Little House of Horrors

[KitchenKitten99]

I keep an eye on real estate prices in Florida for future plans. I usually will start at the bottom of the price range and go up. Never know if you find a nice place that with a little investment might be a great spot.

Came across this gem. Which looks like a prop from a recent horror flick. The realtor probably shouldn't have put the 'mystery splat stain on the wall' photo in there. The rest are bad enough, the worst I think being the straight-fuschia painted kitchen... including the cupboards. :puke:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1016-E-Union-St_Jacksonville_FL_32206_M51557-37376#photo32

[Gunny]

I know what area that house is in. Love the bathroom :laugh:

You need to be of a certain ethnic persuasion that isn't white to live in that area. Anything that will go for $38K in Jax is an automatic cross off. My brother and ex-SIL worked in real estate there for years.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

When you find something like that, you're just buying a lot, because a house that bad would be best bull dozed.

And I love your sig GIF of the cat slapping the dog... :laugh:

[KitchenKitten99]

I know what area that house is in. Love the bathroom :laugh:

You need to be of a certain ethnic persuasion that isn't white to live in that area. Anything that will go for $38K in Jax is an automatic cross off. My brother and ex-SIL worked in real estate there for years.

gotta love the mumu hanging in the bathroom, lol

[KitchenKitten99]

I know what area that house is in. Love the bathroom :laugh:

You need to be of a certain ethnic persuasion that isn't white to live in that area. Anything that will go for $38K in Jax is an automatic cross off. My brother and ex-SIL worked in real estate there for years.


Oh I know that property would likely be best just knocked down after trying to salvage the steel from the roof Since moving down there is a few years away still, looking at places that need some money and time invested isn't out of the question. If we see something that would be worth it for us, then we'll go for it. Not necessarily for us to live in but likely to eventually flip or rent out.

The price range that low may be for a condo that is worth fixing up or a townhouse, etc. I never fully discount a place just because the price is that low. Might be worth knocking down and building from scratch, etc.

[Gunny]

Oh I know that property would likely be best just knocked down after trying to salvage the steel from the roof Since moving down there is a few years away still, looking at places that need some money and time invested isn't out of the question. If we see something that would be worth it for us, then we'll go for it. Not necessarily for us to live in but likely to eventually flip or rent out.

The price range that low may be for a condo that is worth fixing up or a townhouse, etc. I never fully discount a place just because the price is that low. Might be worth knocking down and building from scratch, etc.Jax is a nice place. My parents moved there from Miami when I ran off to the Marine Corps. I enjoyed taking leave there. Was I looking for a place, I'd look in St John's county. the beaches there are nice and it's close enough to Jax, yet far enough away at the same time. We used to get all the kids from mine and my brother's family nd their in-laws, parents etc, and descend on Ormond Beach every summer. It's north of but thin sight of Daytona.

If I moved back to FL it would definitely be within close proximity to the beach.

[LongTermGuy]

~"Anything that will go for $38K in Jax is an automatic cross off." ~

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[High_Plains_Drifter]

Jax is a nice place. My parents moved there from Miami when I ran off to the Marine Corps. I enjoyed taking leave there. Was I looking for a place, I'd look in St John's county. the beaches there are nice and it's close enough to Jax, yet far enough away at the same time. We used to get all the kids from mine and my brother's family nd their in-laws, parents etc, and descend on Ormond Beach every summer. It's north of but thin sight of Daytona.

If I moved back to FL it would definitely be within close proximity to the beach.
Not many SINK HOLES up around that area either.

Around Tampa and just north of there, and where I still have family and my ex BIL, is where most of the damn sink holes are, even the one that swallowed that guys bedroom and they never found him.

I don't think I could live in FL again. I have a good AF buddy in Albany, GE. I could see maybe NE Georgia up along the coast, that would be more my style. I have to get down there to make a sweep through the south and visit people one of these years.

[KitchenKitten99]

Jax is a nice place. My parents moved there from Miami when I ran off to the Marine Corps. I enjoyed taking leave there. Was I looking for a place, I'd look in St John's county. the beaches there are nice and it's close enough to Jax, yet far enough away at the same time. We used to get all the kids from mine and my brother's family nd their in-laws, parents etc, and descend on Ormond Beach every summer. It's north of but thin sight of Daytona.

If I moved back to FL it would definitely be within close proximity to the beach.

We'd like to be a bit more inland and a bit further south, like near Ocala. Although the southern part of Georgia is not out of the question for the right price and location. For us living down there, we are more likely going to look for a property with some acreage for the horses we have left by the time we move down. I am looking around the state for a decent boarding facility that isn't a show-barn and I have yet to find anything that is satisfactory AND not high $$$ per horse. So that may mean we invest a little more in some acreage which will be more cost effective than boarding 3-4 horses. I don't see us having more than 3 horses left by then although our oldest gelding may live longer than we anticipate (he's 27 right now and moving south is minimum 5 years away) so I have to count on 4 max. My oldest mare (25yrs old) shows no signs of slowing down either.

The only reason we are keeping an eye on something that is not on acreage is we are considering purchasing a home to use as a vacation place to stay and to possibly rent out until we move down there. Nothing that we would see ourselves living in as a permanent home.

[Elessar]

That place looks terrible!

[Gunny]

Not many SINK HOLES up around that area either.

Around Tampa and just north of there, and where I still have family and my ex BIL, is where most of the damn sink holes are, even the one that swallowed that guys bedroom and they never found him.

I don't think I could live in FL again. I have a good AF buddy in Albany, GE. I could see maybe NE Georgia up along the coast, that would be more my style. I have to get down there to make a sweep through the south and visit people one of these years.

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[aboutime]

Aside from needing lots of work. It looks like it was built in the 50's, and the original paint has chipped to disclose it's real ROTTEN wood.

Real estate agents would have to PAY ME to take it "AS IS!"
Then I would BULLDOZE it for a parking lot.

Somebody wasted a lot of money on the new roof. Like getting a new LID for a trash can.

[Gunny]

Aside from needing lots of work. It looks like it was built in the 50's, and the original paint has chipped to disclose it's real ROTTEN wood.

Real estate agents would have to PAY ME to take it "AS IS!"
Then I would BULLDOZE it for a parking lot.

Somebody wasted a lot of money on the new roof. Like getting a new LID for a trash can.Look again. The trash can doesn't have a lid :laugh:

Boy would I EVER feel safe riding out a hurricane in that "fortress" :laugh:.