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  • A AndyD

    Nice. Nice enough to check it on Google maps.

    I have to ask, what's with the house numbering?

    Screenshot_20250524-074829_Maps.jpg

    419 is next to 501? And where is 417?
    The other side of the road is equally baffling. Seems you have houses backing on to each other ascending in number but on different roads if they are odd or even. And some numbers simply missing.
    But looking there is only one 815 no other odd 800's.

    Screenshot_20250524-080216_DuckDuckGo.jpg

    πŸ˜ƒ

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    @AndyD said in I found the perfect house:

    Nice. Nice enough to check it on Google maps.

    I have to ask, what's with the house numbering?

    Screenshot_20250524-074829_Maps.jpg

    419 is next to 501? And where is 417?
    The other side of the road is equally baffling. Seems you have houses backing on to each other ascending in number but on different roads if they are odd or even. And some numbers simply missing.
    But looking there is only one 815 no other odd 800's.

    Screenshot_20250524-080216_DuckDuckGo.jpg

    πŸ˜ƒ

    A man with an eye for detail. πŸ‘

    The 515 and the 603 addresses are on Beverly, the N/S street. So that's why there's an odd numbered address for that corner house on the north side of Euclid.

    Oh, and I highly recommend In Town Electric. Tom and his crew do excellent work.

    The skipped numbers are a mystery to me, too. Here's another example of novel numbering even closer to (my) home:

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    The numbers on Miner, the E/W street at the bottom: 2004, 2016, 2022, 2106??, 2112, 2118, 2122. Delivery drivers and substitute mailmen are forever and a day delivering packages to 2106 that belong to 2016. And vice versa. I know this with certainty. πŸ˜‰

    The numbers on Prindle, the N/S street on the left: no number (it's actually 211), then the house on the corner which has two numbers, 215 and 225. Its real address is 215; there is no 225. I think that's just a Google glitch.

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie AumΓ΄nier

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      Can you imagine writing a few hundred years ago to your Aunt at
      7th house north of
      The Swan Inn
      Great Snoring
      Norfolk

      However probably worked well as everyone knew their neighbours.

      Sorry you missed out on the house. It did seem to have a lot of spotlights in rooms away from those expansive windows, which suggested low ceilings and darker areas.
      And Bernard makes a good point about window/wall ratios.

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        My friend Susan and I went for a walk and included the perfect house on our route. The exterior, at least, was as nice as the listing photos.

        We often stop and look at landscaping features or interesting approaches to architecture. Just before we got to the perfect house, we noticed a house with an interesting placement of the front door and stopped on the sidewalk to talk about whether the design was original or part of a remodel; we do that a lot. We walked on a block or so and saw another house that had the same design, and we stopped there to do some more analysis. A woman came out of the house, and I figured she was going to ask us why we were staring at her house and threatening to hail the police, so I called out to her that we loved the way her house looked. She replied "I know who you are. I'm Dr. X!". Dr X was my ophthalmologist for probably 30 years until she retired about 8 years ago. 😁 Apparently she recognized me from my haircut. Must be distinctive as I've had any number of people ID me from it.

        Susan and I stopped to talk to Dr X for a while. She gave us the skinny on the perfect house. She said the house was mobbed the day the listing went live, The listing price was $750K. A bidding war ensued and it finally went under contract for....a million dollars.

        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie AumΓ΄nier

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          My friend Susan and I went for a walk and included the perfect house on our route. The exterior, at least, was as nice as the listing photos.

          We often stop and look at landscaping features or interesting approaches to architecture. Just before we got to the perfect house, we noticed a house with an interesting placement of the front door and stopped on the sidewalk to talk about whether the design was original or part of a remodel; we do that a lot. We walked on a block or so and saw another house that had the same design, and we stopped there to do some more analysis. A woman came out of the house, and I figured she was going to ask us why we were staring at her house and threatening to hail the police, so I called out to her that we loved the way her house looked. She replied "I know who you are. I'm Dr. X!". Dr X was my ophthalmologist for probably 30 years until she retired about 8 years ago. 😁 Apparently she recognized me from my haircut. Must be distinctive as I've had any number of people ID me from it.

          Susan and I stopped to talk to Dr X for a while. She gave us the skinny on the perfect house. She said the house was mobbed the day the listing went live, The listing price was $750K. A bidding war ensued and it finally went under contract for....a million dollars.

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          @wtg said in I found the perfect house:

          a million dollars.

          Wow!!!! that's crazy!

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            My friend Susan and I went for a walk and included the perfect house on our route. The exterior, at least, was as nice as the listing photos.

            We often stop and look at landscaping features or interesting approaches to architecture. Just before we got to the perfect house, we noticed a house with an interesting placement of the front door and stopped on the sidewalk to talk about whether the design was original or part of a remodel; we do that a lot. We walked on a block or so and saw another house that had the same design, and we stopped there to do some more analysis. A woman came out of the house, and I figured she was going to ask us why we were staring at her house and threatening to hail the police, so I called out to her that we loved the way her house looked. She replied "I know who you are. I'm Dr. X!". Dr X was my ophthalmologist for probably 30 years until she retired about 8 years ago. 😁 Apparently she recognized me from my haircut. Must be distinctive as I've had any number of people ID me from it.

            Susan and I stopped to talk to Dr X for a while. She gave us the skinny on the perfect house. She said the house was mobbed the day the listing went live, The listing price was $750K. A bidding war ensued and it finally went under contract for....a million dollars.

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            @wtg said
            😁 Apparently she recognized me from my haircut. Must be distinctive as I've had any number of people ID me from it.

            ...Purple punk mohican?
            😁

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              There are some spectacular properties currently on the market in England.

              For Β£25million you could buy either Osea Island(low tide causeway access) or the Kirkham Estate near York in lovely countryside.

              However for a mere 10mil, this, with park & R.Thames views is pretty nearly perfect for us. I'd have to do a little to the kitchen and there's no pool for MrsA, but hey, leave that piano:

              https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160269137#/?channel=RES_BUY

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                Sweet! Lot looks a bit It tight for $10 mil?

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                • A AndyD

                  There are some spectacular properties currently on the market in England.

                  For Β£25million you could buy either Osea Island(low tide causeway access) or the Kirkham Estate near York in lovely countryside.

                  However for a mere 10mil, this, with park & R.Thames views is pretty nearly perfect for us. I'd have to do a little to the kitchen and there's no pool for MrsA, but hey, leave that piano:

                  https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160269137#/?channel=RES_BUY

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                  @AndyD said in I found the perfect house:

                  leave that piano

                  Indeed!!!

                  Also that apple! πŸ˜„

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                    This is a cute house in the town I grew up in. Of course, if it were mine I'd be changing the interior decoration. I swear, the interiors of every listing I look at online these days looks the same. Seen one, seen them all. No individuality, almost exclusively white, grey, polished metal. I don't think this period will be looked back upon as one of beautiful interiors.

                    But the layout of this house looks pretty cool, and the fact that it's on the lake. I don't like how close the neighbors are, though. My favorite part is the kitchen. Nice. Perfect vacation home if one can afford such things.

                    https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/20-Bonardi-Dr_Enfield_NH_03748_M34953-26073?from=srp-list-card

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                    • S Steve Miller

                      Sweet! Lot looks a bit It tight for $10 mil?

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                      @Steve-Miller said in I found the perfect house:

                      Sweet! Lot looks a bit It tight for $10 mil?

                      Location location location but yes; an eyewatering Β£1.66mil/bedroom

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