Very nice.

What a beautiful house, glws!

That is a beautiful house.

So what is the area like?

Really lovely. Someone will appreciate every $ and hour you put into it!

FYI the listing says 3 bedrooms but the description says 4 bedrooms.

Really cool house, love that front door and those front windows. GLWS. the neighboring white house is pretty unique as well.

Furlock Bones said:

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So what is the area like?

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Eastwood itself is a pretty cool little historic neighborhood. A lot of residents stick around for a long time. We have benefited a lot (in my opinion) from all the EaDo development closer to downtown where factories and vacant lots have given way to condos/townhouses. This has given us a higher population density to support more restaurants and quality of life amenities. Lots of great schools in the area that I consider hidden gems. Strong social cycling culture is fun, we have lots of new bike lanes and also have two light rail lines in the neighborhood which can be convenient. I take one into work.

The bad is that we have lots of freight rail that likes to sit on the tracks for extended period of time which can be frustrating. Also a fair amount of stray dogs in certain parts of the neighborhood which can be agressive. There is very much a live and let live attitude which has its pros and cons. Nobody is going to pester you about keeping your yard up but also that means your neighbor may never mow there lawn.

My wife would want that house for the front door alone.

Beautiful house! It's bittersweet in general getting your house looking all polished just to sell it to someone else, but we've almost all done it. Even tougher with a cola six looking house like that!

Beautiful home!

As others have said, you have a beautiful house. Love the hardwoods, the sunroom, kitchen and the brick is classic.

We renovated a 1940s home in Memphis that was all hardwood floors except bathroom and kitchen.

Great job.

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I could almost smell my grandparent's and great-grandparent's homes in Palestine TX when I was a little kid.

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Palestine has some beautiful homes!

We used to have a 1200 acre farm that had been in the family for 4 generations but my mom and sisters sold it a few years ago. We had a huge gorgeous farm house and would hold our annual family reunions out there. Wish they had kept the house and about 20 acres around it for the next gen.

Are you going to move into something else cool or are you making the transition to suburban sprawl

Yeah I'm still fighting the good fight in 1939 craftsman but probably won't be able to hold out once my boys become teenagers but I got some time. Hopefully can add a 2nd story by then

I have a 3 car garage, a storage shed, and 2 attics. We park in the driveway. One kid alone has 2 sports wheelchairs, one regular wheelchair, 2 walkers, and a recumbent bike. I don't even know where the rest of us would go ITL.

That is an advantage/disadvantage of a small older place l, we haven't/can't accumulate much. Now, if we had to buy and store wheelchairs we'd have to be looking elsewhere

Reload8098 said:

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We used to have a 1200 acre farm that had been in the family for 4 generations but my mom and sisters sold it a few years ago. We had a huge gorgeous farm house and would hold our annual family reunions out there. Wish they had kept the house and about 20 acres around it for the next gen.

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Honest post - I'm glad my family has been church mouse poor for decades and have nothing to leave my generation, because I'd lose my mind if we had 1200 Texas acres and left nothing for the future prosperity

Ha ha I always say the same thing. Not that I'd turn it down, but I've said it because I've seen so many family have such strife and division bickering over inheritance. That's never been a problem in my family lol.

Yeah, I really wish they hadn't sold any of it. I understand it, I just don't like it.