This Floor-plan Seems Inconvenient...

"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4) 04/12/2020 at 20:07 • Filed to: None

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Built in 1980 - enough said... Located in the Poconos, find it listed !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

pip bip - choose Corrour > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:14

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does it snow much up there?

if so, high off the ground when the snow melts, so less chance of flooding.

plenty of space to work on a car undercover during the warmer months if nothing else.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2020 at 20:21

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It snows but not that much. 

ranwhenparked > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:25

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Covered parking, also storage for boats/canoes. 

Thisismydisplayname > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:25

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Or lots of water, similar to Hilton head.  All the first floors are garages.

Boxer_4 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2020 at 20:26

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Average is 37in (94cm). It’s been quite a bit less this year. Those are all fair points, though I’d hate to think of the winter heating bill with those suspended rooms (unless it is very well insulated).

Boxer_4 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2020 at 20:26

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Average is 37in (94cm). It’s been quite a bit less this year. Those are all fair points, though I’d hate to think of the winter heating bill with those suspended rooms (unless it is very well insulated).

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:28

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Could you imagine what would happen if you went over that garage with a black light? 

pip bip - choose Corrour > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:28

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heating bill would suck, unless central wood fire perhaps?

GLiddy > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:29

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I like it.  I don’t much care for people being able to wander up and take a look inside my windows.  I’d probably want to remove the steps going up to the deck to further that end.  Not so sure about the garage and pool room/den being in outbuildings, but I guess its fine for a vacation home.  Only thing about a raised home is frozen pipes in the winter.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:30

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Is it in a flood prone area?

Boxer_4 > Thisismydisplayname 04/12/2020 at 20:31

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I mean, there is water around, but I wouldn’t exactly call it Hilton Head...

Boxer_4 > GLiddy 04/12/2020 at 20:36

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Privacy-wise it does seem quite nice.  Frozen pipes would definitely be a concern.  My grandparents had an 1800s farm house with indoor plumbing added much later - the main run to the drain-field was on the exterior wall of the house and poorly insulated.  At any temperature below ~20 F you needed to be really careful about how you used the plumbing...

Boxer_4 > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2020 at 20:36

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There are fireplaces, but its listed as primarily electric heat.

ranwhenparked > GLiddy 04/12/2020 at 20:39

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That den is fantastic, I’d probably just live in there TBH. Use the house to store my stuff. 

Boxer_4 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 04/12/2020 at 20:44

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There is definitely water around, though I don’t really recall the area being particularly flood prone.  

Dusty Ventures > GLiddy 04/12/2020 at 20:44

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Technically I don’t think you’d be allowed to remove the stairs. Building codes require two exits to all houses/apartments in case one becomes unusable in a fire/emergency.

Dusty Ventures > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:45

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Not gonna lie, I kinda like it

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:49

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OK, I actually sortof like that....frozen pipes wouldn’t be an issue as I imagine they are going through that likely fairly well-insulated middle section that does go down to the ground.

Textured Soy Protein > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:50

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It’s like mid-century modern crossed with summer camp bunks.

GLiddy > Dusty Ventures 04/12/2020 at 20:51

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Probably so.  I’d at least put a gate and latch at the bottom.  Bears and such.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 20:54

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Nice and zombie proof. 

Boxer_4 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 04/12/2020 at 20:56

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I’m warming up to it; 0.45 acres helps, too.  The only big negative in my eyes is that it is electric heat...

Dusty Ventures > GLiddy 04/12/2020 at 20:59

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Now that’s perfectly reasonable

InFierority Complex > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 21:02

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That certainly seems like  a unique way to get a couple car ports.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dusty Ventures 04/12/2020 at 21:05

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Y eah me too, i like unusual architecture .

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 21:20

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Yeah...put in some heat pumps maybe? The w ood stove it has would help too!

sn4cktimes > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 21:47

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I’d do a concrete pad under each over- hang. Either add to the interior space or make 2 garages... I’d probably just extend the one side until it connected to that other building side garage.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Boxer_4 04/12/2020 at 22:42

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Heating that would suck. All that cold air flowing under the floors