Moving on ....

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:19 am

Well the divorce is over, I got the kids, I got the house, I got the fundz ... I wanna move on and start a new life for myself and my children. That includes moving out of this home we are in.

We were visiting some friends the other day and my daughter found this awesome home. It is huge (3700 sq ft) compared to our existing home (2000 sq ft), has a 2 acre yard, balconies on the front and back, an extra apartment on the side complete with its own kitchen/dining room/bedroom/bath, a huge recreation room, a large basement, and on and on ...

Our home is now on the market and priced to sell. Wish us luck plz ...

Hopefully we will be Trading this ...

For this ...

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:47 am

DAMN, you want to adopt me?

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:05 pm

CDN_Merlin wrote:DAMN, you want to adopt me?

x2!!!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:13 pm

Best of luck Ice.

MAN, I bet you could have some KILLER LAN parties in that place.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:49 pm

Holy crap, your house around here would go for 3 times that...

Boo · Post by **Boo** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 3:55 pm

gl

New house looks awesome

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:00 pm

Awesome Ice... Good luck man!

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:41 pm

2 acres? That's a lot of lawn to mow.

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:15 pm

That's a super house Ice, hope you get it

let us know when the D3 house warming LAN is going to be

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:34 pm

nice diggs.
i've lived in apartments for 20 years.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:28 pm

Sweet house you're looking at, good luck!
You sure get a lot of house for your dollar down there, the one you're selling would go for close to 300 grand here!

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:36 am

$170K for 2000 sq. ft. house in a 2 acre yard?! Holy crap. Are those Earth dollars?

This explains why I live in a studio apartment. Here's what you get in Palo Alto for over $830K. It's a whopping 890 sq. ft. house that's 61 years old:

Details here.

Instig8 · Post by **Instig8** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:00 am

MehYam, it looks like that one is about to keel over in the next bay-area earthquake.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:38 am

Wow, that's an insane price, M!

And Ice, $170K is like nothing for that house. Is it built on an indian graveyard or something?

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:50 am

No, the old house (2000 sqft) I am selling for 170k, the new one is 240k (3700 sqft).

/me pitches Huntsville ...

Yeah, real estate around here is dirt cheap. In fact, the cost of living in Huntsville is among the lowest of cities in the U.S. Huntsville is a beautiful city with lots of mountains, trees, water, nice people, and very strong technical employment. I feel really lucky that my parents moved us here when I was a kid. I can think of no better place to live given my tastes.

Another reason for the low cost is that an F4 tornado plowed through the neighborhood in 1995. This house wasn't touched but the yard lost about an acre of pine trees. Many folks didn't rebuild and there are about 10 lots still empty here. That depressed the already low real estate prices.

Lan Party? Heck why not ... The rec room alone could hold 25 people if we had tables. Plus, there is plenty of room for folks to crash. That is not a bad idea ... Only problem would be the balconies ... you guys would get drunk and fall off of them

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:51 am

Dayummm MehYam, thats $938 per square foot!

Around here homes run from around $65 per sqft to $110 per sqft.

I AM lucky to be living here.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 2:31 pm

There's plenty of bushes under the balconies, now get your LAN on!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:06 pm

YeeHaw!!! Six days on the market and POOF!

The house has shown 11 times in 6 days. I got an offer last night and turned it down because it was too low. I got another offer today and it is exactly what I was asking for the house. I now have a signed contract on it.

So, tomorrow we make an offer on the LAN PARTY HOUSE!!! Wish us more luck guys

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:24 pm

Good Luck Ice!!!!!

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:36 pm

good luck iceman

Instig8 · Post by **Instig8** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:16 pm

So, what happened?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:29 pm

WTG Icey! God speed!

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:22 am

yeah, what's the word?

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:26 am

Holy crap MehYam! You live in Aspen or something?
Our house, 4600sq. ft. was 230k or so.

w00t! Congrats Ice! It's awesome to see that there is some justice in this world

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:47 am

Cmon, Ice. Cough it up!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:57 pm

Yeah, spit it out man. Don't make me drive down there to find out.

I can be there in a few hours.

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:33 pm

San Fran Bay Area, I think it's the most expensive housing market in the universe. BTW, price on that baby just went up to nearly $840K.

There are also the famous stories about the bidding wars on homes here in the silicon valley - i.e. houses that sold for 1 million over their asking price, but since the .com burst, I've been hearing much less of that. Oddly, house prices are their highest ever, although I think that will correct itself soon.

Will Robinson · Post by **Will Robinson** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:43 pm

MehYam wrote:San Fran Bay Area, I think it's the most expensive housing market in the universe.

Yep, my brother lives in Berkley and unlike the rest of the U.S. where we ask a price and hope to get an offer close to it or if you're really lucky someone offers to pay the asking price, when you buy a house out there the seller picks a listing price and people bid up from there!

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:45 pm

...and Berkeley is in the East Bay, which is considered "cheap"!

A lot of people are leaving the Bay Area, and rents are down (I'm paying $1140 for a 625 sq ft one bedroom apartment - that's actually a deal), so this can't keep up.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:38 pm

I used to live in fremont...its nuts...my old house was like 700 sq feet and is now worth over a million no joke

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:49 am

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:16 pm

Nice dude! Still plenty of room for a LAN party.

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:26 pm

Nice home. Congrats

sheepdog · Post by **sheepdog** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:29 pm

Oh that's nice house. I'm really happy for you Ice. My son will be over to play hoops with the girls.*

*I hope you got to keep the hoop!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:31 pm

No I didnt get to keep the hoop but I will have one installed next week

Phaser · Post by **Phaser** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:39 pm

lol ice!! WAY nice house....congrats..

Hattrick · Post by **Hattrick** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:46 pm

Sweet Place Ice! Gratz!