Okay, DUers! The STBE has put the house up for sale in Europe. Check it out

[crim son]

and if you're European, maybe you should consider buying this "stately" house. :rofl: Yeah, the word "stately" includes the german word "sir" in it. Those people are so... German... :hi:
http://www.immowelt.de/Immobilien/ImmoDetail.aspx?ID=11931012

[Chan790]

1. um...

:wtf:

Why is STBE trying to sell your house (in ME) to Germans? Why not try to sell it to...um, I don't know...Mainers?

[crim son]

2. Laughing. What? You don't know my whole life story?

I guess I haven't been PUI lately. Heh.

The house has been on the market in Maine for two years w/no luck though frequent price reductions as the market insists. STBE is German and just spent three weeks in Munich (as is common) and his friends persuaded him it'd be a good idea to advertise over there.

FWIW, his best friend also taught him to iron. Now that he's moved out, apparently he looks unkempt to German eyes.

[Chan790]

15. He should buy an ascot...(despite the silly subject, I am a serious post.)

nobody looks unkempt in an ascot.

Actually, it can't hurt to advertise in Europe. Perhaps an odd question but what are the major industries around there? You might try targeted sales to companies who have need to do business in your city but don't have a presence in your city.

Specifically to companies who do business in your area as cheaper to house personnel than paying for hotel rooms. A lot of the real estate out by where I live is being bought by corporations because it's cheaper to buy a small house than to pay for hundreds of hotel rooms a year in NYC, New Haven, Hartford or Boston for traveling workers and executives (I'm within 90 minutes of all four). Comfier too.

I have no idea how to get in on that, but your agent might.

[crim son]

20. It's in an area where one cannot even have a B&B.

Strange but true. Stephen King lives on the street and I suspect that's the only reason they've restricted it. Zoning is not a big priority in Maine.

Thanks for your comments!

[Fox Mulder]

3. That's a beautiful house!

I want it!

Can't afford it. :cry:

[Pierre.Suave]

5. It is beautiful

Much like Crim Son herself. beautiful.

[crim son]

8. I decorated it. I did the gardens!

Now I can't afford new shoes. Happily, I'm over the shock and into practical mode.

[Pierre.Suave]

11. If I had a magic wand

I would come out there, wave it and make everything better for you.

For now though, all I can give you is a hug. I am sorry.

:hug:

[crim son]

21. Ah, don't be.

For me the worst is long past, and through it all I've met some rare people, like you.

[Fox Mulder]

12. You did a great job decorating it.

:thumbsup:

[Pierre.Suave]

13. Yes she did

It is beautiful.

[crim son]

22. Thank you.

I'm really much more eclectic, but the house is a colonial and I didn't want to mess with that. Next house will probably be an apartment and there will be statuary in the livingroom, as is proper. :P

[crim son]

7. Either can we.

That's the problem. Last winter me and the kids lived in the livingroom. This winter... I dunno. :(

[AlCzervik]

4. is that the house you live in now?

[crim son]

9. Yes.

Since 1999.

[Midlodemocrat]

49. Nice sig.

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

6. Put a gas stove in it and I'll buy it.

[crim son]

10. Has a gas stove in the livingroom, where the fireplace (false) is.

Oh, you mean kitchen stove! That's what I'd like too, in the next house. In the meantime I must make do with this oversize two-oven piece of shit electric thing. My life is hard. :P

[graywarrior]

45. We need to meetup for a bitch session

[no name no slogan]

14. Too bad it's not a townhouse in St. Paul

I would've made you an offer ;)

[Pierre.Suave]

16. No Kidding

you and I would be in a bidding war.

:P

[Fox Mulder]

17. We could all be roommates.

:)

[Pierre.Suave]

19. HAHA, yeah

A DU meet up every day!!!!!!!!

:rofl:

[no name no slogan]

24. This has the stench of "bad sitcom" all over it

:rofl:

Joey, Chandler, are we in?

[Pierre.Suave]

27. yes it does

I want to be Joey, but smarter.

ok?


:rofl:

[no name no slogan]

33. can you say "how YOU doin?"

if so, you're a shoe-in
:D

[Pierre.Suave]

34. PFFFFTTTT

Of Course I can...

:P

[crim son]

28. It would be like trying to survive in the desert, except this is Bangor.

Same thing! :rofl:

No, seriously. This is a beautiful and sought-after town.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[crim son]

23. I appreciate the sentiment!

Personally, I wish it were a two-bedroom in Wilmington, Delaware. Then I'd probably be staying!

[no name no slogan]

29. That sounds alright

I'm looking for two bedrooms in the Crocus Hill neighborhood in St Paul. Now that Garrison Keillor has supposedly moved out of the 'hood, I may be able to pick up a bargain, with any luck.

[crim son]

32. Really? He moved out?

I hope Stephen King doesn't move... it would be a disaster for the town because we have little else to offer. I don't think he will; two years ago he bought and renovated the house next to his and this year the landscapers are busy at work. He'll probably stay.

Housing prices here are great, but it's not an easy place to make a living.

[no name no slogan]

37. Yeah, he has a tendency to do that

I know GK moved out of his old house (a block away from my apartment) because his neighbors were building a bigger garage, which he claimed would have deprived him of enjoyment of his property.

GK is a bit of a crybaby. He left Minnesota for Denmark back in the 1980s because he said that nobody here appreciated him. He only lasted a few years in Denmark before he moved back here, probably because people in Denmark appreciated him less than did the people of Minnesota.

His owns a bookstore in the 'hood still, though, so I suspect he's still somewhere in town. I know he prefers urban areas, so he's probably pretty close by.

And Steven King better not leave Bangor. He'd be a moron to do so. He draws so much from his environment, he'd be crazy to sabotage that.

I hope you are able to make a move soon. It's very frustrating trying to sell a property in a screwball market like this. :hug:

[Pierre.Suave]

38. This is weird

I bet you and I do not live very far apart. I live in the Cathedral Hill Area close to where me moved from, and maybe to. I have heard he did not move very far away.

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Can I come over and play in the back yard?

:bounce:

[crim son]

26. Of course you can!

I'm always trying to get people up here to take advantage of the seven bedrooms. Of course, we don't have seven beds any more. But we could put you on a couch, or in a tent in the yard! :bounce:

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. Or a Tree House!

:bounce:

[crim son]

43. We have one, but it's built partially on city property (the park behind)

and a neighbor told us we must never use it or risk being sued. The older kids are too old, the youngest too young so it sits empty. Oedipus! It waits for thee! :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

25. That house is beautiful

I wish I could buy it, both because it's beautiful and to help you out. I would if I could.

[crim son]

30. Thank you, my friend.

I've thought of the situation this way: the kids, the STBE and I are getting a long, long time to adapt to the divorce and changing circumstances. At the same time, this house instead of being my beloved home has become a burden. That's good, emotionally speaking. :pals:

[1gobluedem]

31. Yes, it will make it easier to let it go

Just hang on to the good memories you made there.

[DFW]

35. The price in euros sounds so much cheaper

When you say €270,000 instead of $410,000 it somehow sounds more affordable.

But then, my German house is in the Düsseldorf area, and it's half the size of
your place with a third the land, and if I had to buy it today, I'd have to pledge
my grandchildren's lifetime earnings, and we don't even have grandchildren yet!

[crim son]

36. Well, that's the attraction.

We know any number of people in Munich for whom our price would be pocket change. Why they'd want a house in Maine however, I couldn't say.

[DFW]

44. If you live in Munich, one of Europe's most popular cities, you'd have a point

But if you lived in Frankfurt, Dortmund, or any of Germany's less popular big
cities, the attraction gets bigger, especially with Portland's proximity to
Mt. Desert Island and Boston. That plus the fact that in Düsseldorf (my neck
of the "Wald") €270,000 might get you a modest condo in town, if you're not too
choosy about its state of repair or its location.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear crim son!

Oh, how gorgeous!

I wish you worlds of luck in selling it, sweetie!

It is truly magnificent...


:hug:

[crim son]

40. Ms. Peggy!

It's only in the midrange when you compare it to others on the street, which is why it's so affordable. :eyes:

Luck is what we need. Peg, hope you are well. I saw your poetry reading and was proud and impressed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. All you need is one buyer...

I hope said buyer shows up promptly, money in hand!

I am well, thanks!

Thank you for your lovely comment ...

:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

46. *sigh*

I hope you sell it soon.

I was just informed that we'd have to sell our house in the event of our parting ways. I'm sad. Not surprised, but depressed.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[JVS]

47. Sehr herrlich!

I think it's a good idea. He might find some Germans who don't know the proper price for such a house and fuck them over real good.

[IndianaJones]

48. heard through the grapevine that you're not hungry enough to sell that house. nt.

[kay1864]

51. Oh no you didn't!

I can't believe you resurrected that one! :spank:





Or that I caught the reference, for that matter

[Midlodemocrat]

50. I have to tell you, if I were looking to move to ME, I would buy it in a blink.

It is an absolutely gorgeous home. Good luck.