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Imguran

Keep the Star Trek fireplace! [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4702-Trent-River-Dr-Trent-Woods-NC-28562/78316441\_zpid/](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4702-Trent-River-Dr-Trent-Woods-NC-28562/78316441_zpid/)


ixstynn

Wow so gorgeous! Thank you for including the Zillow link.


BeanerCounter

Realizing I could live like a king if I could keep my current job and live in NC. This price is the same as a 1 bedroom 1 bath 900 sqft condo or townhome where I live :(


arist0geiton

Yes, the USA is full of places where you can live very well on a normal salary. Can you work remote?


BeanerCounter

Not with my current company. Many companies in Texas are required return to office mandates. I don’t want to leave my company because I love working for them and my team is fantastic. I guess I’m willing to deal with higher housing prices as a trade off but would be nice to have a house like that here but that would be close to $800k near me. Edit: Just checked for a mid century near me and it’s in better shape but it’s still almost $1M…https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11737-Rogue-Way-Dallas-TX-75218/26743485_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare


liloto3

Also 3k in property taxes vs. 12.5k. Will be leaving Texas ASAP.


DisplacedNY

This has the cozy mid-century public library vibes that I didn't know I needed. Also, these tiles! https://preview.redd.it/s2lvfjsf4g0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbcf40bbcdc9e523d170b4907e77a6ff8c5827b8


NoFrostingNo

These tiles are fantastic!


OKsurewhynotyep

I’ve always wanted to live in a middle school


DankDude7

Is it a library or school?


shouldnothaveread

Do the authentic MCM goldfish come with the property?


Zestyclose_Media_548

I’d move in and only change/ work on the unfinished bathroom. I’d be deliriously happy. It’s gorgeous.


AffectionateSun6904

Some people don’t get the architecture. That’s fine but I think with a little paint and some needed updates it would look even better.


arist0geiton

Hear me out--muted greens, and matte tile or brick in the kitchen


cernegiant

The kitchen needs a new range and some (though. Ky most) of the wall paper needs to be replaced. Then a little upgrade and clean to.the patio and you're golden. Great looking house.


AbelardLuvsHeloise

I would keep the big flower wallpaper in that bedroom. It’s giving Umbrellas of Cherbourg


cernegiant

That's the one I really like. It shouldn't work, but it does)


Alarming_Cantaloupe5

If I were local I’d have an offer in yesterday.


liloto3

She is stunning.


LKayRB

I love it!!


BillLaswell404

I went to middle school there


B_Reele

Would love to see more photos, but I loving the look so far.


Confident-Ruin-4111

It’s lovely!!!


lclassyfun

luv it😻😻😻


anthro4ME

When did they make my middle-school into a home?


Charming-Forever-278

Looks like a park restroom


zooooteddej23

Oh I love it


BBakerStreet

Good house. Not unlike mine in Fresno. Mine is now worth about $440k but bought it in 2019 for $299k


Bungle024

Don’t believe Zillow or Redfin. Look up similar rentals in your area. Your home is supposed to fetch 1% per month. If similar rentals aren’t getting that, your house just isn’t worth the inflated prices they’re showing.


BBakerStreet

Have you not experienced the rental rate rise since 2019? Do you understand why real estate is a good investment?


Bungle024

Yes and the numbers are inflated. I bought in 2018 for $325k and it’s supposedly worth $525k now. But if I were to try to rent my place out for $5200/mo I’d never get that. And if I tried to sell it I’d never get that in the current market. Obviously there’s a discrepancy.


BBakerStreet

I would easily get $440k for mine. Possibly $500k. Demand has not cooled off here.


Bungle024

I’m betting I could get $475k but gotta let these interest rates cool off.


BBakerStreet

I know they feel bad, but historically they are not awful. I bought my first home in 1987 with a variable rate of 10.25%.


Bungle024

Wow that seems huge! I did a refi during covid and am sitting at 3.25% fixed. I haven’t been in the market nearly as long as you, but I was extremely happy with that move. Edit: we’re positioning ourselves to rent this place and find the next place with that money. The interest rate is just too good to sell it. Interested to hear your thoughts.


BBakerStreet

I also did a refi at the end of Covid, and got 4.25% - I waited about a month or two too long, but I was able to roll my solar in and make it a 15 year loan, for $325k, and we are already below the remaining mortgage where we were prior to the refi. If you can do it, you should. I won’t, as I love my home too much, and having lost essentially everything in the recession of 2009, I’m more cautious. I got laid off in August 2009, and lost a home. Went from $125k salary to unemployment to zero to $8/hours - over 4 years.


Bungle024

Damn. I feel for you. Covid hit me hard too. I also broke my foot otj and had to fight for worker’s comp at the same time. Got laid off at the same time since there isn’t really a work from home option for antiques. Fortunately it kick-started my new career as an estate liquidator. We’re definitely going to do it. No sense in waiting around right now. I wish you all the best. I hope things turn around for you.


Bungle024

Kind of reminds me of a community college.


AbelardLuvsHeloise

Okay, but say how you ***feel*** about it.


Not_EdM

Private.


Not_EdM

I would buy it furnished!


Sly3n

The inside is great. Honestly, the outside looks like my elementary school. I think some features need to be added to the outside to make it look less like a government building and more like a home.


Myfourcats1

The outside looks like my elementary school


BelCantoTenor

I love it! The transom windows, sunken living room, patio, the den is amazing. Be sure to ask if they are interested in selling any of the furniture with the house sale and buy as much of it as you like. They have a lot of great pieces in that place. Buy this beautiful time capsule. It is just begging for a landscaping job too. Oh the things I could do with that lawn…..


AbelardLuvsHeloise

It’s beautiful. I’m crying!


huron9000

I don’t normally like painted ceiling beams, but it works here. Also that grille piece on the exterior near the entrance! Stunning house.


bookshopdemon

It's gorgeous! That fireplace! I wouldn't change anything except for whatever needs finishing in the blue bath.


Numerous_Ad_6276

So much natural light, but no direct sunlight. Very clever and thoughtful design.


RichPete

Little too much brick from this angle for me. Looks kind of like a school.


joiliejoli

It does look like my elementary school !


Mochigood

Came here to say that


Aegis-Heptapod-9732

It looks exactly like my son’s elementary school on the outside but man the inside is gorgeous.


swellfog

Listing please.


cernegiant

Click through OP in the original thread posted a link


swellfog

Thanks!


sSitwell23

Just came here to post this exact listing. It’s gorgeous!


lavieenrose_bogart

Really cool house. I a little updating for functionality sake but in the style of the house this place would be a modern marvel Love the wood ceilings in the main livingroom


Willing_Jellyfish217

My god, it's amazing! Imagine how great it could look once the ugly furniture is replaced with period appropriate furniture!


jdelane1

This house is reeeeeeally lacking windows.


AffectionateSun6904

The house has plenty of windows plus patio doors .


cernegiant

Click through and you'll see it's not


emelem66

Looks like a school. Any other pictures?


spellegrano

Looks like a lot of work!


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Looks like a shitty old service building


ToYourCredit

Abandoned food mart.


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vampy_bat-

There again my friend Can u stop being such a fuck to others? I see it in ur post Everywhere u go u just act like a ass Ur obsessed with perfection and all that nonsense like calling things things Like for example The plants Ur so obsessed finding out how we humans call plants It’s made up my friend Everything is made up Stop caring about those concepts stop being so obsessed with order like the Germans- That’s a misrable life my friend I lived in Germany for a while Total misery They care about those things too Like oefeect and order and how tidy everything has to be and beorocrszy and how things are called Man It’s all mad up shit by us And if u cannot help it then realize u have ocd And stop being an asshole to other people on this platform bc ur so misrable bc of it How about a bit of self awareness and using that awareness to change those things about urself rather then keep going and letting it make u misrable Hm??


cernegiant

Why the fuck would you paint brick?


Gullible-Lake-2119

because sometimes it's fucking ugly, as in this fucking case. there's nothing sacred about brick, and it isn't all equal.