Oh...such a cute house for sale
My sister and her family are moving! They are selling their cute little house north of Pittsburgh.
Selling a house always brings mixed feelings. On one hand, it's exciting to be moving somewhere new...somewhere you want to go. On the other hand, there are so many memories tied to a house that go along with handing over the key.
The holiday gatherings. The birthday parties. Running down the stairs at Christmas time. Playing nintendo on the third floor with my niece and nephew. Sitting on the front porch with the dog and looking out onto the dark, quiet street.
Sneaking to the fridge in the middle of the night to get some turkey leftovers. My sister and her husband (who are lovely hosts) packing tons of people into bedrooms, the basement, couches and corners. Lots and lots of laughing.
I know they're going to miss this house. Heck, I'M going to miss their house and I don't live there! It's a great, great house. So cozy but large at the same time. Lots of great old house details. And so incredibly pristine because, well, that's my sister.
Before my parents moved from our last house that we all had lived in together, my sisters and I got on the phone and created a memory map of each room. What were the memories--happy and sad--that we associated with each room of the house? We wrote up all of the stories and sent them to my parents before they left so they could relive all of that for the last time.
It was one of the most satisfying tributes to a house I'd ever participated in.
Besides...the cost of living near Pittsburgh? SO MUCH LOWER THAN CHICAGO. Ack. I think I may cry. In our neighborhood, you can't even afford a three room condo for that price. For the price of their enormous, lovely house you could get this in Chicago. A condo with a 1 foot by 1 foot dining room. (sob)
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Comments
Such a cute house, with tiny house payments to match!
Posted by: erin | April 29, 2005 7:43 AM
It could be worse- we could be in NY, SF, or DC area. My sister lived in Arlington and a teeny little frame house -nothing special was easily $500K!
Posted by: Jocelyn | April 29, 2005 8:02 AM
A 1x1 foot dining room AND a 1x1 foot kitchen (if you scroll down the listing a bit). That's a good one! Maybe it's the start of a new diet fad... I feel your pain with the Chicagoland prices. The price of a teeny house in/around Chicago will buy you a big ol' farm house and 5 acres of land if you head just 3 hours in any direction!
Posted by: Rebecca | April 29, 2005 9:14 AM
I was expecting it to be more expensive than that. Man! That is so reasonable. What a lovely house. I know exactly what you mean about the bittersweet feelings of leaving a house. Especially for me, since I always attach sentimental feelings to inanimate objects. In 6th grade, I cried when we traded in our leased car. Um, crazy.
Posted by: Kristin | April 29, 2005 10:02 AM
How can you have a 1x1 room? Is that even possible?
Posted by: Kristin | April 29, 2005 10:03 AM
you want to talk crazy house prices??? try buying in a city that will host the olympics in 5 years... yikes!
Posted by: deb | April 29, 2005 12:24 PM
I want to see the .5 refridgerator and the .5 stove that fit into that 1x1 kitchen ;-)
Posted by: Anonymous | April 29, 2005 2:06 PM
I think its human nature to become emotionally attached to things like houses and cars. Memories and matter are easily entwined!
And I love the Houseblogs map by the way. For some reason (my firewall at work, prob.) I wasn't able to post a reply there. Us Illinoisans should get together for a corn husking or something. ;-)
Posted by: Jess | April 29, 2005 3:30 PM