Houses!: Sheridan Road, Wkgn

Here is a lovely, old victorian home we looked at on Sheridan Rd (where all the super fancy houses are up and down the north shore). We would never hope to ever be able to afford an older historic home like this but the seller is insanely motivated and so the price is right (see specs below).

It needs a lot of work and with all the work needed, as well as the astronomical property taxes (we're talking $8,000+ a year), it's looking like we won't be able to afford it. Bummer because it would be really fun to rehab.

It has a lot of fun nooks and crannys, particularly in the basement (TOTALLY creepy) so I'm putting pictures up so you all can get a fun inside peek. :)

Specs:

$89,900

3BR

2ba

"GREAT INVESTMENT PROPERTY / LOCATED ON LARGE LOT SIZE / LARGE 2 STORY HOME WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL / 3 BEDROOMS, 2.1 BATHROOMS / FULL BASEMENT / PROOF OF FUNDING MUST ACCOMPANY ALL OFFERS / FAX ALL OFFERS TO THE OFFICE / NO EMAILS PLEASE. Seller may offer home warranty and may pay up to 3% buyers closing cost."

This is the side of the house. It's a tiny little yard and there's no place to park except for a patch of grass on this side of the fence. However, it's still charming to behold. :)

These are pictures of the back of the house. There's not a lot of room back here because there is a ravine behind the house that leads down to 1-2 acres of raw land. Very cool. It also explains why the taxes are so ridiculously high.

Another view of the side yard.

More backyard.

Stairs down to the ravine on the right.

A better shot of the stairs leading down. All that land down there and back a ways is part of the property.

Another shot of the ravine.

Shot of the back family room.

Front living area and solarium (that's right, I said it. Solarium.)

Solarium shots.

Front family room leading to formal dining room.

Stairs leading to second floor.

Woodwork in formal dining room. So cool.

Kitchen.

Frickin' awesome half bath off the kitchen and laundry room. Check the cabinetry!

Laundry room and cabinetry.

Weird stairwell leading down to basement.

Funky basement. This basement was the weirdest basement I've ever seen. There were so many odd rooms and bizarre twists that it was easy to get lost. Combine that with the fact that there were no working lights and the creep factor was pretty high. Taking pictures with flash was the only way we could really see a lot of the basement.

Here's a random cranny leading into a larger room (almost totally dark). The black marks on the wall are from when someone was practicing their racquetball shots.

This was the only area of the basement with windows.

No light in here except for the crack where the outside door was. It was a shock to see the blue wall after we took the picture. On the right is the old cistern. It was a monster.