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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 1:00 pm
WOW! teach, your home is beautiful! i would kill for that kitchen!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 1:13 pm
How do I get to see the photo's? Do I have to join?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 2:01 pm
I noticed you did that, Spitfire.. Me too! Teach.. what a wonderful home! So much love and thought went into every detail, that is obvious. What views, too! LOL!! Loved the view from "the throne"! And all the little touches like your special tile from your mom. The entrance and the decks, wow! And I think you might have the same or similar faucet to one that Wappy chose for her bathroom!! Thanks so much for sharing this!
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 5:31 pm
Try to contact the listing realtor of a house you want to buy. Bargain down the % that the realtor gets such as 4% instead of 6%. Try to split the closing cost. If you buy a new house try to get a percentage off because realtors get a percentage for bringing in new buyers. When buying a new house bargain for the things you want to change, builders will make deals. Put everything in writing. Bargain, bargain, bargain. All they can is say no. When selling, go visit new model homes and make your home look like theirs. Get rid of the junk, excess furniture and all personal items. Rent storage if you must.
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 5:48 pm
Teach -- thank you so much for sharing. I am drooling over the color of your granite kitchen countertops. That is exactly the same color I want. Ohhh now I can't wait to start building!!! OMG I have never seen so much snow!!!!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 7:14 pm
Thanks for the compliments. We love our new place (even after 2 years it seems NEW to us) -- after living in a single wide trailer for 7 years we will never take the house for granted! Tera, I actually only have one piece of granite countertop (the low one in front of the window -- it's MY size -- 30" instead of 36"), the rest is solid surface. I LOVE how easy it is to clean! The granite in the kitchen matches the granite tiles around the fireplace upstairs, too...but the people who installed it didn't do quite as good of job -- it wasn't "flush" -- but they redid it after I hollered a bit. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 8:05 pm
I like your low counter alot and what a view it has!!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 10:38 pm
I signed up for Yahoo just to look at your pictures, Teach. Verrryyy cool! Congratulations on your two year old new house!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, November 25, 2005 - 1:39 pm
Thanks. The views are great all the way around, Sea...one of the reasons why we planted ourselves smack in the middle of our 40 acres -- no neighbors to look at and peaceful scenery. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, November 25, 2005 - 2:24 pm
It looks like a wonderful spot, Teach! And it was obviously designed with care and love and that shinet through in all the work you and your dad did..
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 2:55 pm
Teach, I just got to look at your house. BEAUTIFUL!! Love it! 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 10:33 pm
Thanks. One of these days we'll put up "updated" pictures now that we have some of the finished touches in -- the glass doors are on the fireplace surround, flowers around the house, new patio set, etc. We do a bit at a time (finishing up the blinds for the sliders this week -- w/the cold weather coming, we wanted a bit of extra insulation), but it's still fun. 
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 2:00 pm
Tera, Sorry you're so frustrated...maybe your sister-in-law is unaware you're so unhappy. Maybe she could refer you to someone that will do a better job for you. Or....maybe she can just sit back and say 'Congratulations' when you move in your new home.
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 3:21 pm
Bandit, I'm not frustrated or unhappy. Perhaps my expectations were just too high. I now understand that finding the right builder is quite different than finding a pre-owned home that is already on the market.
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