Monday, June 02, 2008
Zillow epiphany
Couple days ago the annual county property-tax assessment came in the mail. According to this assessment my house is worth $65K. I found this to be surprisingly high, and considered lodging a protest with the assessor, as in "Look at this! Do you really think this hovel is worth more than $30K?" But then I used Zillow.com to compare some roughly equivalent houses, and found several priced in the $60K range. So maybe it's a valid range. This raised the possibility of selling, and moving back to Kansas or Oklahoma, where that amount of money would buy a better house.
More importantly, I noticed that one of my house's "sisters" was among the current listings. This "sister" is the best of a half-dozen cottages around the neighborhood that were clearly built from the same plan during WW2. Probably a prefab, built quickly to take advantage of wartime industrial workers. Each house has been remodeled differently over the years, but the original part remains recognizable.
I've been noticing this pretty sister for a long time, and wondering what it looked like on the inside. The online listing includes a set of photos which answer the question nicely.
Seeing the same rooms with the same basic moldings, but an entirely remodeled kitchen and bathroom, was eerie and dreamy. Gave me an epiphany of sorts: this is what my house could look like. ¶ 3:44 PM
More importantly, I noticed that one of my house's "sisters" was among the current listings. This "sister" is the best of a half-dozen cottages around the neighborhood that were clearly built from the same plan during WW2. Probably a prefab, built quickly to take advantage of wartime industrial workers. Each house has been remodeled differently over the years, but the original part remains recognizable.
I've been noticing this pretty sister for a long time, and wondering what it looked like on the inside. The online listing includes a set of photos which answer the question nicely.
Seeing the same rooms with the same basic moldings, but an entirely remodeled kitchen and bathroom, was eerie and dreamy. Gave me an epiphany of sorts: this is what my house could look like. ¶ 3:44 PM
