Price

Price does equal value, and if you will look about, at $21 a sq ft for this home is UNBELIEVABLE! Of course they are many factors involving the price such as features, condition and location, but when a home is priced this low it's no wonder people ask me, "is it livable?" Oh yes! AND it's amazing! It has a simple charm. There's no grandiosness to the home, but a quality like an older home should have~solidness and surity! You can read about our home in the following posts...upgrades are listed http://1909homeforsale.blogspot.com/2009/04/his-and-hers.html

Solid home

Solid community

Solid deal at $21 a sq ft PLUS a 1500 sq ft garage with concrete slab floor and loft for storage!

Unbeatable!

Come see us! 206 East Main Street Earlington, KY 42410

We have an info box on our sign for a brochure!

Make an appointment to see our home:

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Distances to Everything in Madisonville!

I am excited about Walk Score. Walk Score is a service to show how far it would be to walk to places in the community. Now our score is 29 (I hope I am remembering correctly); I got so excited because I can show you that Earlington is nestled from the hustle and bustle of the town but not too far that within 5-10 minutes you can be at what was OUR favorite grocery store~MarketPlace. . .Here's the link: http://www.walkscore.com/get-score.php?lat=37.274835&lng=-87.51036&utm_source=zillow.com&utm_medium=ws_api&utm_campaign=ws_api&street=206+E+Main+St+Earlington+KY+42410 Imagine that you lived in the hub of the bigger town Madisonville with the noises that traffic can bring (Blackwell's Diner and the Historical Soc are downtown; the BP Gas is NOT the station close to the house, so no worry...you are close to gas~AND the BP is near our favorite grocer!!)...not in our little berg...yeah, you can hear the train and some cars as they turn to go N on St Hwy 41, but while I don't have numbers, it's not a "freeway" kind of pattern...the Pennyrile Parkway is generally used for most N-S travel from Hopkinsville (south of Earlington) to Madisonville. I hope this is helpful. There is the Earlington post office a block up from our home and the bank a block the other direction...a block up and one over is the convenience/gas store...

Earlington is a ONE REDLIGHT town!

I always liked that! HOPE you will too! Come see our home!

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Please NO owner finance, rent to own, land contracts. Home will need to go cash or conventional. Thanks!

Welcome to Our 1880 Victorian Home Blog & Contest

We recently discovered that our home predates 1880, and since we have relocated, we are selling our jewel of a home! If you will read on through, finding the notation older post at the bottom of each page, there is loads of information about this house. Included are pictures, room dimensions, community information and more! Priced at $65K and located so close to major cities: Nashville, Lousville, St Louis and Chicago with everywhere in between it's a wonderful place for your needs as it's small town life at its best.

I want to Thank you for stopping in to see our Victorian home~once I called her "sleeping beauty" but today, she's just plain "gorgeous on the inside!"

Thanks again, and please read on~if I can answer your questions or be of help, contact me.
SisterTipster@gmail.com or 216-759-7596

We are asking that we get no offers to rent, rent to own, land contract, or owner finance. This house will need to be sold as cash or conventional. Thanks!

If you haven't do this, head over to Thriving With No Green$ to enter the Give A Way blog hop http://www.sistertipstersthriving.blogspot.com and enter for the $10 Walmart Card.

Fruit Trees and Wow!

Three brown grocery sacks of pears enough to make your mouth water? What about apples so tasty you can't help but pick 'em straight from the tree to eat? There is a bearing tree of EACH in the quaint backyard!

Our 1880 (see below for the details of how the age of this home has changed!) Victorian home prices around $21 a sq foot is a steal in its MOVE IN condition~oh, it's not perfect as any historic property might be, but good and solid, with loads of work already done for you~READ ON for a list!

I can post some great recipes for those pears~we liked them cooked.
Peal, slice and sweeten to your particular taste (somewhere up to about 1c. of sugar)
Put into a 4 qt pot with a tight lid or even in your crock pot~
slow cook until the fruit is tender. You can add cinnamon or other spices too before you cook~yum!!

They make wonderful cobblers or pies. I love "pear relish" and check back for my mom's recipe!

If you would love a gorgeous historic home, and you are a qualified buyer~contact me for your questions or a personal showing. There is an info box on a FSBO sign on the house with a brochure.

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216-759-7596

OPEN HOUSE Today Aug 8 1-3PM

Come on by and see our beautiful home!
If you've dreamed of living in one of the gorgeous Victorian homes, then check out 206 East Main Street in Earlington, KY!

New Price $65K over 3,000sq ft/1500 sq ft garage (9 car)

Contact: SisterTipster@gmail.com for more info or just go on over!
Info Box with flyers available too!

PRICE Reduction and OPEN HOUSE

Price Reduction: Selling NOW for $65,000! We have relocated and MUST SELL~Our home is move in ready~just bring your stuff!

OPEN HOUSE: August 8, 2009 1-3PM

Come see this treasure! Tell your friends about our gorgeous Victorian home that is so affordable.

For additional information you can read this blog as it's entirely dedicated to our home or you may email:
SisterTipster@gmail.com
phone: 216-759-7596
4% to buyers agent. Qualified buyers please: NO owner finance, land contracts or lease purchase.

Showing JUST how big. . .

The piano which doesn't come with the home is a large early 20th Century upright huge model. SEE how small it looks in comparison to the wall it's on? It's on the center of the wall which by the way HAS NO WALLPAPER, but is painted a beautiful neutral gray, is now open from the left pocket door pictured beside the lamp to the pretty terracotta colored brick chimney which is inside the kitchen. We opened this wall for a modern flow into the kitchen area from the dining room or den. In this picture, we used the room as a dining room with the piano present and formal table and chairs. Later after we opened the wall adding moldings and trims to continue the look of the original ones. The pocket doors are two huge paneled heavy doors that function with all original hardware and look. Notice the dark wood? None of it has been stripped except the hardwood floors, but it is all as it aged with time. So many times I have watched Antiques Roadshow on PBS to hear appraisers say that "patina adds value to original pieces." Well in my pursuit of old and original, if a piece is not in really bad condition, I will leave it as age and time has left it, enjoying what it is and how it is. If you purchase this home of course this is up to your taste, but I wanted to share why we never stripped or painted the woodwork in our home. Somehow for me it wouldn't have been the way to go, but you may see it another way. Another good reason to enjoy the original finish with just some Murphy's Oil Soap cleaning and Pledge care is that dark wood shows less dirt. Ha! We have children, and if you have kids you can value some extra help where cleaning is involved!

The lamp is sitting on the return air duct for the heating system (new fall 2006) and 98% efficient!

Space GALORE is what our home offers along with many updates. Scroll on to read further about the home and area in which it is located~and shoot me an email or call with questions or to set up a showing~

Showing you JUST How BIG this home is. . .

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Love Me~Make Me Your New Home!

Calculate price per square foot and the ease of small town life to see our home is just right for you!
Read http://1909homeforsale.blogspot.com/2009/04/his-and-hers.html to see a complete breakdown of our home's features.

BEST KEPT SECRET around~but I'm spreading the news! FSBO w/4% to buyers agent.

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216-759-7596

Victorian Home Get The Word Out Contest Win $25

Help me spread the word about our Victorian home that needs a new owner~recently moved and home is ready for a new owner~read all the details on this blog! AND to enter the contest, go to

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SisterTipster/694308/ !!

Thanks to everyone who's looking and those who've entered~

Contest runs June 1-30th

5 Entries per person ;-))

Your choice of Walmart or christianbook.com gift card.

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Detail about our home:
10ft ceilings make each room seem nice and roomy. Windows are big and loads of bright light! This home has historic appeal~lots of potential: private home/event home or other use. 9 car garage with poured concrete flooring make this a dream for a handy-person. I refinished furniture and hubby built furniture as well as other shop activities. It once housed a basketball hoop for the kids, so it could be a play room as well to add to the yard with a nice big climbing tree and fruit trees:apple and pear. Raised flower bed and brick walk way... home and garage make the yard maintenance minimal due to size of structures. Newly poured concrete sidewalk to take you to the front entrance. Front and rear entrances with coat/mudroom capabilities.

Email me to set up your tour:

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Win $25 Gift Card of Choice For Getting the Word Out!

To thank everyone helping to get the word out about our Victorian home for sale by owner, please head over to http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SisterTipster/694308/ and grab the widget on the left sidebar and post to your blog~then once a week invite your readers to enter or Get The Word Out about our home!! Leave me a message with links and you will be entered 5 TIMES!
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Contest runs June 1-30th
Drawing June 30th and Winner notified July 1st THANKS!!

Priced Way Below Average for State

(Fireplace in master bedroom.)
Price and location~two HUGE factors when considering a home purchase whether for living or investment. I have GREAT news! We are priced well below the KY average of home sales according to http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/ SEE the MAP! At 75K our home is low cost per sq ft~and it's been recently upgraded~read on to find out all about it!

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Fine Dining~in Style!

Dining room or Living room this large room to the left of the foyer stage is bright with three large windows, 10 ft ceilings and ornate original decorative fireplace with summer cover! Hardwood floors in good shape~refinished in satin for a period look in 2006!



This ornate fireplace has carved features. Large spacious room for your living or dining area! We used it for both at different times. Before the kitchen remodel 2007, we used this room as a livingroom. When we opened the wall between the kitchen and existing dining room, we used this for formal dining and the new space was a family/kitchen area. In opening 1/3 of the wall between the kitchen and previous dining room it gave a modern layout and feel! Either way you choose, these are both large spacious rooms that will accommodate your desires for a historic home with modern features!


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These are two pictures of the way it was when we used the room as a living/family room.




You can see there is loads of space for you to enjoy!



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Eat In Kitchen~Yum!

The eat in kitchen has this pretty glass tri-light over the table area for you to enjoy!





It is a yellowish/gold with dark red with green accdent stained glass look with black iron chain and iron work fixture. Over the double white porcelien sinks with disposal there is a matching pendant light (No chain, just pole from ceiling.) as well as in the back foyer and Bulter's pantry.

Very Pretty Indeed!

To the right of the table is a window, and what you see in the picture to the right is the closet area behind the stage (under the stairs) where there is potential for storage as is shown, but houses the new (Oct. 2008) hot water heater (behind my cabinet you can see.)

The flooring is wall to wall newer vinyl (July 2007) installed just two years ago this coming summer! It matches the terracotta chimney present in this room to the left of the cabinet in this picture beside my reproduction stove.

Please understand that this kitchen has been done in a 1900 period look and there are no upper cabinets nor lower cabinets in it.

I used reproduction pie safe cabinets to house coffee/tea, spices, and in the one in the closet behind the stage-under the stairs, dishes/glassware. To the right built in is an all wooden table base stained to match the home's aged wood with dishwasher and pull out island with drawers that is stored underneath. There is a curtain true to the era covering the sink drains and other plumbing. It is a green to complement the colors in our home. This kitchen was almost totally remodeled summer 2007, with the opening between the kitchen on the left in this picture and the dining room or as we used the space~family room was created. We had a kitchen fire, and this part of the wall was taken down to update the layout. The ceiling was totally redone~new sheetrock, paint, lights and ceiling fan! Plumbing was dropped down 21 inches into the 10 foot ceiling prior to remodel and was reinstalled/updated to the orignial 10ft ceiling height. Floors were differing levels and were leveled with luan by professional floor installation. All the walls in the back foyer, back bathroom, Butler's pantry, kitchen and dining room/family room are painted a gray with slight green hue. The reproduction stove, telephone and mirror do not stay.

You can get a personal tour of our home by contacting SisterTipster@gmail.com

His AND Hers!

Something for EVERYBODY in this home!

• 3060 sq feet 4 bedroom/2bath home

• 1500 sq ft metal garage/concrete floor/loft for storage

• bedroom community of larger town two blocks from lake

• small yard for less maintenance~fruit trees/flowers
  

• refinished hardwood floors

• new vinyl flooring/paint

• Victorian features: 4 decorative carved fire places/summer covers, Edison Light Co lights, Original woodwork untouched by time, built in china, butler's pantry, two pocket doors, 10ft ceilings, gingerbread trim over stage area, ornate staircase, clawfoot tub~restored, historical kitchen remodel...

• Electrical service upgrades (Jan 09)
  

• plumbing upgrades (Jan o9)
  

• New Central Air 2006 (June)
  

• New Central forced air gas heat 2006 (October)

• New hot water heater 2008 (October)

• Termite bond transferable

• Foundation Upgrade 2008 (July)

This home was built by the Saint Bernard Coal Company for the Coal Mine doctor. We have discovered that our home was built prior to 1880 by Mr. Benjamen Robinson of Earlington, KY who was a prominent business man of the time.  There is an post telling how we obtained this information and all the details http://1909homeforsale.blogspot.com/2009/07/older-than-we-thought.html    

It has beautiful mill work throughout. Up until three years ago it had wood burning heat and now gas forced air furnace which is located in the crawl space and flows upstairs as heat rises. Central air is in the attic space which also flows to the lower floors.

Originally the front porch, now enclosed was open and "L" shaped. The front porch is carpeted and has two exterior doors~one with a deck and handicap ramp (see heading pic).

The original doors and trims are intact. Some original lighting is present as well.

Laundry is upstairs for ease of use near the bedrooms.

Make an appointment to see this home.
Centrally located to many metropolitan cities:

1. Nashville
2. St. Louis
3. Chicago
4. Louisville...

Investors: TAKE NOTE~this home has loads of potential...Have you dreamed of a B&B or event home?

• Single Family dwelling
• Multiple Family if divided
• Bed and Breakfast potential
• Event Home potential (small weddings/dinners/parties)

This home has loads of storage!

• HUGE storage in laundry room!
• Bedrooms with large closets! Two bedrooms with two large closets in each!
  
• Attic space untapped potential!
• Oak Butler's Pantry with two large cupboards with shelving in between and veggie bin to store onions and potatoes!
• Area over down stairs bathroom for storage!
• Cabinet under the stairs!
• 1500 sq ft 9 CAR GARAGE!!
  

Home has bounds of Main Street and Lane so parking is present.

City water and sewage/city garbage service.

THIS IS A NICE HOME~recently painted and many many upgrades and...

The floor plan has been modernized to make the dining room either a family or dining room area by opening the wall between the kitchen and dining room!

This home's roof is the original moulded metal roof with tar resin covering. Chimneys are decorative only and there is vermiculite in the attic for insulation~since 1909 and now EPA has said should not be disturbed.

Siding is vinyl and aluminum mix. Windows have older storms, but are original to the home.

THIS IS A JEWEL~

Email for info on how you can see this home!

She's Sleeping Beauty! Won't you wake her up?

Location: Western Kentucky

Contact: SisterTipster@gmail.com