Riverfront Homesteaded Property for sale

Lately so much happening. WE are selling our HOUSE. It has been a royal pain, even though the land it sets on has been in the family since President Grant deeded it over in the late 1860s the house itself has done nothing but cause problems since it started to be built in the 1970s and the first contractor took the money and absconded with it! Since then it has done nothing but cause one family member or another grief and now we are done!

I know the next door neighbor is asking for $385,000 for his 4 bedroom one and half bath house but he has been doing EXTENSIVE work on it. It also happens to be one of the family's old homes. That house happens to have been built by grandfather, Everett Bartoldus, with his own two hands and a bit of help from his brothers. My grandmother sold it about 10 years after he died w/o telling any family. An odd woman but probably, knowing family, she just didn't want to deal. Anyhow, the family there now has torn out the pond my grandfather put in, torn down the retaining wall he and my father gathered rocks for, and ripped out all of the trees that were keeping the bank from falling onto highway 202. They also put in the original driveway joining it to the old driveway and making a private cul-de-sac. They have finished the basement and added a nice patio and have one outbuilding. It sets on just about 3/4 acre of land on the Walluski River.

Our house is five bedrooms, one and half baths, 1440 sq ft. A patio, and no outbuildings on .91 acre OVERLOOKING the same river. The slip of wetland, with old pilings for a possible dock, is a seperate tax lot and available for purchase but not part of the house deal. About 1/4 of the house needs its trim finished along with transition strips joining the lamenant floorings where we tore out the ugly, ugly carpet. I don't want to do much more. I am thinking about posting on craig's list and starting at about $279,999 and stating renovations have not yet started. Once renovations start, price goes up.

I just want to be done here and moved back up the hill to our property there so we can work on building our home. We are getting conflicting views on this and for the most part are loathe to call in a realtor. In the past we have been BURNED by realtors and mortgage brokers. Paying alot and receiving nothing, not even protection when a mortgage provider lost my dad's escrow account even though the mortgage broker was paid, oh blah, blah, blah!

I think I may start a blog with the house and its starting price and then how the price increases with each renovation. Bathrooms painted, lamenant flooring installed, price up $5,000. Kitchen cabinets painted, ceiling light styles changed (we have some inherited UGLY ones up now). Price up $5,000. Paint the outside, up $5000. Install shower, up $10,000 (plumbing ready for that, except drain will be a bit more difficult).

I am done with this project before I am started. Now that we have decided not to refinance I just want to be gone. SIGH [dramatically] nothing ever goes the way I want it to! AND IT KEEPS RAINING, making it hard to do outdoor stuff. Today I am supposed to be doing the kitchen light fixture. Instead I am looking for a way to sell cheaper but be out quicker! Accepting ideas. Oh, if you want to buy the house, it might be haunted (spectre sighted by some in the hallway, not me), you would be only the second family to own the property since settlers came to the area, and you could have river front with the possibility of a dock.