They don't sell real estate like they used to!
Then, you drove yourself to a local agent, told them what you wanted and what you could afford to pay, then they drove you all over the place before you found the place that was just right.
Now, computers make everything accessible to anyone, anywhere, and let you take virtual online tours--up front, from the convenience of your own computer! (And of course last time I bought anything, home computers were science fiction, not fact! I think the earth's crust was still cooling, then...)
This is fascinating! I've got insomnia tonight, so I've been browsing around
http://www.chrisonline.net/listings.shtml
Isn't technology grand? Of course I guess I did sort of the same thing, with my own little Flickr set, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9506220@N08/sets/72157606054864435/ but this is more how we experienced the house. Lots of fond memories...
Of course what these don't show are things like the accessibility to some of the best canoeing territory ever, on the Shenandoah River, or the easy access to Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park, but the tour of the house itself is FUN. Makes me homesick...
Guess I should have known that computers and the Internet would have changed this, too--they've certainly changed how I earn my living as a freelancer! So fingers crossed, here, folks...
there is a kind of longing in my heart, and that blue door beckons. maybe this week, that lottery ticket for once...
I'm going to miss going there, too. Very, very beautiful...
(Anonymous)
off that sun porch-- after I had spent
a long time (of course) checking out
that cozy nook of books, first.
:)
Good luck with it!
Annie
And thank you...it deserves a family that will love it as much as Joseph did, for years, and as I did when I came on the scene!
(Anonymous)
Xoxo,
Laura
He did work himself silly getting it all cleaned up...looks great! It has patina and character, which most new houses don't (in my opinion/experience, anyway!) but it's all so clean and shining...
XOXO right back atcha!