Formerly SK
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Post by Formerly SK on Jun 10, 2011 17:43:39 GMT -5
We have three wood fireplaces. LOVE IT. The only problem I have is if I spend a few hours in one room and build a fire I can't just move the fire to the other room when it is time to relocate. Course I love to build fires so this wasn't too much of an annoyance. ;D
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 10, 2011 17:49:10 GMT -5
Woo hoo! Congrats.
Now - about this fireplace thing. I don't know diddly about fireplaces, except I know building a fire in a wood burning one is a huge PIA! My sister had a gas fireplace in one of her many (gorgeous) houses, and I thought it was awesome. You flip a switch and a couple minutes later there was heat coming from it. So, what is the downfall of the gas fireplaces?
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Post by busymom on Jun 10, 2011 18:01:39 GMT -5
Congrats! It sounds like you made a good choice!
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Post by phil5185 on Jun 10, 2011 18:11:21 GMT -5
Now - about this fireplace thing. I don't know diddly about fireplaces, except I know building a fire in a wood burning one is a huge PIA! My sister had a gas fireplace in one of her many (gorgeous) houses, and I thought it was awesome. You flip a switch and a couple minutes later We spent a week in Keystone, CO last winter. At the place we stayed (by the ice skating pond) we could turn a knob on the fireplace, get instant fire, and the knob dial was a timer. It turned itself off in an hour, 1/1/2 hour, whatever you set. Liked it.
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Post by midjd on Jun 10, 2011 18:31:21 GMT -5
The only downside I can think of to a fireplace is that your HO insurance will be a little bit higher... I'd like one myself, I'm sure it's worth the extra $20/year
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2011 9:20:22 GMT -5
Woo hoo! Congrats. Now - about this fireplace thing. I don't know diddly about fireplaces, except I know building a fire in a wood burning one is a huge PIA! My sister had a gas fireplace in one of her many (gorgeous) houses, and I thought it was awesome. You flip a switch and a couple minutes later there was heat coming from it. So, what is the downfall of the gas fireplaces? There's nothing wrong with gas fireplaces. This one has a gas starter. I just prefer the look/feel/smell of real wood burning in the fireplace. We couldn't go back at this point because my kids love it too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2011 9:28:37 GMT -5
I'll have to say this experience has been interesting though. We bought our house in 2004 and ended up losing money on it. But I'm really glad that we lived in that house instead of sticking with our condo and then to a house in the neighborhood we wanted. We ended up learning A LOT about what we liked and didn't like about a house's layout and design.
We have 2 friends that bought in this same area, kind of different sections. One bought in the more "town" section, another bought in a quaint, more expensive, but sleepy section. It was interesting because right when we saw their house we could tell that they were probably going to regret moving there. One of them didn't have much space, the other one had a total of 5 levels...including bedrooms on 3 separate levels. These were friends that moved right from a condo downtown.
So I guess making a bad financial R/E decision actually helped us on this next transaction.
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Post by patchwork150 on Jun 13, 2011 10:08:03 GMT -5
Congrads on the dream house and the twins! What a new life you have going for yourself : )
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