Dream On

Every time I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin' clearer
The past is gone
It went by like dust to dawn
--Aerosmith

Changing homes earlier this year has elevated my interest in local real estate. I'm an old house guy and I find myself canvassing my local neighborhood looking for the 'perfect' old house. You know, the kind of house you dream about if you won the lottery.

Here's my current dream house list, from highest to lowest price (per the county auditor).

1242 Edwards Rd. I altered my usual jogging route yesterday due to road construction and ran past this 100+ yr old beauty. As you'll surmise from my picks, I'm partial to brick and the colonial style. This one's so pretty that I can look at this picture all day. Inheriting a million dollars won't quite permit writing a check for this one though. Currently appraised at $1.3 million. Fun to dream, tho.

2750 Baker Pl. Baker Place is a private gaslit cul de sac off Madison in East Walnut Hills. White brick with interesting rounded sides. Very elegant. Sports a nice solarium and patio to the right side. This one is actually for sale, altho current list price at $1.8 million is quite a bit higher than the current appraised $1 million.

2766 Baker Pl. This one is right next door to the white brick noted above and, strangely enough, it's also currently for sale (asking $1.05 million). This may be the ultimate set-up as seen thru my rose colored glasses. Fantastic foyer, covered porch on left, solarium on the right, 3 car attached garage to rear, awesome slate roof. If I had a spare $800-900K or so, I'd be tempted to make a run at this one.

1854 Keys Crescent Ln. Keys Crescent is one street up from Baker Place off of Madison in East Walnut Hills. Some huge mansions face the river valley on the sout side of the U-shaped street. One of the north side parcels is occupied by this elegant center hall brick (do you see a pattern developing?). Auditor indicates current owner has been there since 1985. Perhaps she'll be looking to sell right at about the time my ship comes in...

3268 Observatory Ave. Observatory is my favorite street in Cincy. And my favorite part of Observatory is the climb up the hill from Delta toward Ault Park. Great house, great location.

2924 Erie Ave. For nearly 14 years I've walked past this house admiring it from the outside. Less than two weeks before I was scheduled to close on my house, it came for sale. If I wasn't under contract, this would have been an interesting situation. Was able to walk thru it and I liked what I saw. The owner, a PG exec, had been leasing it and was apparently testing the market between tenants. Three months went by and the for sale sign came down. Appears he has a new tenant now.

As you can see, I'm a brick colonial type of guy. Seeing as I've promised myself to never take on debt again after I pay down my present mortgage, the likelihood of legging into one of these beauties is pretty small.

But, hey, dare to dream...

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