Duckzilla
"Laugh it up fuzzball"
I decided to move out of the city and into the country, for a bigger place, more land, and the house I found is way beyond my expectations. While searching I only went to physically look at two houses. The first was a bust, the second I wanted as soon as I saw the listing. There was a description of an upstairs "family room", 21' x 18", plus "megastorage". As I reached the top of the stairs, I found the good-sized family room would need some work to make it ready to use as a dedicated listening space/HT. There's windows at both end, and just about every inch of wall space, floor-to-ceiling, has built-in cabinets. They can be removed, and I can get around the windows so I can mount a 120" projection screen, so I headed for the door to the rest of the 2nd story space. I wasn't prepared for what I found; the entire length of the remaining area is almost completely open, 40' x 25', just enormous. The drywall needs to be taped and spackled, the floor is bare plywood (and doesn't make a sound when you walk across it), and some cabinets and shelves need to be removed, but other than that its impressive. I viewed it Sunday, put in my offer Monday and the offer was accepted Tuesday! Do you guys think it's too big as-is? I'm putting a pair of Infinity RS1b's up there, but I can shorten the room, and build a kind of HT foyer in there, to make it about 30' x 25' or so. Oh, and the bonus is that the living room on the ground level is 15' x 19', which my WATT/Puppies will like just fine. I also want to share the challenges that lie ahead of me in the next 30 days;
April 3rd Close on my current house, and have 35 days from then to vacate
April 12th: First Deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinsons'
April 26th: Second surgery for DBS
May 1st or 2nd: Tentative closing date for the new house.
May 9th: Have to be out of the old house.
Think I have enough excitement in my life? Did I mention that all the funds for this are coming from an inheritance (from the UK), which I won't have until the week of April 18th?
April 3rd Close on my current house, and have 35 days from then to vacate
April 12th: First Deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinsons'
April 26th: Second surgery for DBS
May 1st or 2nd: Tentative closing date for the new house.
May 9th: Have to be out of the old house.
Think I have enough excitement in my life? Did I mention that all the funds for this are coming from an inheritance (from the UK), which I won't have until the week of April 18th?