Little house on Londonderry.....

Dan and I have been talking about finding a house for a while now - and we have been casually looking since the Spring. Recently, we found a house in Palmyra (next to Hershey) that seemed like it would fit our needs for the future perfectly. The house needs some work but, as the home inspector discovered today, really does have "good bones" and "great potential." The price was right (even though, for me, buying anything over 500 dollars makes me feel a anxious), and we have felt peace about pursuing the home. Many of you have asked me to describe the house so I took some pictures today during the home inspection...... so here it is!


Here is the front of the house - complete with Levi playing on the driveway (waiting for the home inspector). Perhaps this house first captured my attention due to the white siding, black shutters, and red brick.....the exact same color scheme as my house growing up! haha.....
They say we have a tendency to recreate our
past.... =)




The back of the house (looking from the side yard). We like the large patio. The part of the house the juts out is what will hopefully be the "playroom." We also plan on taking out a lot of the over grown shrubs and we'll trim up the trees.








The view from the patio of the back yard. We LOVE it. It is a good size and totally flat (which will make mowing a snap!)









The front part of the living room.... we like the hard wood floors and the fire place.











The back part of the living room. And you can kind of see through into the "play room" area.









The half bath that sits just off of the living room. It is small but I do believe it will serve its purpose well. =)








looking into the play room from the door way into the living room. The playroom window looks out onto the back yard. this room has carpet and built in cabinets and shelves. All I want to do here is paint!








The dining room. If you look at the front exterior of the house you will see two bow windows. One of the bow windows is in the living room and one is here in the dining room. Makes for great light (sorry some of the pictures are blurry...I was snapping them quickly).








Here is a shot of the Kitchen - our Big Project! We are going to put in new flooring (because it is ugly linoleum that is supposed to look like wood...yuck!) and we will paint the cabinets and add a new counter top and back splash. We are also doing all new appliances since the old ones are, it seems, as old as the house! We also want to add an island and a pass through window to open up the kitchen and dining room space. We'll probably add a few cabinets/maybe some kind of pantry.



Levi sitting in what will be his room. It is already painted blue! I won't put up pictures of the other bedrooms because they all look similar. They are all a great size and have the same carpet. They also have good closet space. There is also an upstairs bathroom that will be our project after the kitchen. It is functional but ugly/outdated. It is also on the small end of things but, I will take 4 large bedrooms over 3 smaller bedrooms and a big bath.




The basement. It is unfinished but in GREAT shape! The home inspector said it was a great space and that there are no cracks at all in the walls and no signs of water (which is great considering we just had a flood!) The ceilings are high and so this basement has great potential for being finished off. At some point, Dan will put up walls around the laundry area to create a laundry room and separate it from the rest of the basement which will hopefully be a fun hang out area!



Looking out the front door. Hopefully that sign will say SOLD soon!!!!!