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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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Well, I moved into my new house 2 weeks ago. It's in S. Arlington,TX.

It's 2470sq/ft, 2 story, 2.5 baths, 4 bedrooms, 1 study, 2 living areas, formal dining area (pool room now), a decent sized kitchen, and 2 car garage.

First, I decided to wash the Miata in the FREE car wash, you know, the bucket, water hose, in the driveway wash.

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Front
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First room inside front door


From the other corner, the black chair is next to the front door
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Office/Toy Room
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Living Room/Kitchen


From corner by sliding backdoor. The doorway in the center of the pic goes to the pool table, plus the office is on the other side of the red wall
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Upstairs Game Room
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All the rooms are upstairs, including the laundry room
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Old Oct 14, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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I'm renting a 1 bedroom shack. Does have a pool table though...
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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Geez I can only dream of owning a house like that where I live.

Nice house BTW.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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very nice! im jealous, what was the $$ if you feel like sharing?
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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nice house ..use some of that money and go get your car painted
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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looks great man. Your miata reminds me of mine =)
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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you're miata is more colors than mine! congratulations!

Nice house....wish I could afford a house w/ a driveway and garage.....arg...
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:52 PM
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good looking lady (not the little one, I'm not into kids)
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Originally Posted by Loki047
very nice! im jealous, what was the $$ if you feel like sharing?
Appraised for $142,000, paid $121,500.

Originally Posted by mike_671
nice house ..use some of that money and go get your car painted
That is why it isn't painted. Needed a house first. I am SLOWLY working to complete my Miata. Hoping to be done by Halett 2008.

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you're miata is more colors than mine! congratulations!

Everything that isn't red I got for free, so really can't complain. Besides, performance before looks!!

Nice house....wish I could afford a house w/ a driveway and garage.....arg...
I have waited 12 yrs to get a house. I am 30, and been a renter since I was 18. It was on my list of "first things I want to do" when I bought it. It was AWESOME washing my car in MY driveway. I normally wouldn't bother washing it, as this was only the third time I had (owned it for over 1 1/2 yrs).

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looks great man. Your miata reminds me of mine =)
I am gonna paint it red eventually, should I leave the top white or get it red, too?
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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good looking lady (not the little one, I'm not into kids)
Thanks. She is pretty hot.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ray_sir_6
Appraised for $142,000, paid $121,500.
You paid only $121,500 for a house like that!

****! a house like that where I live would cost $900,000-$1.2 million.

I should move to Texas.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by spike
****! a house like that where I live would cost $900,000-$1.2 million.
And here in Carlsbad, CA (San Diego county) it'd be even more.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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I should move to Texas.
move to a hickville on the east coast, it will be even less
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
And here in Carlsbad, CA (San Diego county) it'd be even more.
.....but that's southern california! where the weather is perfect and the women are hotter.

there's pretty much **** all here in Vancouver.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mazda/nissan
move to a hickville on the east coast, it will be even less
I much prefer the west coast.
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Originally Posted by spike
.....but that's southern california! where the weather is perfect...
Everybody says that, but I **** you not- it rained yesterday! Gotta be the third or fourth time this year, and they're predicting rainfall again, possibly as early as November.
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Everybody says that, but I **** you not- it rained yesterday! Gotta be the third or fourth time this year, and they're predicting rainfall again, possibly as early as November.


Yea, a house like that goes for around 250K around here. 400K+ if it's 1 block north of the beach. 1M if it's on beach boulevard, although you wouldn't see a house that small on beach boulevard.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Everybody says that, but I **** you not- it rained yesterday! Gotta be the third or fourth time this year, and they're predicting rainfall again, possibly as early as November.
That's it? **** we get rain 3-4 days a week,and they are predicting rain fall from now to April.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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damn, even here in East TN, a house like that would be well over $150k. I'd venture to guess over $200, but i'm no real estate expert. And I thought I was moving away from high priced housing (originally from chicago). Even on my meager salary I could afford a $120k house like that Nice place man.
Old Oct 15, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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Man that is a good price, even for the area I'm in now you made out good. Cookeville,TN is super cheap to live and that price is right around what you would pay here for a similar house.



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