Photos of the house Darren is buying

Here’s photos of the house Darren is buying in Boise.

The neighborhoods near Darren’s office are old, and the developers are tearing down the old homes, splitting the large lots into smaller lots, and building new houses at a higher density. The garages are detached, behind the houses, accessible off a back alley.

You can see in the photos that the two houses to the left of Darren’s are also new ones, and to the right is a larger lot with the older, run-down house still there. I assume new houses will be built on that lot fairly soon.

If you do google street view, you can still see the old house that they took down to build Darren’s house. I think both of the new houses to the left of Darren’s are also on the original lot. I think this lot was split into three lots.

In these photos, the house is staged (furnished & decorated) for marketing purposes while the house is for sale. The furnishings do not come with the house.

The aspects Darren likes the most about the house is:

  • Biking distance from work
  • Small, xeriscaped yard (very little upkeep or watering)
  • New construction, no fix-it projects
  • Gas fireplace, gas stove, gas furnace
  • 3 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms make plenty of space for roommates to help with the mortgage
  • The living room windows look out onto his patio between the garage and the house, rather than into the street or the neighboring houses (actually I think that’s the thing I like about the house).

He got under contract about 3 days ago, and it usually takes about 45 days to close, so if all goes well, he might be able to move in over the Thanksgiving holiday.

There’s one bedroom toward the front of the house, and two bedrooms upstairs.

Three full bathrooms, each with a tub and shower combo, means he can have two roommates and they each get their own bathroom.

Very nice counter tops in the kitchen, and Darren liked the darker cabinets instead of the white ones that are also popular right now.

It’s a good thing there’s a little kitchen bar for casual eating, because there’s not much space for a dining table.

Nicely done under-mount sink, and clean lines.

Gas fireplace. Darren really honed in on that. Out the windows you’re looking at his garage. There’s plenty of space to add plants or other decor out there, to make a very cute patio that will be nice to look at. I’m looking forward to helping him with that 🙂

They show a small table along the wall between the kitchen and living room, which may not even be necessary, depending on whether Darren plans to have people over for dinner a lot (I’m sorta thinking not). I expect the kitchen counter bar will be where he and his roommates would tend to eat.

Here are the two bedrooms upstairs, each with their own bathroom.

Very nice closet space.

Laundry closet, good sized, with shelving and natural light.

The living room is on the back side of the house, so the windows look out to the back patio (and the garage). The back door, that occupants would use when coming from the garage, goes into the living room.

Here you can see the back of the three new houses just built on the old lot, with their garages to the far right of the photo. Darren’s new house is in the foreground.

It has a finished, 2-car garage.

The house seems to me to be exactly what he was looking for. Way to go, Darren!