It's an older home, built in 1909, and has a lot of interesting character. It's a little funky, but a nice, solid house. Here are the specs:

$75,000

4BR

2Ba

"INCREDIBLE WELL MAINTAINED HOME! IMPRESSIVE WOODWORK THRU-OUT. HARDWOOD FLOORS. OVER-SIZED YARD COMPLETELY FENCED WITH DECK AND LARGE PATIO FOR SUMMER FUN. UPDATED KITCHEN WITH WALK IN PANTRYPLUS LARGE FORMAL DINING ROOM. LIVING ROOM WITH WOOD BURNING STOVE. RELAX ON ENCLOSED FRONT PORCH. CONCRETE DRIVEWAY PERFECT FOR BASKETBALL COURT. 2.5 CAR CAR GARAGE."

Yeah, we liked this one a lot. Particularly because we found out the Pacific Ave house that we LOVED is now off the market because of a weird VA loan issue with the owner.

This one is also owned by a military family but it seems that these guys have their act together and it may close quickly (it's a short sale).

This is part of the entry way. We love the old woodwork.







This is the living room with it's weird little wood-burning stove in the corner. We weren't sure if we'd like that or not, but it works with the rest of the house really well when you're actually looking at the whole ensemble. Plus, it looks like it will save us a lot of money in heating costs in the winter, if we use it right.

Below this is the kitchen. It has kind of a cool butler's pantry off the back of it with extra counter space, which I like. :)
On the other side of the kitchen is a big, formal dining room. The ceilings are tall in this house so it creates a lot of space. We also like the arch to the living room.

On the back end of the dining room is one of two full baths. They were both clean and nice with no need for any noticable repairs, which we appreciated.

After that is the first and smallest bedroom, although the high ceilings again made it seem like there was more space.

Next to that was the next bedroom in size. We liked that both of these bedrooms had cork all over the walls. Clever.

The upstairs bathroom is a weird little bathroom. No shower, but an interesting tub configuration. Again, it was clean but this one will need to be updated at some point.

The next bedroom...well, all I can say his Holy Thomas the Tank Engine, Batman! Cute painting. I'm sure the child currently occupying that room really loves it. :)

The master bedroom is a good size and has a lot of closet and storage space. Of course, Mark was the only one that could reach the storage... :)

The basement was clean and nice and I got my revenge when the tall man had to stoop to move around down there. :) Everything looked pretty up to date, including the HVAC system which is only about 15 years old. There was also another, extra room down there that Mark thought might make a good Man Room. I told him he might have to kneel to enjoy it... ;)

We also really loved the yard. It's HUGE. There's enough room to have a very large party AND play volleyball or badminton, which was my priority. The deck is nice, too.