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July 25, 2011 10:15 p.m. JamesMcD Reader

I am so stoked. Original owner house built in '49...The 94 year old lady who'd lived there just moved into a care facility (husband passed in '02 @ 90). The husband was a building contractor and the house has tons of clever touches and nifty period details. It's FULL of hidey holes, drawers, cabinets and myriad storage areas everywhere you look. It's 2200 ft^2, not including the finished basement, breezeway, or 2-car attached garage. The shop is 26x54 and has a furnace and large gable fan. The lot is 1/2 acre. I can't wait to move in!
July 25, 2011 10:18 p.m. FlightService HalfDork

SCORE you lucky devil.

How many Miatas will fit in that garage?
July 25, 2011 10:19 p.m. oldtin Dork

Nice! What goes in the shop?
July 25, 2011 10:28 p.m. JamesMcD Reader

I forgot to mention the knotty-pine den with fireplace, the bathroom in the shop, the pull-down stairs in the garage, the circle driveway, and...and...and... I just can't believe how perfect it is for my wife and daughter and I. I have to pinch myself!

What goes in the shop? For now:

-3rd-gen Rx-7

-1st-gen MX6 turbo

-'87 626 Turbo

But I'd like to get something old, to match the house. It needs an old-timey car to park in the front garage, pointing outwards, next to the wife's Murano.
July 25, 2011 10:43 p.m. fasted58 Dork

this?
July 25, 2011 10:43 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork

JamesMcD wrote:

I am so stoked.

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2-car attached garage. The shop is 26x54 and has a furnace and large gable fan. The lot is 1/2 acre. I can't wait to move in!

that is a wonderful setup. you can tackle any project you want in that space. If were you I would be building an aircraft in the shed...
July 25, 2011 10:53 p.m. BoostedBrandon Reader

Houses from that era just have this awesome aura about them, built by american hands with american stuff. There was this really awesome shop restoration in Car Craft a few issues ago, you should check it out.
July 26, 2011 6:42 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork

Only a true gearhead would show that view of his new shop and house!
July 26, 2011 7:20 a.m. JThw8 SuperDork

Sweet! Post more pics if you have them, I'd love to see some of the details of the house and shop.

You have every right to be excited about that!!
July 26, 2011 7:42 a.m. spitfirebill SuperDork

I am so jealous. Be sure and put some security in that shop if it doesn't already have it.

I too would be building an airplane in the shop.
July 26, 2011 7:51 a.m. Duke SuperDork

Damn, that would be an ideal setup for me, too. Excellent score! Color me envious.
July 26, 2011 7:53 a.m. carzan HalfDork

Detached shop with alley access! SWEET! You can sneak stuff in even when the wife is home!
July 26, 2011 8:54 a.m. Javelin SuperDork

<<< Jealous! Congrats!
July 26, 2011 9:51 a.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork

Ah man. Looks like you found what I consider to be my dream house. Very jealous.
July 26, 2011 10:00 a.m. mndsm SuperDork

Sounds like you got a helluva deal on a shop with a nice house thrown in for good measure!
July 26, 2011 11:07 a.m. N Sperlo HalfDork

Looks like what I've been looking for.
July 26, 2011 11:09 a.m. RossD SuperDork

For me: too much house, not enough shop!
July 26, 2011 11:28 a.m. docwyte Reader

That's not a "shed"! That's a storage building!

Nice score, I'm totally jealous. Does the storage building have a lift, machine shop too?
July 26, 2011 11:33 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

Where is it? Nothing specific, just the nearest large city; otherwise you'll have garage pests you can't get rid of.

Dan
July 26, 2011 11:44 a.m. ProDarwin Dork

Damn. I probably have that much garage space, but I have to share it with roommates :(

Congrats!
July 26, 2011 9:04 p.m. a401cj Reader

divorce in 5, 4, 3,....
Jan. 30, 2012 7:34 p.m. JamesMcD Reader

I forgot about this thread, sorry.

More pictures of the house:

914Driver asked where it was. That's the semi-bad part. It's in a nice little town, but the town happens to be in Illinois. No concealed carry, licensing a car costs about $200, and plates are $100 every year. I am across the river from St. Louis, but NOT in E. St. Louis...I'm much much further east, thankfully (E. of Belleville).

No lift or machine shop...Working on it...

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