I’d just about finished with the Ballard classic house (www.ballardhouse.com/remodel) and was starting to think about Life After Construction when Martin spotted this charming 1930’s frame tudor a short mile away. Well, to be fair, what he actually spotted was this OTHER house right across the street…..3000 sq 
feet on a 9000 sq ft lot, and his Inner Commercial Real Estate Appraiser couldn’t resist the value on a per-square-foot basis. Never mind the fact that it was already sold, to a developer planning on tearing it down. Just goes to show the quality of home that we look at - we're apparently willing to live in a house when anyone in their right mind would level it and start over.
Well, in the process of dragging me (kicking AND screaming) over to see this mid-century disaster house, we saw this somewhat smaller and somewhat more intact yellow Tudor across the street. It's about 600 sq ft larger than the Ballardia Classic house, with a better floor plan, and lofty 8.5' ceilings, so we put an offer on it. We knew there were a couple of other offers, so I figured it was safe, we wouldn’t get it…..HAH.
feet on a 9000 sq ft lot, and his Inner Commercial Real Estate Appraiser couldn’t resist the value on a per-square-foot basis. Never mind the fact that it was already sold, to a developer planning on tearing it down. Just goes to show the quality of home that we look at - we're apparently willing to live in a house when anyone in their right mind would level it and start over.Well, in the process of dragging me (kicking AND screaming) over to see this mid-century disaster house, we saw this somewhat smaller and somewhat more intact yellow Tudor across the street. It's about 600 sq ft larger than the Ballardia Classic house, with a better floor plan, and lofty 8.5' ceilings, so we put an offer on it. We knew there were a couple of other offers, so I figured it was safe, we wouldn’t get it…..HAH.
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