The DenHerder Family

Since we toured 4 houses Thursday night, in an effort to keep the posts short and not confuse the houses, each house gets it’s own post. First house in the series; 955 Emerald. From the street, this house doesn’t seem bad. It had a tiny backyard, which means not much mowing. The back stoop is fairly large, as well. The fencing is kind of erractic, or maybe it’s more the landscape; the fencing stays level, but the land dips away towards the corner. I doubt we’d spend much time in the backyard, as it’s small and overlooks the like 5 multi-tenants housing units surrounding it. Ok, so it loses points for the immediate neighborhood. When you first enter from the back door, you can enter the kitchen, or immediately go downstairs. More on the basement later. The kitchen was actually decently sized – a bit monochromatic, but lots of space. Of course, until I got inside the kitchen and gave it a 360. The wall against the staircase to the basement had a bar set up, with a huge mirror. I have never seen a mirror in the kitchen before, and it was kind of weird. Of course, you could rip out the mirror and easily replace the bar with more cupboards, which I suspect we would do. The dining room wasn’t bad – I’m not a fan of carpeting in formal dining rooms, especially red carpet. That could be changed though. The living room wasn’t bad – it had a fireplace, and seemed spacious. The front entrance is obviously not used, as the entryway needs a lot of work. The front bedroom… glows in the dark. And I’m being generous. I have no idea who would possibly think that glowing orange would EVER be a good color to put on the walls of ANYTHING, but someone thought so. We were not impressed. The Master Bedroom is kind of blah – there’s a window in the closet, which is odd. The bathroom isn’t bad – the view from the bathroom window is right into the neighbor’s window, which I don’t like. There is supposedly a bedroom upstairs – the upstairs dormer is SHORT. I would not use that for a bedroom under any circumstance. A kid’s play area, sure, but I would never turn that into a bedroom. The basement is very well maintained, actually. I could see it being remodeled into more living space. The furnace is VERY old, though, and on the way downstairs, we discovered the walls are lath and plaster, and NOT drywall. I don’t think I want to mess with remodeling lath and plaster walls, thanks. So overall, not as bad as the Lurie House, but not for us. I’m not a fan of the neighborhood and lack of yard.

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