Show me your home

[Andrea Gourley]

A spin off from Jessicas thread (https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42330)

Go outside and take a photograph of your home today and share it with us :)

I'll do mine in a bit when I have clothes instead of pyjamas on ;)

[sprauncey1]

When we went house hunting two years ago I scrapped our new house! It was before I started here so I never uploaded it to this gallery (but used SSD products!!)

Here's mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/sprauncey1/MrsWresh_Template202B_dream.jpg (http://www.myscrapbookart.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64659&ppuser=718)

[emmasmommy]

here's mine:

(I don't take many pics of my house)

front:
http://media6.dropshots.com/photos/58344/20090511/110421.jpg

back:
http://media3.dropshots.com/photos/58344/20080522/164751.jpg

[Lauren Reid]

here's a shot of ours from when we moved in 2 yrs ago:

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/3peaspress/photos/lreid_house_20080202.jpg

laura, we have that pink jeep too! :)

[nikkiARNGwife]

excuse the toys and potting stuff... :)

http://i42.tinypic.com/qqoex0.jpg

[junebug]

pretty houses!! (Lauren! holy crap! yours is beautiful!!) i won't show mine. sorry. i hate it. can't move til we pay off my Escape in about 3 years.

[Linz]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Linz77/misc/P1010757-1resize.jpg

[Tracyfish]

This was ours at Christmas this year...
http://i39.tinypic.com/2lx8egi.jpg

[nietis]

Beautiful houses there, ladies!!!
We don't have a house yet, LOL! So, I've got nothing to show off because we are living in a University's flat :P

[Gemma]

Mine is awful, so no pictures, plus my garden is a mess at the minute anyway! :p

All your houses look beautiful! :)

[jomi]

What an amazing houses! Love them!

[Leontine78]

Those houses are all so big.....? Are they 2 or 3 levels high?
In Holland most houses are not single and have 3 levels. I just got the key to my new house 3 days ago....No pictures yet because everything is a mess!

[NeverendingJen]

Here's one from the day we moved in:
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs021.snc3/10842_1228772210256_1557600011_30580605_1433406_n. jpg
Things look very similar today, other than 2 chairs on the porch and a decoration on the door and a second car in the driveway, lol!

[Leila]

We have the second unit in from the end in both pictures. Thanks to Google Maps for the images. ;)

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo22/theladymcfly/ouse.jpg

[jessica31876]

Nikki I adore your house. Just the picture of the south :)

Tracy there is a development not far from where I live that has houses similar to yours. I love the driveways done with the pavers. The houses near me are in really nice gated developments. My daughter has some friends that live in some of them.

Lauren & Linz I love your houses too. Soooo pretty!! I love the finish on the front of those houses.

Its so funny how different areas have such different style houses. Like the one I showed you is pretty common in the historical districts not only in Titusville where the one I like is at but also downtown Orlando. Most of the ones in downtown Orlando though have been bought up and turned in lawyers offices or real estate or a doctors office or soemthing. I do love the historical homes though.

Really all of these are gorgeous houses!!

[mummytothree]

Here is mine

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-002.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-001.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-005.jpg

[Angie4b1g]

This was 2 years ago - so the grass has finally grown in around my circle there (that used to be shrubs), and I have a different van. lol

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/9849/frontafterb.jpg

[~Julie~]

This is a few weeks before we moved in so excuse the dirt LOL

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs145.snc1/5380_101128069898334_100000034253941_33344_3370323 _n.jpg

[Joana1n]

oh, fun! here's our house back in february.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_CneC1Z4M9P8/S-bb_PTC1GI/AAAAAAAANTI/Z61jvndEMCc/s800/DSC_0649.JPG

[Kim Mauch]

Here is mine

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-002.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-001.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e119/mummytothree/2006-06-11-005.jpg

I really like this one too! Lovely house. :thumbup:
I'm too lazy to take a picture of mine, but I will say it pales in comparison to the wonderful homes in this thread.

[Misty Cato]

Right now you can't really see our house because the tree is in bloom.

http://jaminandmya.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/041510-playinginfront-004.jpg?w=450&h=300

[Priscilla]

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn212/Priscillahedlin/myhouse.jpg

[Andrea Gourley]

Wow, I have loved visiting you all. Thanks for indulging me it's a really interesting thread.

This is where we live

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i107/GeordieGirlie/house-1-1.jpg

Land is expensive here in the UK, our little bungalow (3 beds, living room, kitchen, family bathroom, ensuite, garage and garden) would be about $350,000. We don't have basements over here either

I still live with my parents, partly because I'm happy still being at home but also because even though I have been teaching full time for 11 years I can't afford to buy even a teeny tiny little house in the village where we live and where I work on a single persons wage.

[nesser1981]

This is the one we're buying, should close by the end of the month.
Nothing fancy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/v_usaf/house/untitled.jpg

[tuneskids]

this is our house shortly after we moved into it last year ...

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g262/sonja_n/house%20on%20pine/DSC_0080.jpg

we don't have that truck anymore, other than that, it looks the same for the most part.

[Sarah8914]

Here's our little home! We love it, perfect starter home for us.

I don't know when this picture was, but the bushes are MUCH fuller and prettier now and the grass is better and worse all the same.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/sarah891/Random/2006_0710Image0023.jpg

[[michele]]

This is our condo in February. I thought we were going to live in it about 5 years; instead it has been 8 1/2. :thumbdown: Wish we had sold before the economy and the housing market went south (and before the kids had destroyed even more of it!!!).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/cinderella68/ssdthread-1.jpg

[Andrea Gourley]

So are your houses made of wood? Can you paint them any colour you want? I love them all and am considering moving to America ;)

[neenee]

Here is ours right after we moved in 2 1/2 years ago although it looks about the same....:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/quiltermommy/picofhouse.jpg

[sprauncey1]

So are your houses made of wood? Can you paint them any colour you want? I love them all and am considering moving to America ;)

Most houses are wood construction on the interior and either brick, wood or vinyl siding on the exterior depending on the climate and the "style" of the area. Some neighborhoods have restrictions on what you can do to the exterior (homeowner associations) and others do not and you are free to do whatever you want!

[junebug]

such a fun thread! except seeing such beautiful houses makes me hate my tiny boring ugly one even more, lol. DH wants to buy his dads house, but i don't. i dont want to live in Lafayette and i am looking forward to the 'hunt' for the right house for us. i don't want to live in a house i have already seen and know, lol. i want my OWN.

[newfiemountiewife]

Mine is a rental and is in desperate need of updating. I don't even have a picture of the outside I don't think LOL!

[joelsgirl]

We live in a condo. Real homes with real yards make me SO homesick! But I suppose being across from the beach evens it out...
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e11/kfite7/My%20Layouts/web_HomeWaikiki.jpg

[Jennilyn]

Here's mine taken last June, just a few weeks after we moved in.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs102.snc1/5012_111408441060_526381060_3407770_8274551_n.jpg

[nesser1981]

Mine is a rental and is in desperate need of updating. I don't even have a picture of the outside I don't think LOL!

The one we live in now is terrible, its old, but its free. Can't complain much. I can't wait to get into our new little house! :)

[ksbella]

Here is our house, taken from across the road at the park

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h169/ksbella/WEB__DSC6866.jpg

[rainydays]

wow, all your houses are really beautiful...and big!!! sigh...i won't post pics of our house, not right now anyways! LOL

[jovi_girl]

aw i wanna move to america! all your houses are so pretty and have such character! So different from sydney.

[ksbella]

aw i wanna move to america! all your houses are so pretty and have such character! So different from sydney.

I'm an Aussie too, we are on the Sunshine Coast!

[nun69]

here is mine being constructed :)
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs073.snc3/14094_1451039197098_1266804043_1262675_7122753_n.j pg

it will look similiar to this house when it is done :)
http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs480.snc3/26287_1374936934589_1266804043_1081000_650190_n.jp g

we are sacrificing not having much of a yard, but reallly really need the room!!!!!!
this is what our backyard will be...mostly a hill, but will be big enough for a deck and hot tub :)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs314.ash1/27846_1447134619486_1266804043_1253835_1640445_n.j pg

[Gabbina]

Awww!! I love all of your houses!!

[Amy Carey]

What a fun thread! It's so neat seeing where everyone lives! Here's ours, its kind of hard to see the whole thing because of the Bradford pear treas but it's a 2 story 4 bedroom...it's only 1880 sq feet though but we like it :) Excuse the bikes and mess lol
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs584.snc3/30821_1436641196680_1252477697_1250456_5541937_n.j pg

[jacinda]

These photos were taken over a year ago, but it still looks exactly the same.
http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab123/tdcteam/Jacinda/08-12-12-At-home-by-the-sea.jpg

[Paula]

We live in a four bedroom cottage style house. I'll show you a photo of it, but it has changed a lot through home renovations:

Here's a LO I did for the March portfolio:
https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/ourhome_web.jpg

[Andrea Gourley]

You know what makes me really jealous? You have those proper little mail boxes on posts outside your house! We just have a letterbox in the front door and the post drops onto the doormat. It must be much more exciting to wander out to your mail box each day to see if the postman has been :)

[nun69]

You know what makes me really jealous? You have those proper little mail boxes on posts outside your house! We just have a letterbox in the front door and the post drops onto the doormat. It must be much more exciting to wander out to your mail box each day to see if the postman has been :)

Funny you should mention that...I just was saying the other day that I missed being at my Grandma's hous ewhen the mailman dropped the mail through the front door and we would run and go get it!!!

[Sarah8914]

Yes, I love that my grandparents still have a little box at their front door!!

I do love having a mailbox, but that sounds fun to me.

What I don't like is that so many neighborhoods here have "community" mailboxes... so like, half the street has mailboxes all in one place, and you have to use a key to get your mail--it's like apartments, and I don't like that! I love how homey a real mailbox is.

[glumirk]

We're closing on our first home at the end of the month! I just got the picture off of the real estate website. I love it! It was built in 1923-ish and is absolutely gorgeous!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZcUm6qWNJo/S7p8jSuqhtI/AAAAAAAAA-U/fZwATXVCaCk/s320/1268432355671_thumbnail_Great_curb_appeal__Small_. jpg

[livelys]

You have such lovely houses! Ours looks dreadful in comparison - I may add a pic here later, but I feel like crying when I see your gorgeous properties in comparison, so I may not! Our home has zero character and virtually no garden - actually we're extending this summer to add more space upstairs as we couldn't begin to afford to move. As Andrea said, house prices over in the UK are just silly.

[Beth Swann]

You know what makes me really jealous? You have those proper little mail boxes on posts outside your house! We just have a letterbox in the front door and the post drops onto the doormat. It must be much more exciting to wander out to your mail box each day to see if the postman has been :)

There's nothing exciting about it when you have to encase the mailbox with brick because the neighborhood teenagers think it's funny to take a baseball bat and knock it down. While it hasn't happened to us yet, it has happened to our neighbors and it's a fairly common thing in many areas around here.

[jessica31876]

it is nice until some little juvenile delinquents decide to play mailbox tag and run down the road hanging out the window of a car hitting mailboxes with a baseball bat. Has happened 5 times at least to us at around 12-15 dollars a mailbox. If they however miss and hit our pole they are gonna be in some serious pain because my husband sunk an 8 foot steel pole into concrete several feet into the ground. It will hurt to hit it. He did this after losing several poles as well as boxes. hasnt happened in awhile but most likely we will have another rash of them once school lets out.

You know what makes me really jealous? You have those proper little mail boxes on posts outside your house! We just have a letterbox in the front door and the post drops onto the doormat. It must be much more exciting to wander out to your mail box each day to see if the postman has been :)

[Beth Swann]

Land is expensive here in the UK, our little bungalow (3 beds, living room, kitchen, family bathroom, ensuite, garage and garden) would be about $350,000. We don't have basements over here either.

As of 1997's earthquake construction code for California, there are hardly any basements here in California either because it triples the price of construction.

And when the real estate market peaked here in California in 2006, we paid a similar price for the same amount of space you mentioned. However, we did get a larger lot than what you probably get in the UK.

Everyone has such lovely and large homes! I can't imagine having that much living space!

[Beth Swann]

Jessica, you and I posted the same thought at the same time! LOL! Too funny...

[jessica31876]

we dont have basements here in Florida either because of the high water level. In some places you can hit water in just a few inches. Most of the time a couple feet and you are hitting water. Not very condusive to having a basement I suppose. There are some people who pay big bucks to have a basement here but Id imagine its difficult and very expensive.

[jessica31876]

Beth it is a serious pet peeve for me because some of the people hit pay big bucks to have a custom mailbox made and when they are hit it is really sad. We spend a couple bucks to replace ours and just buy the cheapest one they sell at walmart or home depot which is usually in the 10-15 dollar price range. If we can we just bang the old mailbox back out and put it back up. I just dont get the enjoyment out of destroying someone elses property especially since alot of people in the area I live in are out of work (the area I live in is predominately blue collar workers...construction or skilled laborers)

Jessica, you and I posted the same thought at the same time! LOL! Too funny...

[laurabobaura]

here is a page i made last year, i think- house still looks the same :)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/5515/newoursperfect.jpg

[MamaBee]

Here is my house from March... but now there is no snow... small compared to the monster houses in my neighborhood... 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath... We wish it were a bit bigger, however, not having a mortgage means more.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/591/2010_03_21-current-home.jpg

Tornado season... a basement for me is a must. ;)

[[michele]]

What I don't like is that so many neighborhoods here have "community" mailboxes... so like, half the street has mailboxes all in one place, and you have to use a key to get your mail--it's like apartments, and I don't like that! I love how homey a real mailbox is.


That's what we have. Most of the time it doesn't bother me but ooooh I hate it when it's pouring rain. Or when our crankypants mailman shoves so much in that I can't get it out!!!! :cursing:

[maryinaz]

Yes, I love that my grandparents still have a little box at their front door!!

I do love having a mailbox, but that sounds fun to me.

What I don't like is that so many neighborhoods here have "community" mailboxes... so like, half the street has mailboxes all in one place, and you have to use a key to get your mail--it's like apartments, and I don't like that! I love how homey a real mailbox is.
I like homey mailboxes too. :) But with identity theft becoming more common, I like safe mail even more. So I don't mind walking down a couple of houses to get the mail out of a locked box.

[Melissa Bennett]

Here is our home that we just closed on a few weeks ago.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j37/walmelb/DSC_0017b.jpg

[xboxmom]

I scrapped mine awhile ago as well....Though for some reason I flipped the pic of it around not sure why I did that. https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/medium/homesweethome2-copy.jpg

[nikkiARNGwife]

Our house sits on 5 acres and our driveway is looong...sometimes i feel like I have to go on a hike to check our mail lol...

Basements are pretty uncommon anywhere in the South...the humidity is just too high. One thing around here that is becoming more common is a "tornado room" which we plan on having when we build our next home. Basically just a room in the center of the house with 4 walls encased in reinforced concrete..DH's uncle has one and it is so neat..it's just like any other room except it has no windows..they use it as a home office and then when it's bad weather they just all camp out in there. :)

[WalkersMommy]

Hahha, my house looks like a dump compared to all your beautiful homes. We live on a very busy street, so I can't get a full view picture unless I cross the road lol. These pictures are from when we moved in 2 years ago.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/faidiekay/House025.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/faidiekay/House024.jpg

The garage door is still there, but there is no garage lol. It was converted into a master suite by the last owner. :)

[BrattyMeg]

Basements are pretty uncommon anywhere in the South...the humidity is just too high.

Where we live there's a lot of basements...wonder if it's regional by state, etc

we have a basement and pretty sure I'll never live in another house without one

[nikkiARNGwife]

Where we live there's alot of basements...wonder if it's regional by state, etc

we have a basement and pretty sure I'll never live in another house without one

I'm not sure...maybe it's just a Mississippi thing lol..all I know is that I REALLY wanted a basement when we were looking for houses both times that we've purchased homes and they are literally so hard to find around here..and those that did have them always had that dank mildewy smell. I do wish we had one though.

[Megan Turnidge]

I LOVE this thread! Really gorgeous houses... and jealous of all the BIG houses some of you have!

Exciting news for us... we are supposed to close on this little house this month. It is pretty small, but will be a really great starter house for us. Sits on 1.29 acres and I'm looking forward to planting some trees, grass, and a garden! :)

http://agentpromls.com/listing_photos/AG_Active/a/1707384a.jpg

[Sarah8914]

I'm not sure...maybe it's just a Mississippi thing lol..all I know is that I REALLY wanted a basement when we were looking for houses both times that we've purchased homes and they are literally so hard to find around here..and those that did have them always had that dank mildewy smell. I do wish we had one though.

I don't think there are any basements in Texas either... at least, not many if there are. You don't even look for a basement when looking for a house because it's pretty much impossible to find. In fact, the idea of basements was totally new to me when I first moved out!! I think it's the soil here--at least, that's what my engineer hubby says!

[Andrea Gourley]

I'm so pleased I started this thread :)

[SeattleSheri]

Wow, I love everyone's houses (especially Lauren's). Unfortunately, the housing market in Seattle is horrible (IMHO). You don't get much for your $$. I am so jealous when I see houses that look like McMansions for the same price as our humble little home.

I took these a few months ago and I've done a lot of yard work since, but you get the general idea. 4 bd/2bth 1 1/2 stories. We are on a 7,000 sq ft lot and there is a carport and a 700 sq ft detached garage in the back of our house.

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/seattlesheriscraps/Photos/IMG_8660.jpg

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg148/seattlesheriscraps/Photos/IMG_8661.jpg

[Priscilla]

I think on top of himidity, some parts of TExas would be far too expensive for a basement. .. in Austin, at least there is LOTS and LOTS of rock.

[Andrea Gourley]

I really only want a basement so I can turn it into a fantastic craft room :p

[DawnMarch]

I so miss the finished basement we had at our old house in Virgina. There are no basements here in AZ either -- too much rock.

[scrapmonkey]

I'll post my home later, but I wanted to say that having lived in a number of places in the country, we moved to Ohio because of housing costs being so reasonable here. Andrea - your home would cost about the same in much of New England. My parents' house (3BR, 1 bath, DR, LR, Galley kitchen, den, really old and scuzzy unfinished basement) was worth about $350K-400K before the drop in the housing market and the house is almost 200 years old and has even been moved from one site to another. In Ohio, our 3 BR, LR, DR, galley kitchen, 1 1/2 bath, finished basement) was less than half the lower price. And yes part of the basement room is my craft area (the rest of the space is my office and my exercise area), I just need to keep the dehumidifier going otherwise everything gets mildewy.
And basements are a regional thing. In Texas, you can't fin one to save your life, unless you are in a tornado zone and then you have the tornado shelter under the home. In Connecticut, every home that I knew had a basement but if you are on the coast, you can't do a lot with it nor can you really "finish" it, because they can flood or seep a lot. In Ohio, it's hit or miss whether you have a basement or not. Ours is a raised ranch, so the basement isn't completely underground and isn't really great to double as a tornado shelter.

[bellbird425]

I'm an Aussie too, we are on the Sunshine Coast!

LOL that explains why i just looked at ur pic and said ' that looks NORMAL' lol - i so want something quaint and american looking !

[bellbird425]

i'm still looking for a LO i did of our house in the DST gallery -cant find anything they're not sorted by date atm -uggh - and it's been several EHDs since i scrapped it - if i find it i'll add it

[bellbird425]

here it is: still the same
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/bellbird425/SWTSBhome.jpg

[glumirk]

I'll post my home later, but I wanted to say that having lived in a number of places in the country, we moved to Ohio because of housing costs being so reasonable here. Andrea - your home would cost about the same in much of New England. My parents' house (3BR, 1 bath, DR, LR, Galley kitchen, den, really old and scuzzy unfinished basement) was worth about $350K-400K before the drop in the housing market and the house is almost 200 years old and has even been moved from one site to another. In Ohio, our 3 BR, LR, DR, galley kitchen, 1 1/2 bath, finished basement) was less than half the lower price. And yes part of the basement room is my craft area (the rest of the space is my office and my exercise area), I just need to keep the dehumidifier going otherwise everything gets mildewy.
And basements are a regional thing. In Texas, you can't fin one to save your life, unless you are in a tornado zone and then you have the tornado shelter under the home. In Connecticut, every home that I knew had a basement but if you are on the coast, you can't do a lot with it nor can you really "finish" it, because they can flood or seep a lot. In Ohio, it's hit or miss whether you have a basement or not. Ours is a raised ranch, so the basement isn't completely underground and isn't really great to double as a tornado shelter.

Yeah, we're paying over twice as much as Meeegan for less space and WAAAAY less land. That may be the one thing I miss about Arizona! ;) I don't think that any of the houses we looked at didn't have basements. Luckily ours stayed dry during the crazily rainy spring.

[Megan Turnidge]

Yeah, we're paying over twice as much as Meeegan for less space and WAAAAY less land. That may be the one thing I miss about Arizona! ;) I don't think that any of the houses we looked at didn't have basements. Luckily ours stayed dry during the crazily rainy spring.

Your house is smaller? It doesn't look smaller! But it is sooo cute! I love your house! It's got character! :) Tucson would've been more expensive for the same house compared to where we are now. We're in podunkville. lol

[nikkiARNGwife]

Y'all just all need to move on down to rural Mississippi...houses and land are sooo much cheaper...we were talking to an older couple from New York who retired and moved down here..they said they sold their 1500 sq. ft home on just a lot in NY and were able to buy a nearly 3000 sq. foot home on ACRES of land for what they made on the sale of their home.

[glumirk]

Your house is smaller? It doesn't look smaller! But it is sooo cute! I love your house! It's got character! :) Tucson would've been more expensive for the same house compared to where we are now. We're in podunkville. lol

Oops, I guess we have 300 sf on you guys. I guess I just thought yours was bigger because it's 3 bed/2 bath and we have 3 bed/ 1 1/2 bath, and one of the bedrooms will only really hold a crib. Still, our 0.11 acres is almost nothing, but it will be nice not paying taxes since our almost $4000/year is about normal for houses in our price range with almost no land. I do love the housing market here, and that houses are cute and I haven't seen stucco! And it's a lot greener here just naturally, so land looks far more attractive. I just wish our prices were a little closer to Arizona prices so we could pay off our house sooner.

[nesser1981]

The house we're buying has a full basement, half of it is finished. I can't wait to get in there. We're closing May 26th.

It's going to be a great starter house for us.

[jessica31876]

Ummm Nikki I have been trying to convince my husband of exactly this for oh about ten years!!! I gave him a choice of Mississippi, Tennesse or West Virginia. Yeaa his mom and dad live like 3 miles from our house and even though he is not there everyday anymore he used to be and as long as they are still htere and the kids are still in school we are stuck here. He did say the other day though that he could kick himself for not getting out of here when prices went up. And we just have a manufactured home on a one acre lot and had offers of 150,000 dollars. Would not get that now...probably be lucky to get 40,000. So we will wait til Orlando pushes its way further east and land gets harder and harder to come by HERE and when it does our values will go back up and we will sell to someone for 10 times what we paid (we paid 20,000 way back in 1987). Then I will get my home in hte mountains somewhere that I have been telling ihm I want for so very long :)

Y'all just all need to move on down to rural Mississippi...houses and land are sooo much cheaper...we were talking to an older couple from New York who retired and moved down here..they said they sold their 1500 sq. ft home on just a lot in NY and were able to buy a nearly 3000 sq. foot home on ACRES of land for what they made on the sale of their home.

[Zoe Pearn]

After seeing all your beautiful homes, you ain't got no hope of seeing mine now, it's an embarrassment - LOL!!

When I saw Lauren's, I was like WHOA!! That's ONE house?? Haha!

I guess it's true what they say - you guys just do everything BIG in America... :p

[jessica31876]

Zoe my house is only 800 sq. ft. Id take a picture but our yard looks like total crap right now thanks to my brother-in-law storing all his crap in our yard.

[cindys732003]

Wow, beautiful houses here! These are so fun to look at!
Here's mine taken last fall (yard is in need of a good raking LOL)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/cindys732003/house1small.jpg

[Randa]

excuse the toys and potting stuff... :)

http://i42.tinypic.com/qqoex0.jpg

Oh, wow!!! I looooove your house Nikki!!! Wanna share your plans? :) Maybe I'll take a pic of mine when I finish the landscaping!

And wowzers, Lauren!! Get lost much?? ;) Absolutely gorgeous!! Bet you love it!

[sprauncey1]

I guess it's true what they say - you guys just do everything BIG in America... :p

Well she is in TEXAS after all! LOL yeah...houses here in TX are way bigger than anywhere else we've lived. And we live in an "expensive" part of TX.

Everyone's houses are so fun to look at! Big/small, old/new...they all are cool cause we live there!

[nikkiARNGwife]

Oh, wow!!! I looooove your house Nikki!!! Wanna share your plans? :) Maybe I'll take a pic of mine when I finish the landscaping!

And wowzers, Lauren!! Get lost much?? ;) Absolutely gorgeous!! Bet you love it!

Aw thanks!! :)

[junebug]

You have such lovely houses! Ours looks dreadful in comparison - I may add a pic here later, but I feel like crying when I see your gorgeous properties in comparison, so I may not! Our home has zero character and virtually no garden - actually we're extending this summer to add more space upstairs as we couldn't begin to afford to move. As Andrea said, house prices over in the UK are just silly.

ditto. i love looking at houses, as someday we will move. but we just can't yet. and i frustrates me intensely. i HATE this house. it was very cheap, and its paid for but it too small and has no character. so, i'm way jealous at all the pretty houses i see here, lol. but i keep looking :D. someday maybe i'll have my dream home i've always wanted.

[Zoe Pearn]

I am officially addicted to this thread... Glutton for punishment I guess - LOL!!

excuse the toys and potting stuff... :)

http://i42.tinypic.com/qqoex0.jpg

O M G !!! I am seriously jealous of this one... This is like my dream home. I need one of those Home Renovation shows to come and work their magic at my house (and I'll show them this picture - LOL!!)

Just one question though... How on earth do you guys clean these massive houses?? My house would be probably half the size of most of these (and that's being generous LOL), and I can't even keep on top of that!!

[[michele]]

How on earth do you guys clean these massive houses??

I don't - I play Farmville and hope that it will clean itself. :p

Our condo is about 1500 sqft. - pretty much everyone we know has a much, much bigger house.

[Keely~B]

Wow, I love seeing everyone's homes.

I don't have many pictures of mine, I had to go take one...(for what it's worth, my house is definitely not the norm for where I live, most places around here are about 3x the size and $ of ours) We have things that bug us (ie the kitchen!!) but we mostly really love our little house. I'm too old to care what anyone else thinks about it :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/kenslove/post%20pics/2010-05-11-11-27-37-DSC_0047.jpg

[jessica31876]

LOL Zoe I know Nikki's house is pretty much one of my dream homes too!! When I think of what a southern country home looks like that is pretty much the perfect picture of it...super big porch with the swing and rocking chairs white with dark shutters. Just gorgeous!!

[nikkiARNGwife]

Thanks so much Jessica and Zoe...ours isn't nearly as big as some posted here..about 2500 sq feet...but we love it :)

[ColleenSwerb]

I keep forgetting to take a picture! Ugh!

OH! OH! I just remembered I have one on FB from when we put new garage doors in! WOOOOOTTTTT!!!!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs485.ash1/26564_1392119644023_1263111108_2705823_1596217_n.j pg

It's about 1200 sq ft of living space, 2 car garage. 3 bedroom, 2 full baths, ginormous master suite (29'x12'). We're adding a deck this year, and fencing in the backyard. It's a good starter home for us, and we can start to raise a family here. In a few years we hope to sell it and build a home further out in the country on a large plot of land. A girl can dream right? :p

[Angie4b1g]

Zoe - the crap is spread out more so it doesn't look as messy. ;)

[Lauren Reid]

And wowzers, Lauren!! Get lost much?? ;) Absolutely gorgeous!! Bet you love it!

bwahahah! no on the getting lost, but yes to loving it :) our old house in Massachusetts was only 1400sq ft and i remember when we flew down to look at houses in TX b4 our relocation... my jaw dropped when i'd go into all the model homes... everything IS bigger in TX! But we could never have this house anywhere else.

And I'm w/ Zoe, Nikki's is my dream house... the porch, the trees... oh how i miss trees!!! ;)

xo

[lovely1m]

I currently live in a crappy, old 2 bedroom/1 bathroom apt with no deck, no dishwasher and no garage! It sucks. But here was my beautiful house before I became single again. It was in an outer suburb and we bought it when it was repo-ed, so a great deal, but it was funny. Look at this huge, thing, it has ONE bedroom. lol Its the size of most large living rooms, but only 1. It also had a 3 stall garage with a loft and a kitchen that is probably close to the size of my entire apt now. lol Crazy previous owners.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b194/lovely1m/Home--1.jpg

[Zoe Pearn]

Zoe - the crap is spread out more so it doesn't look as messy. ;)

Haha... I keep telling my hubby we should have bought a bigger place for that reason - LOL!! I just have so much crap crammed in this place it drives me up the wall... But I can't seem to get rid of anything either - LOL!

[Zoe Pearn]

Ooh - this one is soooo pretty!! Reminds me of a house I used to pass on the way to school each day and I used to tell my parents it was my dream house - it had one of those attic windows too!

Unfortunately the area I grew up in is close to the city, worth an absolute fortune now, and ramshackle old houses are way overpriced, so no attic windows for me - LOL! I'll just have to stay in my semiural "idyll" surrounded by clutter, having to catch a car ferry whenever I want to leave the suburb... we are in the dark ages LOL :p


http://scraporchard.com/gallery/data/500/Home-.jpg

[rach3975]

It's so much fun to look at everyone's houses! Here's ours before we closed, so spring 2005. I love it. I'd enlarge the kitchen and back yard if I could, but that's about it.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e320/craftystitches/2005_Home.jpg

[lovely1m]

Ooh - this one is soooo pretty!! Reminds me of a house I used to pass on the way to school each day and I used to tell my parents it was my dream house - it had one of those attic windows too!


Thanks! I loved it. Cried when we sold it, but it needed to be done. I never was a fan of old houses before, but after having this one, I really love them now. It was built in like that 1920s.

[Penny Springmann]

Love seeing everyone's homes!
Here's our place: (the backyard fireplace is what sold us on this house. We moved in last July).

http://www.mydigitalstash.com/si/front.jpg

http://www.mydigitalstash.com/si/fireplace.jpg

[coopert]

Here is a scrapbook page about our current house. Hopefully we will be moving this summer, though.

https://www.sweetshoppecommunity.com/gallery/data/500/Home.jpg

[coopert]

Wow, Penny, your house and back and gorgeous! I think that fireplace would sell me too.

[msteiner99]

Love seeing everyone's homes!
Here's our place: (the backyard fireplace is what sold us on this house. We moved in last July).

http://www.mydigitalstash.com/si/front.jpg

http://www.mydigitalstash.com/si/fireplace.jpg

Wow, Penny, your house is GORGEOUS! I love the backyard fireplace too!

[nun69]

Penny, your house is FABULOUS! Where do you live? and I LOVE the backyard fireplace!!!!

[rach3975]

Gorgeous, Penny!

I never was a fan of old houses before, but after having this one, I really love them now. It was built in like that 1920s.

LOL--I'm the opposite. I've always loved history and wanted an older house. After seeing how much work and maintenance a newer home requires, I've decided I'll have to admire the historical ones from a distance.

[schock77]

Super busy lately and just seeing this thread- how fun! I want a house like Penny's but... I'm building what I call my dream house right now (I say that because it's as close to my dream as I can get with my teacher salary!)

But here's my current house- it's on the market almost 4 weeks now and still no big offers, but I'm trying to stay optimistic. :( I think it's cute!

http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_0.jpg

This is where me and my laptop live... I need a desktop I guess, but this room is so cozy.
http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_1.jpg

And out back where the kids want to spend all their time.
http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_13.jpg

[Beth Swann]

Super busy lately and just seeing this thread- how fun! I want a house like Penny's but... I'm building what I call my dream house right now (I say that because it's as close to my dream as I can get with my teacher salary!)

But here's my current house- it's on the market almost 4 weeks now and still no big offers, but I'm trying to stay optimistic. :( I think it's cute!

http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_0.jpg

This is where me and my laptop live... I need a desktop I guess, but this room is so cozy.
http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_1.jpg

And out back where the kids want to spend all their time.
http://austinhomesearch.com/Branding/localhost/AHS/WebPhotos%5C2724364_13.jpg

Holy cow! That's like how doctors and lawyers live around here. That's amazing you can get all that on a teacher's salary!

[schock77]

Well my husband works too but... home prices are still good in Texas! And the previous poster is right, everything is bigger in Texas! ;) My house is 2313 sqft, and we're asking 207,900... when I look in other parts of the country, those numbers on both ends are unheard of! Now every knows "where" I am when I'm online too- ha ha!

[g8rbeckie]

Another Texas girl here, LOL! so here's yet another HUGE, relatively low priced house :) ours is 4,000 sq feet and would probably sell right now for around $300,000. We bought it 7 years ago for $240,000.

I just couldn't resist using this photo - the most snow we've ever had in my 10 years living in Austin, LOL! We have an awesome multi-level deck out back that my hubby built. it's surrounded by big oak trees - lots of shade! we spend a lot of time out there!

http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww78/g8rBeckie/ourhouseinsnow.jpg

Nikki's house is my DREAM. I love southern style homes with huge porches...some day!! And Penny, WOW - yours is so gorgeous!!!

[Penny Springmann]

Penny, your house is FABULOUS! Where do you live? and I LOVE the backyard fireplace!!!!

Thanks, ladies. I never thought I would be able to live in a home like this, but we made a good amount of money on our home in FL (Sold it for our full asking price to people who bought it based on the pictures online...They didn't see the house in person until the walk through at closing!!) and moving from Orlando to AR worked in our favor price-wise as well.

The people who lived here before us had the fireplace made to match a picture they saw in an issue of Southern Living.

Stephanie - I LOVE your living room (scrapping room) it looks so cozy! The fireplace is gorgeous! I'm sure you'll sell it soon!

[nanienamou]

Well, that's it, we are moving to Texas! lol! I can't believe the prices for those houses! Could the houses be cheaper because there is no basement? Here, about every house has a basement.

Here, I live in a regular townhouse, built in 1984, in a crappy neighbourhood, and it would sell easily for 185 000 - 195 000$. It has three bedrooms, 2 full baths, and about 1200 square feet with a really small backyard. On the plus side, we gutted the garage, installed a patio door and renovated it so it could become a nice living room. The kitchen and baths are also renovated.

We like it because it is located about 2 minutes from DH's workplace and we don't have a mortgage. :) And the basement is not finished, so we are planning to renovate and create a big master suite with a full bath down there.

Here is one of the neighbourhing units that is for sale, that has only 2 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths and it is not a corner unit (ours is a corner unit). They asking price is 174 000 $

http://passerelle.centris.ca/Redirect2.aspx?CodeDest=REMAX&NoMls=OU8350178&Source=WWW.REALTOR.CA&Langue=F

[Sarah8914]

Yep, Texas is the place to be. Here, you could get a pretty new house, 3bedrooms, 2000sq feet for like, 130,000.

[g8rbeckie]

Ditto that - Texas is definitely the place to be! even though the prices are low, they have actually held their value really well despite whats been going on in the economy.

And no, we don't have basements (definitely not in the Austin/central texas area!). We can't even dig out gardens around here because its solid rock about 8 inches below the top. This whole area sits on top of limestone.

but with 4K sq feet...who needs one? LOL!

So that's it...you should ALL move here! wow, we'd have some rockin' digi crop parties, LOL!

[jessica31876]

Penny you lived in Orlando? what area did you live in?

Thanks, ladies. I never thought I would be able to live in a home like this, but we made a good amount of money on our home in FL (Sold it for our full asking price to people who bought it based on the pictures online...They didn't see the house in person until the walk through at closing!!) and moving from Orlando to AR worked in our favor price-wise as well.

The people who lived here before us had the fireplace made to match a picture they saw in an issue of Southern Living.

Stephanie - I LOVE your living room (scrapping room) it looks so cozy! The fireplace is gorgeous! I'm sure you'll sell it soon!

[Penny Springmann]

Penny you lived in Orlando? what area did you live in?

We lived out by UCF.

[jannylynn]

I haven't seen one like mine yet, so I thought I would share. It's not a huge home but I really do love it! We're in the midwest so it is a ranch that has a walk-out basement that has a HUGE family room that includes my office and the school room. We have 4 bedrooms too.

http://yqjvug.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pyrBOObuHK3eHglzSaakosJkZ3hfcStc7apiepRNUeU6MEbs _WFe4SKdM21h55pvEDV7iGe3mKzbtDU42DXBYyX6_dMR5VTya/P9180002.jpg

[maryinaz]

I LOVE all the houses on this thread!! It's so fun seeing them from different parts of the world.

I haven't seen any houses representing the southwest - stucco and tile roofs, so I thought I'd post mine. Basements are rare here, although pools aren't, so not sure why it's that much more difficult to dig a basement. We also don't have much attic space, so the 3rd garage becomes our storage area.

Took this picture the other day.

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/marlar6/House1.jpg

The backyard is being fixed up right now so this picture is from last summer.

http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/marlar6/House2.jpg

[jessica31876]

not to far from where we live now so I know that area really well. Probably sold at a really good time because the Waterford Lakes/Avalon Park area is crazy crowded now.We lived out by UCF.

[lovely1m]

I have spent a lot of time in San Antonio and the prices shocked me. So afforable, seems even more afforable than where I live in North Dakota.

[tborntreger]

ok, I think I need to move to Texas now! lol

[schock77]

ok, I think I need to move to Texas now! lol

I know just the house for you too! Hee hee- shameless plug to sell my house! ;) The bad neighbor I wanted to move from has his house up sale too, so my current house is looking even better.