Words that just don't go together

[gerisullivan]

SuperHero Cthulu Plush. I now own one. I may end up packing in my luggage for my unexpected second trip east this month, since the house is still being shown and I certainly can't leave it on display here. The braided hemp dragon I picked up at the Renaissance Festival last month is weird, but arty-looking enough to have out. SuperHero Cthulu as a stuffed creature isn't at all arty. It's just utterly bizarre.

It's far from the only bizarre thing in my life these days. I'm seriously contemplating making an offer on a house that has no basement, and no inside storage space to speak of. There's a decent amount of outside storage; the 2-car garage is distinctly over-sized. I've figured out how to turn one of the inside rooms into a storage area, though even that is a kludge, and one I'm not sure will work in the long run. It's just that I want the rest of the house, and its location. I want to live there, work there, and entertain there whenever that works out. Even without a basement. Utterly weird.

The good news is that I'm looking at other houses tomorrow. Maybe one of those will have its own set of heart-tugging features as well as enough practicalities to make it worth considering.

Mine still hasn't sold, so all house-hunting remains solidly in the arena of anticipation rather than actuality. And that's the report du jour from Toad Hall.

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No basement

[nwl.livejournal.com]

When we lived in Tennessee, I missed having a basement, having grown up in New York with one. No inside storage space? I could not deal with that. Does the present owner have shelves or something? Many of our neighbors use their garages for storage and they can't fit a car in. We've never done that. I like being able to drive in and get out of the car out of the weather. I also like not having to clean snow off the car the few times it snows here. And I especially like not having to dig the car out of the driveway or the street when it snows. Considering the change in temperatures during the year, I would think you'd have to be very careful what was stored there.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

A garage I can park my car in is one of the requirements, though I keep finding houses that don't have a garage. Much as I'm saying, "it's easier to add a garage than a basement," thinking I'll have the money to add a garage anytime soon is distinctly on the wishful side of my thinking.

There's a token bit of space that could be used for storage in the indoor utility room -- cupboards above the washer and dryer, plus a corner that's currently housing an upright freezer. If I end up with the Southwick house (not all *that* likely, but not impossible, either), I'll designate one of the three downstairs bedrooms as a storeroom. I'll still end up storing more than I would like in the garage. In addition to the temperature issue, anything stored out there has to be critter-proof. Rubbermaid totes, for sure, but maybe some tightly-constructed metal cupboards, too.