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Question by HTSCP: Buying a house out of state, where do I go to get the mortgage? My wife and I currently reside in the midwest and we are planning to move to the east coast in (hopefully) about 6 months. Where should I go for the mortgage? Do I need to get it from someone in the east cost area or someone in my current home town? We’ll be moving somewhere in the southern middle most part of the state. Its a small town. We’re currently looking at a few victorian homes that will need renovation so I am planning on getting an FHA 203K loan. Thank you for your time. Best answer: Answer by Caveat EmptorYou go to a lender that writes loans in that state – so ask. Doesn’t matter where the actual lender is located. Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments! A... 

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Question by mom11212003: How can i Find History on a House that i’m interesing in buying? I am looking to buy an old victorian home and i would just like to know where i can find a web site that shows the history of the house…like deaths..break-ins…haungtings(lol) stuff like that!!! Best answer: Answer by JayBest bet, not sure about the web, would be to go to the court house and pull up any info on the property. I believe court houses have any information pertaining to the property. What do you think? Answer below! Even for the MEGA MOVERS, some jobs are out of the ordinary. How about transporting a family business without emptying the interior–so the doors can re-open as soon as possible after the building is resettled? That’s just what happened with... 

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Question by carrie p: Buying a second home before sale of first…? I have found a perfect home within ten minutes of where my husband and I work. Our current home is an old Victorian fixer upper about 45 minutes away. I know that within six months time we would be finished fixing it up to where we can recoup our mortgage amount. But our market is very slow, close to six months for homes to sell. Unfortunately, the property we want is going to move quickly. The home we want needs cosmetic touches only and is priced about ,000 below market. Our incomes are above average for this area in the midwest and the monthly mortgage of the homes together are well below 30% of our income. Should we purchase the second home? Can we work with the seller on setting a longer time frame on the purchase... 

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Question by Daddy: I am interested in buying a home thats is an estate sale, The home is listed 170,000.00 in a rural town.? The home is really old victorian style and needs work. What is a reosonable offer for this home. All other homes in the area have sold way cheaper and its a town of under 1000 people in a very rural area. About an hour from all shopping and 30 min from my work. Would 120,000.00 be to low. It has been on the market for a long time. Best answer: Answer by Ryan MThere is no way to know without knowing the EXACT market conditions of that area or even WHERE this area is. You can offer ANYTHING you like, just don’t expect them to counter-offer you after a low-ball offer. Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments! Baldwin Park is a subdivision within... 

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Tips for Buying Victorian Doll House Furniture Victorian doll house furniture appear formal and somber. They also feature elaborate details, including outwardly curving arm chairs. Chair seat and back are upholstered with rich fabric and often feature material like velvet, plush and velour. Victorian doll house furniture are made with wood, either as genuine materials or imitations of maple, oak, ash, black walnut and rosewood. The wood features a shiny but dark oil finish. The pulls and knobs are also carved. Unlike modern doll house furniture, Victorian-style furniture look heavy. To save on price and availability, look for sets. Victorian doll house furniture sometimes come in a two- or three-piece set. Two arm chairs, for example, come with a coffee table or a foot rest. Some... 

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10 Questions To Ask Your Designer Before Buying A House Plan Guest author, Joe Ahmann, owner of Ahmann Design Inc, has kindly written this article to help you in your house plan search. So you’ve bought your home lot and you’re ready to by the perfect house plan, but you don’t know where to start. There are important questions that you should ask your designer before buying that house plan, and I can help. I have been designing custom home plans and stock house plans for 20 years, and I have compiled a list of questions you should ask your home designer before buying. 1. How long have you been designing house plans? The more experience your home plan designer has, the more detailed his or her plans are likely to be. Stock house plans experience is also important because with all of the... 

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The reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), is termed as the Victorian Era and the fashion of clothes in that time came to be known as the Victorian Clothing. Restricted to the safe confines of the United Kingdom and it’s colonies before being aped by the other western countries, the Victorian Clothing in the eighteenth century was generally custom made by seamstresses, milliners, tailors, glovers, hatters and many other specialized tradesman who served a cliental from local shops. By the early nineteenth century, clothing was generally factory made and sold in large, fixed price departmental stores. At that time, the tailors who sewed from home saw a steady decline in their business. This led to the introduction of lock stitch sewing machine which simplified both home as well as shop... 

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Buying a character home is like buying an antique car, it will be more beautiful than all the others on the block, but you will have to spend every Sunday polishing it! To the converted, however, the charm of the older character home makes all that polishing worthwhile. If you would love a character home, but cannot quite run to the expense or the staying power of renovating and maintenance, think of adding some characteristics that can give your home the appearance of an older style house. Initially the exterior is where your changes will be the most noticeable. If your modern home has a stucco finish – one of the easiest ways to add interest to it is to finish it with Tudor wooden beam paneling. In Tudor times, the stucco was traditionally painted cream or white with either... 

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Also the previous owner replaced 4 of the old windows with vinyl replacement and 3 of them have cracked because they weren’t installed correctly. The estimated cost to replace all the windows is around $17,000. Would it really be worth it? The current windows are in good shape, though they could use some minor repairs to chains and need a few stops to be replaced. Is it worth the time and effort to fix repair/remove the paint, or not worth the hassle and buy new vinyl windows. My other issue is the way the vinyl windows will look on the exterior since they can’t be painted, and the victorian trim. Efficiency isn’t a problem with them. My heating and electric bills are actually quite cheap compared to some people, and my home with the 42 windows that it has is actually... 

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