Comments on: For sale, Newburgh. http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-16237 Susan Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:53:42 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-16237 $95,000???!?!?!?!?!?! You can't even buy a double wide trailer where I live for that (San Francisco)!!!! I would kill for that house! $95,000???!?!?!?!?!?!

You can’t even buy a double wide trailer where I live for that (San Francisco)!!!! I would kill for that house!

]]> By: Lauri http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-14353 Lauri Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:06:52 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-14353 maybe if you keep advertising houses here you'll have even more like-minded people in the neighbourhood :) a lovely house btw! maybe if you keep advertising houses here you’ll have even more like-minded people in the neighbourhood :)

a lovely house btw!

]]> By: kristy http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12296 kristy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:30:30 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12296 Ach yes I too have to balk at the price like the rest of the commenters here. Over here in Australia, you really can't buy a house close to the cities for under $300k now - even the ones that need a lot of work. This one is so cute and has such potential. Oh how I wish for a green card! Ach yes I too have to balk at the price like the rest of the commenters here. Over here in Australia, you really can’t buy a house close to the cities for under $300k now – even the ones that need a lot of work.

This one is so cute and has such potential. Oh how I wish for a green card!

]]> By: Paper Dolls for Boys http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12243 Paper Dolls for Boys Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:46:33 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12243 I wish that house was near Boston! People are buying 400,000+ "wrecks" to knock down and build new. Ugh. Needless to say, we're renters. Glad I found your blog via The Brick House. Cheers, Tracey I wish that house was near Boston! People are buying 400,000+ “wrecks” to knock down and build new. Ugh. Needless to say, we’re renters.

Glad I found your blog via The Brick House.
Cheers,
Tracey

]]> By: Down Comforter http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12175 Down Comforter Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-12175 That is a cute house. Too bad it would be impossible to get a low down payment mortage anymore :-( I do love the porch/stone bottom area and the stainglass windows - too cute. That is a cute house. Too bad it would be impossible to get a low down payment mortage anymore :-(

I do love the porch/stone bottom area and the stainglass windows – too cute.

]]> By: Kris http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11898 Kris Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:49:48 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11898 I love that front porch. Such potential. I hope someone buys who will restore it well. If you're looking for inexpensive older homes, Rochester has a billion of them. Sure, there's not very many jobs, but you can get this house for $83500. http://homesteadnet.com/advancedsearchresults.asp?mls=822273&mode=view I love that front porch. Such potential. I hope someone buys who will restore it well.

If you’re looking for inexpensive older homes, Rochester has a billion of them. Sure, there’s not very many jobs, but you can get this house for $83500.
http://homesteadnet.com/advancedsearchresults.asp?mls=822273&mode=view

]]> By: lisa http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11895 lisa Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11895 The link provided shows more interior shots :-) I would love to know what the kitchen plaque says??? And whats up with the creative attic papers??? Love it! The link provided shows more interior shots :-)
I would love to know what the kitchen plaque says???
And whats up with the creative attic papers???

Love it!

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11890 Anna at D16 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:55:29 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11890 Eleanor, that's why I left Brooklyn! :) Eleanor, that’s why I left Brooklyn! :)

]]> By: eleanor http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11887 eleanor Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11887 ummm... I live in Brooklyn, probably have an equivalent commute to the city and we will pay 95k in RENT over the next three years!!! ummm… I live in Brooklyn, probably have an equivalent commute to the city and we will pay 95k in RENT over the next three years!!!

]]> By: minxlj http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11866 minxlj Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:11:12 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11866 $95,000??? I second all the comments from fellow Brits - that would be several times the price in the UK, at least. It depresses the hell out of me that I had to pay more than twice that amount for a small (albeit 2 floored) apartment this year, which will require almost as much work. Ouch. I'd happily buy that house and renovate it back to its former glory!! $95,000??? I second all the comments from fellow Brits – that would be several times the price in the UK, at least.

It depresses the hell out of me that I had to pay more than twice that amount for a small (albeit 2 floored) apartment this year, which will require almost as much work. Ouch. I’d happily buy that house and renovate it back to its former glory!!

]]> By: read me... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11847 read me... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:37:47 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11847 HOW MUCH... (thud - me falling off my chair). I can't begin to tell you what a house like that would command in the UK. If the US gov would let me in, I'd happily pay this to be your neighbour and take the train/boat to work everyday!! HOW MUCH… (thud – me falling off my chair). I can’t begin to tell you what a house like that would command in the UK. If the US gov would let me in, I’d happily pay this to be your neighbour and take the train/boat to work everyday!!

]]> By: read me... http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11848 read me... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:37:47 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11848 HOW MUCH... (thud - me falling off my chair). I can't begin to tell you what a house like that would command in the UK. If the US gov would let me in, I'd happily pay this to be your neighbour and take the train/boat to work everyday!! HOW MUCH… (thud – me falling off my chair). I can’t begin to tell you what a house like that would command in the UK. If the US gov would let me in, I’d happily pay this to be your neighbour and take the train/boat to work everyday!!

]]> By: melissa http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11845 melissa Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:15:06 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11845 i live in orange county california, and the only things we have that are that beautiful are in "old towne orange"-- the foundation of our great land of silicon and mercedes-benzes. and one of these, as a fixer-upper, would run close to one million! (if not more!) the ones out here have dandy little plaques on them, purporting them to be built in 1912, or 1897, or 1907, or whatever year, and when each house turns 100, the city of orange sends them a dandy little sign to put in the front yard. how quaint! do you think $5000 is an acceptable down payment? i'm moving to new york right now! (the other $5000 i have in savings will have to accommodate my inability to function in cold environments-- another blessing [outside of unattainable housing] that california has bestowed on me) now to find a job! oh wait, i can't even get one of those out here. hm! i live in orange county california, and the only things we have that are that beautiful are in “old towne orange”– the foundation of our great land of silicon and mercedes-benzes. and one of these, as a fixer-upper, would run close to one million! (if not more!) the ones out here have dandy little plaques on them, purporting them to be built in 1912, or 1897, or 1907, or whatever year, and when each house turns 100, the city of orange sends them a dandy little sign to put in the front yard. how quaint!

do you think $5000 is an acceptable down payment? i’m moving to new york right now! (the other $5000 i have in savings will have to accommodate my inability to function in cold environments– another blessing [outside of unattainable housing] that california has bestowed on me) now to find a job! oh wait, i can’t even get one of those out here. hm!

]]> By: Vicki http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11806 Vicki Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:28:54 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11806 Come on! it's the perfect situation! You can live in your current home while you work on this one! You have to save it from being bought by an investor and split into rental apartments! Just a little pressure... ;) Come on! it’s the perfect situation! You can live in your current home while you work on this one! You have to save it from being bought by an investor and split into rental apartments! Just a little pressure… ;)

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11801 Anna at D16 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:46:29 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11801 Karly, I think the answer to the "why not" question is that I really don't need two houses a block apart. :D Karly, I think the answer to the “why not” question is that I really don’t need two houses a block apart. :D

]]> By: karly http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11799 karly Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:39:56 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11799 after seeing what you have done with the bathrooms in your house, I KNOW you could make this place amazing!!!! And for $95,000, why not? after seeing what you have done with the bathrooms in your house, I KNOW you could make this place amazing!!!! And for $95,000, why not?

]]> By: Anna at D16 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11791 Anna at D16 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:18:14 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11791 <b>lizbeth:</b> This neighborhood (Washington Heights) is really quite lovely. As a resident, I am admittedky biased, but it is one of the few parts of the city that has managed to hold on over the years, with most of the houses occupied and relatively few having fallen into total disrepair. You have to take this in context, though, and remember that Newburgh is a city that has seen some very hard times in the past 40 years, and is still (as they say) "in transition". This is a subject far too involved for me to get into in a blog comment, but please feel free to email me directly if you're interested in knowing more about Newburgh and what it's like to live here. lizbeth: This neighborhood (Washington Heights) is really quite lovely. As a resident, I am admittedky biased, but it is one of the few parts of the city that has managed to hold on over the years, with most of the houses occupied and relatively few having fallen into total disrepair. You have to take this in context, though, and remember that Newburgh is a city that has seen some very hard times in the past 40 years, and is still (as they say) “in transition”. This is a subject far too involved for me to get into in a blog comment, but please feel free to email me directly if you’re interested in knowing more about Newburgh and what it’s like to live here.

]]> By: Cupcakes and Cashmere http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11790 Cupcakes and Cashmere Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:14:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11790 it really does have a lovely feel to it. i'd paint it calm colors to really focus on the nice floors and the construction. it really does have a lovely feel to it. i’d paint it calm colors to really focus on the nice floors and the construction.

]]> By: lizbeth http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11787 lizbeth Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:45:58 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11787 So what is the neighborhood like? So what is the neighborhood like?

]]> By: Alicia http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11781 Alicia Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:57:57 +0000 http://www.doorsixteen.com/2008/09/23/for-sale-newburgh/#comment-11781 I know it is against the best interests of this country, but if we can just keep this housing slump for another year or two until I'm ready to buy (lol - can't now, still in school), I could get a steal like this... *sigh* frustration. I know it is against the best interests of this country, but if we can just keep this housing slump for another year or two until I’m ready to buy (lol – can’t now, still in school), I could get a steal like this… *sigh* frustration.

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