I'm a southie and want to stay. If anyone has any leads, let me know. Thanks.
Quote from: guido911 on October 13, 2011, 06:31:50 PM
I'm a southie and want to stay. If anyone has any leads, let me know. Thanks.
How far southie do you want to be? A little more northie, a little more southie, or roughly the same latitude?
Quote from: Conan71 on October 14, 2011, 12:42:23 AM
How far southie do you want to be? A little more northie, a little more southie, or roughly the same latitude?
Probably a little more northie, although not inteller land.
Quote from: guido911 on October 14, 2011, 07:56:01 AM
Probably a little more northie, although not inteller land.
Just want to cross the border back into Tulsa City limits? Be careful Tulsans don't consider you an illegal immigrant.
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 14, 2011, 08:24:06 AM
Just want to cross the border back into Tulsa City limits? Be careful Tulsans don't consider you an illegal immigrant.
"Papers please"....
The great thing about Tulsa is that you can still say you live in Tulsa, but keep that suburban feel as long as you aren't in the Tulsa PS district. Most people I know especially those with kids, wouldn't admit to living in Tulsa proper, but will tell people what school district they live in (so long as it's not TPS).
Quote from: Hoss on October 14, 2011, 08:29:43 AM
"Papers please"....
The great thing about Tulsa is that you can still say you live in Tulsa, but keep that suburban feel as long as you aren't in the Tulsa PS district. Most people I know especially those with kids, wouldn't admit to living in Tulsa proper, but will tell people what school district they live in (so long as it's not TPS).
Something like:
I live in Tulsa butmy kids go to Jenks Schools?
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 14, 2011, 08:43:00 AM
Something like:
I live in Tulsa but
my kids go to Jenks Schools
?
Essentially, yeah. Maybe not even the first sentence for some people.
Quote from: Hoss on October 14, 2011, 08:29:43 AM
"Papers please"....
The great thing about Tulsa is that you can still say you live in Tulsa, but keep that suburban feel as long as you aren't in the Tulsa PS district. Most people I know especially those with kids, wouldn't admit to living in Tulsa proper, but will tell people what school district they live in (so long as it's not TPS).
My kids go to the highest rated public schools in Oklahoma. Yes, they are part of Tulsa Public Schools.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on October 14, 2011, 08:56:54 AM
My kids go to the highest rated public schools in Oklahoma. Yes, they are part of Tulsa Public Schools.
It would be nice if TPS could get the whole system to that level. No, I don't have the answer.
When our family moved here in 1971 from Springfield (suburban Philadelphia), PA, one of the factors for my parents buying in Bixby was the reputation of Bixby's schools being better than TPS. If that was really true, I'm glad my sister didn't have to go to TPS. She was starting 9th grade in Bixby. Most of the 9th grade in Bixby had been covered in 8th grade back in Springfield, PA.
Nice real estate between 101th/111th -Harvard/Yale in Jenks Schools.
Houses and SQ's are redaunkulous.
My wife wants to buy a house near 55th and Sheridan. It is way below market price because it needs some fixes.
I believe she never had a dollhouse as a child and sees this place as another chance to decorate and renovate. I blame that TV channel HGTV. It is costing me a fortune.
Quote from: carltonplace on October 14, 2011, 11:03:46 AM
Nice real estate between 101th/111th -Harvard/Yale in Jenks Schools.
Houses and SQ's are redaunkulous.
You actually hit on the area I was planning to visit today. It's about a 1-2 miles west of where I am at now--and its closer to HH.
Quote from: guido911 on October 14, 2011, 02:00:49 PM
You actually hit on the area I was planning to visit today. It's about a 1-2 miles west of where I am at now--and its closer to HH.
HH?
Happy Hour? Ho Hizzouse? Hilcrest Hospital? Habitat for Humanity?
Quote from: carltonplace on October 14, 2011, 03:13:43 PM
HH?
Happy Hour? Ho Hizzouse? Hilcrest Hospital? Habitat for Humanity?
I'm sorry. HH=Holland Hall, my kids' school.
Quote from: carltonplace on October 14, 2011, 03:13:43 PM
HH?
Happy Hour? Ho Hizzouse? Hilcrest Hospital? Habitat for Humanity?
I'll take Ho Hizzouse for $100 Alex!
You were right on Full Sail Ale BTW. And very cheap at Parkhill's.
There are a few on the market in Walnut Creek V, love the neighborhood, and still super close to HH, easy drive to Downtown . . .
Any thoughts about homes with salt water pools?
Quote from: Conan71 on October 14, 2011, 04:21:01 PM
I'll take Ho Hizzouse for $100 Alex!
You were right on Full Sail Ale BTW. And very cheap at Parkhill's.
I have another one for you: Caldera IPA. It comes in a can and its an excellent Portland micro-brew.
Quote from: guido911 on October 16, 2011, 06:57:48 PM
Any thoughts about homes with salt water pools?
For your pet shark?
Quote from: carltonplace on October 17, 2011, 02:56:30 PM
For your pet shark?
You mean that I actually have frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads?
I prefer the Alan Parsons Project.
Quote from: guido911 on October 14, 2011, 02:00:49 PM
You actually hit on the area I was planning to visit today. It's about a 1-2 miles west of where I am at now--and its closer to HH.
Had a friend who lived in a small (addition, not houses), but very nice neighborhood, north side of 111th, west of Harvard about 1/2 mile. Heading west, there used to be a large oak tree in middle of road, and just past that a little on right (north). Don't know if tree is still there, but the neighborhood should be.
Quote from: carltonplace on October 17, 2011, 02:56:30 PM
For your pet shark?
That's FREAKIN exactly what I said when my mother-in-law informed me that the pool was salt water. I wasn't clever enough to add the Austin Powers reference.
How about these neighborhoods: Legacy/Enclave and Forest Hills South?
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 17, 2011, 04:50:54 PM
Had a friend who lived in a small (addition, not houses), but very nice neighborhood, north side of 111th, west of Harvard about 1/2 mile. Heading west, there used to be a large oak tree in middle of road, and just past that a little on right (north). Don't know if tree is still there, but the neighborhood should be.
I used to bike in that area back in the early 2000s. It is/was a nice area.
Quote from: guido911 on October 17, 2011, 06:15:58 PM
I used to bike in that area back in the early 2000s. It is/was a nice area.
Subtle addition. Very nice houses, but not oppressively obnoxious like so many McMansions. The ones I am talking about are more like real mansions without all the bragging.
House bought! In five days, went from no discussions about moving to gone. Is that impulsive?
Quote from: guido911 on October 18, 2011, 09:36:32 AM
House bought! In five days, went from no discussions about moving to gone. Is that impulsive?
Nice! Hope you and the shark are happy in your new place.
Quote from: guido911 on October 16, 2011, 06:57:48 PM
Any thoughts about homes with salt water pools?
Salt water pools are much more pleasant to swim in than chlorine. My SO's dad switched from chlorine to salt and didn't seem to think that it was any harder to maintain.
Quote from: guido911 on October 18, 2011, 09:36:32 AM
House bought! In five days, went from no discussions about moving to gone. Is that impulsive?
So where??
Quote from: carltonplace on October 18, 2011, 10:24:32 AM
Nice! Hope you and the shark are happy in your new place.
Isn't that redundant? He is an attorney.....
Quote from: AquaMan on October 18, 2011, 03:12:46 PM
Isn't that redundant? He is an attorney.....
Bwahahaha
I applaud your impulsivity. Some people drag that process out too long.
Quote from: AquaMan on October 18, 2011, 03:29:23 PM
I applaud your impulsivity. Some people drag that process out too long.
This is how the purchase went down. We first started viewing homes on Sunday afternoon. We loved the first house we visited so much that the other homes couldn't measure up. That evening, we decided that was the home we were going to buy, but the problem was that it was well over six figures from what I thought was our range. So I called my agent and asked her to just humor me (and to quiet my inner impulsive voice--or the voice from above) and show me other homes in that higher range the following day. The first home wowed us so much that we went with that one instead. Made our offer at 8:00 p.m. and with hardly any back and forth reached the deal by 9:30. Too think if I had been that overly impulsive I would have missed what is one heck of a home which I paid a smile ton less.
Quote from: guido911 on October 18, 2011, 04:20:55 PM
The first home wowed us so much that we went with that one instead.
Is this first home the first home in the 2nd batch or the original first home?
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 18, 2011, 04:26:18 PM
Is this first home the first home in the 2nd batch or the original first home?
It was the very first home we looked at on
Sunday. I looked at the homes that were the same or similar to ours on the internet on Friday/Saturday to start a list, and that first home was not even on it because it was way out of my search parameters. We just happened to drive by it and saw the "for sale" sign and thought it was close to our range. The house we eventually bought was the first house we viewed
yesterday--which was a result of second guessing or more likely divine intervention.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 18, 2011, 05:42:46 PM
Broken Arrow?? Not too close to HH.
I meant Forest Park, North of 101st and between Yale & Sheridan...
Quote from: guido911 on October 18, 2011, 05:55:42 PM
I meant Forest Park, North of 101st and between Yale & Sheridan...
That's the one you can get to by crossing the Creek on Harvard, right? Nice neighborhood. Watch out for hippies hanging out outside your gate, though. ;)
Quote from: nathanm on October 20, 2011, 10:22:38 AM
That's the one you can get to by crossing the Creek on Harvard, right? Nice neighborhood. Watch out for hippies hanging out outside your gate, though. ;)
^^^^
I LOLed...
Quote from: nathanm on October 20, 2011, 10:22:38 AM
That's the one you can get to by crossing the Creek on Harvard, right? Nice neighborhood. Watch out for hippies hanging out outside your gate, though. ;)
I am further east from there, closer to Sheridan with no gate. But I am still on the lookout for the hippies...What will you be wearing? :P
Anyone want a five year old, 4K sq/ft home at a bargain?
Quote from: guido911 on October 20, 2011, 01:30:30 PM
Anyone want a five year old, 4K sq/ft home at a bargain?
4K? OMG that is huge!. Way too big for me...I'll keep my 2600sf bungalow (also way too big for me).
Quote from: guido911 on October 20, 2011, 01:30:30 PM
Anyone want a five year old, 4K sq/ft home at a bargain?
It doesn't seem like 5 yrs since your (old) area was built.
No, not interested.
Quote from: carltonplace on October 20, 2011, 01:40:38 PM
4K? OMG that is huge!. Way too big for me...I'll keep my 2600sf bungalow (also way too big for me).
1500 ft^2 would be big enough if we could throw a few things away once in a while. Not talking about trash/garbage, it goes regularly.
Quote from: guido911 on October 20, 2011, 12:55:20 PM
I am further east from there, closer to Sheridan with no gate. But I am still on the lookout for the hippies...What will you be wearing? :P
Lycra and a spare tire. :o
Somebody got the reference! ;)
Quote from: nathanm on October 20, 2011, 02:56:04 PM
Somebody got the reference! ;)
We all got it. I just thought we were banned from saying his name.
Quote from: Townsend on October 20, 2011, 02:59:44 PM
We all got it. I just thought we were banned from saying his name.
I think the blow is making you paranoid. ;D
Quote from: guido911 on October 20, 2011, 01:30:30 PM
Anyone want a five year old, 4K sq/ft home at a bargain?
Already been there and done that...
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 20, 2011, 01:44:32 PM
1500 ft^2 would be big enough if we could throw a few things away once in a while. Not talking about trash/garbage, it goes regularly.
right!? I'm not using all of the space in my house...my stuff is.
Quote from: guido911 on October 20, 2011, 01:30:30 PM
Anyone want a five year old, 4K sq/ft home at a bargain?
I could cut that up into four pieces and live in any one and still be moving into a bigger place.
Got granite countertops?
I've seen enough granite in some of the new houses I have looked at to make a pretty fair sized mausoleum!
Granite looks great on kitchen counters, IMO, but butcher block counter tops are much more functional. Of course, if you're OCD about everything looking perfect, the idea of using a knife directly on your counter might be more than a little disturbing. Maintenance is super-easy, though. Just a little mineral oil every couple of weeks and a sanding when it gets ratty-looking and it's good as new.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 24, 2011, 01:10:42 PM
I could cut that up into four pieces and live in any one and still be moving into a bigger place.
Got granite countertops?
I've seen enough granite in some of the new houses I have looked at to make a pretty fair sized mausoleum!
Yes it's got granite counter tops but mostly in the bathrooms and kitchen. My future house has the largest kitchen I have ever been in. Larger than the one where I took several chef classes. Two ovens (one convection), a built-in steamer/boiler, and a six gas burner range. Now, who wants my man card.
And I agree with most about space. The entire upstairs of our current house (massive media room, library/game room, and work out room), which is about 1/3 the size of the rest of the house, only gets used regularly by my son who loves playing the Wii with the surround sound on.
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 01:25:01 PM
Yes it's got granite counter tops but mostly in the bathrooms and kitchen. My future house has the largest kitchen I have ever been in. Larger than the one where I took several chef classes. Two ovens (one convection), a built-in steamer/boiler, and a six gas burner range. Now, who wants my man card.
And I agree with most about space. The entire upstairs of our current house (massive media room, library/game room, and work out room), which is about 1/3 the size of the rest of the house, only gets used regularly by my son who loves playing the Wii with the surround sound on.
I guess I just don't get it...the whole McMansion thing...we go out and look at new houses several times a year, just to see what is happening, and it amazes me that somehow volume has become equal to quality of living. (Not knocking you at all for having a big house, if that's what you want - I am a pretty extreme libertarian on that - I just don't get it.) I have long ago decided I don't like doing housecleaning that much, nor maintenance. Both seem to be a huge accompaniment to the big house.
I watch all the cooking shows I can, and so many of them show little tiny spaces where HUGE things in food are being done, I don't see the need for much of a kitchen. I like having it open to the living area, but I have seen kitchens that were 1/2 the size of my whole house (over 500 sq ft). That is worthless as a kitchen.
Now, the asterick to all that is that I want a pretty good size yard. Like Red says - I don't want to hear my neighbors or be able to see them.
Plus get space for a garden and some chickens. Maybe a cow or two. Small pond stocked with bass and crappy. Target shooting range. Dirt bike track. Wood lot for cutting some firewood. Just a few of the small accessories that make life worth living.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 24, 2011, 02:03:54 PM
I guess I just don't get it...the whole McMansion thing...we go out and look at new houses several times a year, just to see what is happening, and it amazes me that somehow volume has become equal to quality of living. (Not knocking you at all for having a big house, if that's what you want - I am a pretty extreme libertarian on that - I just don't get it.) I have long ago decided I don't like doing housecleaning that much, nor maintenance. Both seem to be a huge accompaniment to the big house.
I watch all the cooking shows I can, and so many of them show little tiny spaces where HUGE things in food are being done, I don't see the need for much of a kitchen. I like having it open to the living area, but I have seen kitchens that were 1/2 the size of my whole house (over 500 sq ft). That is worthless as a kitchen.
Now, the asterick to all that is that I want a pretty good size yard. Like Red says - I don't want to hear my neighbors or be able to see them.
Plus get space for a garden and some chickens. Maybe a cow or two. Small pond stocked with bass and crappy. Target shooting range. Dirt bike track. Wood lot for cutting some firewood. Just a few of the small accessories that make life worth living.
McMansion? The home I bought was built years before that word was a part of pop culture. And my current home is by no means a McMansion either. People that mindlessly throw that word around, to me, are so damned jealous of those with the ability to afford such a home that they feel they have no other recourse but to run down the "haves" homes.
Large kitchens that are functional can become the centerpiece of a home. This particular kitchen, which includes the granite top cooking island that serve as a table, is in excess of 500 square feet. I will post a picture of it and you can decide if it is ostentatious. Everyone I have talked to that has seen it believes it to be an outstanding entertainment area--particularly since it blends so well with the downstairs living room and sitting room/study.
And housecleaning? What's that? ;D
A big kitchen, as long as it's not so big you can't make your workflow efficient, is great, IMO. It's one of the few places I feel like I need more space in my present house. Of course, my kitchen is about the size of a postage stamp, so...
That's not to say I would object to having a dedicated home theater room and game room. My office is more than a little crowded with the pinball machine...
So yeah, to me the real advantage of a big house is more room for toys.
Guido, I believe cleaning is what my housekeeper does. :P
As far as jealousy, I don't think that's really the reason behind the term. Most people I've seen use it are the sort who have no interest in a big house anyway. I think the distinction between "big house" and "McMansion" is a) cookie cutter design, such that the entire neighborhood has only 3 or 4 different floor plans and facades and b) poor quality construction using the cheapest materials possible except where they are seen, often leading to structural issues down the line.
Whether or not you're one of those people, you have to admit that there are plenty of folks who buy houses like that as a status symbol and for no other reason. They are the ones the term is directed at.
Quote from: nathanm on October 24, 2011, 02:24:02 PM
A big kitchen, as long as it's not so big you can't make your workflow efficient, is great, IMO. It's one of the few places I feel like I need more space in my present house. Of course, my kitchen is about the size of a postage stamp, so...
That's not to say I would object to having a dedicated home theater room and game room. My office is more than a little crowded with the pinball machine...
So yeah, to me the real advantage of a big house is more room for toys.
Guido, I believe cleaning is what my housekeeper does. :P
As far as jealousy, I don't think that's really the reason behind the term. Most people I've seen use it are the sort who have no interest in a big house anyway. I think the distinction between "big house" and "McMansion" is a) cookie cutter design, such that the entire neighborhood has only 3 or 4 different floor plans and facades and b) poor quality construction using the cheapest materials possible except where they are seen, often leading to structural issues down the line.
Whether or not you're one of those people, you have to admit that there are plenty of folks who buy houses like that as a status symbol and for no other reason. They are the ones the term is directed at.
I can think of no reason other than jealousy to call something a "McMansion" unless it has been at least
seen first. But ultimately is doesn't really matter since where one lives is their choice. My current neighborhood does have hints of a cookie cutter look, but my home has nothing in common with almost all (save one) of them.
And I got a housekeeper that picks up after my messy self.
My future home has lots of bells and whistles (pool, hot tub, game room, and other things I'll never use), but the kitchen is what sold me. Again, I'll post a picture and I think you will appreciate it.
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 02:19:20 PM
McMansion? The home I bought was built years before that word was a part of pop culture. And my current home is by no means a McMansion either. People that mindlessly throw that word around, to me, are so damned jealous of those with the ability to afford such a home that they feel they have no other recourse but to run down the "haves" homes.
Large kitchens that are functional can become the centerpiece of a home. This particular kitchen, which includes the granite top cooking island that serve as a table, is in excess of 500 square feet. I will post a picture of it and you can decide if it is ostentatious. Everyone I have talked to that has seen it believes it to be an outstanding entertainment area--particularly since it blends so well with the downstairs living room and sitting room/study.
And housecleaning? What's that? ;D
Wasn't knocking you for a big house. (My definition of a McMansion is anything over about 3,000 sq ft). Several relatives have between 3500 and 6000 and they are all McMansions.
Not jealous at all. In fact, I am planning to build a house that is smaller than what I live in now - for the reasons stated; cleaning and maintenance. See the tiny house web site I mentioned earlier. Will probably be a little bigger than 185 sq ft, but don't plan to have more than 1,000 sq ft. Might go with granite, too, but won't take much to do my kitchen.
I'm sure your kitchens are both nice. It just doesn't take that much room for me to do the cooking that I want to do.
As for the kitchen, think Bill's Hamburgers. Or some of those little closet size places that Guy Fieri goes to on DDD. I will have a large grilling area in back - the patio.
Now, here is a pet peeve I do have about ANY neighborhood and the big house ones seem to get a double dose of it - the garage door as an architectural element. We have done this topic to death in the past, but I still submit that the truly classy neighborhoods have a pave alley way to keep cars and trash cans off the front of the house. Most of these big new additions could learn a huge lesson from some of the smaller older areas.
Now if there were just a law against kids living in neighborhoods....
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 02:34:58 PM
Again, I'll post a picture and I think you will appreciate it.
I'm looking forward to it. I love me some decked out kitchens, even if I have lived in houses smaller than said kitchen. ;)
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 24, 2011, 02:37:35 PM
Now if there were just a law against kids living in neighborhoods....
Not that I like other people's kids but I think the words you're looking for are "retirement community"..."retirement community".
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 24, 2011, 02:37:35 PM
Wasn't knocking you for a big house. (My definition of a McMansion is anything over about 3,000 sq ft). Several relatives have between 3500 and 6000 and they are all McMansions.
Anything over 3000 sq. ft.? Man you need to get out more. There are some homes in the Swan Lake/Utica area that fall in that category and I cannot think of anyone but you that would call them McMansions. The future neighborhood has no alleys that I have seen, but many homes have circle driveways in the front (like mine) but I have not seen them used as a parking area.
When I consider a home, size is a factor because of unknowns. We may become foster parents again, we may adopt, our parents are aging and we may need to take care of them, when family visits from out of town we want them to stay with us, etc. Simply, I feel that a larger home gives me a sense of preparedness and flexibility (and hide and seek with my son REALLY takes on new meaning).
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 03:04:07 PM
Anything over 3000 sq. ft.? Man you need to get out more. There are some homes in the Swan Lake/Utica area that fall in that category and I cannot think of anyone but you that would call them McMansions.
More than 5 or 6 times a year? Don't think SWMBO would put up with looking at houses any more than that.
Swan Lake is just flat out mansions. No Mc involved....
Kind of an esoteric, quaint, comfy version of Maple Ridge...
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 03:04:07 PM
Anything over 3000 sq. ft.? Man you need to get out more. There are some homes in the Swan Lake/Utica area that fall in that category and I cannot think of anyone but you that would call them McMansions.
Comparing McMansions to Swan Lake area is apples and oranges.
Quote from: dbacks fan on October 24, 2011, 03:18:15 PM
Comparing McMansions to Swan Lake area is apples and oranges.
Not McMansions - just plain old mansions!!
Quote from: dbacks fan on October 24, 2011, 03:18:15 PM
Comparing McMansions to Swan Lake area is apples and oranges.
Oh absolutely. Heiron said anything over 3000 sq ft fell into that category and I was pointing out that those homes are by no means McMansions. To me, a McMansion-type neighborhood isn't so much the look but the sense I get that they have zero personality. No uniqueness and the feeling that some developer just xeroxed a similar neighborhood and planted it some place else. Once I get some pics together, I post them. Again, it was just 11 days ago we decided to move and just one week since I got a contract.
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 02:19:20 PM
McMansion? The home I bought was built years before that word was a part of pop culture. And my current home is by no means a McMansion either. People that mindlessly throw that word around, to me, are so damned jealous of those with the ability to afford such a home that they feel they have no other recourse but to run down the "haves" homes.
I can afford a much bigger house than I live in, I just don't see the point. I inhabit less than 1/3 of the house I'm in unless people are in from out of town.
To me the term McMansion describes large houses churned out one after the other without much care for design or features.
Garage up front
Front door, office and dining room on the right, utility, garage access, stairs on the left
Living room, kitchen and informal dining in the back.
I've been in a million just like it.
Quote from: carltonplace on October 24, 2011, 03:57:07 PM
I can afford a much bigger house than I live in, I just don't see the point. I inhabit less than 1/3 of the house I'm in unless people are in from out of town.
To me the term McMansion describes large houses churned out one after the other without much care for design or features.
Garage up front
Front door, office and dining room on the right, utility, garage access, stairs on the left
Living room, kitchen and informal dining in the back.
I've been in a million just like it.
That describes most houses built in the last ten years, including those under 2200'ft all over the country. Phoenix and Las Vegas are full of them, and even the neighborhoods they are built in are all the same as well, common mailbox area, green space, small front yards, no porches (not the car) every third house is the reverse of another one, four different elevations to choose from so you don't all look the same from the street.
Kitchen is the most important room in a house to me. FMC and I are waiting to hear something definitive on a project we've been working on for a couple of months this week. If that deal is a no-go, I'm totally pimping out my kitchen and opening up the main room of my house into one large area. I love to entertain, it's kind of hard to when the space is really broken up or to only be able to entertain in summer when I can have friends on the patio.
There will be a throw down and Marshall-a-thon upon completion.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on October 24, 2011, 03:14:44 PM
Swan Lake is just flat out mansions. No Mc involved....
Kind of an esoteric, quaint, comfy version of Maple Ridge...
Around the lake and a few on 19th west of the park...the rest of the neighborhood is a mix between bungalows, brick cottages and small apartment buildings. Swan Lake includes the entire area between Peoria, 15th, Utica and 21st...generally the southern end has larger, nicer homes (especially the aforementioned lake area) while the northern end is more of a mixed bag of smaller mostly well-maintained bungalows with a handful of rundown-looking homes in need of some work. Southern Swan Lake is more similar to Maple Ridge (the northern and western sections with smaller homes) while northern Swan Lake is more similar to the Yorktown neighborhood east of Utica.
Quote from: SXSW on October 24, 2011, 06:48:31 PM
Around the lake and a few on 19th west of the park...the rest of the neighborhood is a mix between bungalows, brick cottages and small apartment buildings. Swan Lake includes the entire area between Peoria, 15th, Utica and 21st...generally the southern end has larger, nicer homes (especially the aforementioned lake area) while the northern end is more of a mixed bag of smaller mostly well-maintained bungalows with a handful of rundown-looking homes in need of some work. Southern Swan Lake is more similar to Maple Ridge (the northern and western sections with smaller homes) while northern Swan Lake is more similar to the Yorktown neighborhood east of Utica.
Could you be more specific? :D
Guido,
Last Saturday morning I saw some garage sale signs on 111th by the entrances to your neighborhood. Were they yours?
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 24, 2011, 07:09:21 PM
Guido,
Last Saturday morning I saw some garage sale signs on 111th by the entrances to your neighborhood. Were they yours?
No. We are not into those things. We donate.
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 07:34:09 PM
No. We are not into those things. We donate.
Darn, I was hoping you might have sold a few obsoleted servants, Greedo ;)
Quote from: Conan71 on October 24, 2011, 08:42:07 PM
Darn, I was hoping you might have sold a few obsoleted servants, Greedo ;)
Oh, we're doing that. No, the maid, butler, au pair, live-in tutor, security staff, and the roof snipers are coming with us.
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 07:34:09 PM
No. We are not into those things. We donate.
I could always use some more storage space. I would have been interested in the garage if you could deliver to my place.
;D
Quote from: Red Arrow on October 24, 2011, 09:21:09 PM
I could always use some more storage space. I would have been interested in the garage if you could deliver to my place.
;D
Thread winner contestant?
Quote from: guido911 on October 24, 2011, 06:51:37 PM
Could you be more specific? :D
Just pimpin' my 'hood. ;)
Quote from: RecycleMichael on October 14, 2011, 08:56:54 AM
My kids go to the highest rated public schools in Oklahoma. Yes, they are part of Tulsa Public Schools.
Eisenhower?
one in Eisenhower and one at Carver
Has anyone ever noticed that closing on a home sucks?
Yes, had writers cramp so bad I had to drink my celebratory beer with a straw.
Looks like back to square one.
Quote from: guido911 on November 04, 2011, 12:18:10 PM
Looks like back to square one.
Closing went that badly?
Did it fall through? Sorry to hear that if so...
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on November 04, 2011, 12:25:58 PM
Did it fall through? Sorry to hear that if so...
It happens sometimes. We're going to take a different approach starting today.
Quote from: guido911 on November 04, 2011, 12:31:10 PM
It happens sometimes. We're going to take a different approach starting today.
Good luck!
Go out and buy a couple acres and have a house built....get exactly what you want, even if it is a new house. (I like older houses that I can re-do).
Quote from: Townsend on November 04, 2011, 12:25:44 PM
Closing went that badly?
It wasn't closing or anything else like it. It was Obama's fault like Sheen said. :D I will detail later.
Quote from: guido911 on November 04, 2011, 12:34:35 PM
It wasn't closing or anything else like it. It was Obama's fault like Sheen said. :D I will detail later.
You have 9 inspectors out there like I had? That'll make your head spin.
If you need a place to stay tonight, be sure and don't pitch a tent in a city park.
Quote from: RecycleMichael on November 04, 2011, 02:25:07 PM
If you need a place to stay tonight, be sure and don't pitch a tent in a city park.
Actually put one foot on the grass and one foot off and the sue the city.
Quote from: Townsend on November 04, 2011, 12:35:48 PM
You have 9 inspectors out there like I had? That'll make your head spin.
Yep. But in the end it was money well spent.
Quote from: guido911 on November 04, 2011, 04:02:39 PM
Yep. But in the end it was money well spent.
We ended up with an exemplary inspection. I was shocked. We gave major kudos to the previous owners.
Sorry if yours didn't go so well.
Quote from: Townsend on November 04, 2011, 04:51:56 PM
We ended up with an exemplary inspection. I was shocked. We gave major kudos to the previous owners.
Sorry if yours didn't go so well.
Like my wife said, "It's just a house. We already have one." She's right. This would have been the first house that we would have purchased that was not new. Many things learned about the process.
Quote from: guido911 on November 04, 2011, 05:05:03 PM
Like my wife said, "It's just a house. We already have one." She's right.
Yeah, when we didn't end up getting the first one we wanted we thought the same thing. So glad we didn't get it. We love our new home.