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08/04/09, 03:35 PM
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Looking for a 1920 or later home
Trying for find a farm house that is near Lincoln highway. (Lincoln highway goes from PA to ILL ? ) . Is their a way to aid you in your search ?
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08/04/09, 03:41 PM
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Do you mean you are looking to buy one? Just a house, or with land, what?
I guess you could just get in the car and drive. 
Sorry, need more information.
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08/04/09, 05:35 PM
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I'm not wanting to do allot of driving . I would like to some how enter info what i'm looking for into a "realtor" web page , narrow it down to location near I-30 (lincoln highway) . Yes , buy . Most of land is for farming near I-30 .
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08/04/09, 07:20 PM
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Lincoln Highway went coast to coast I believe. On that note though, there are lots of pretty farms for sale in central Iowa right along that corridor. Caite
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08/05/09, 05:23 AM
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Pretty sure your right. Most of farm homes around here seems to be built after 1950. I'm trying to figure out where the homes are located (majority) that are bigger than a shoebox ( very small homes were built , 100 years ago) .
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08/05/09, 05:36 AM
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Pick out a town and google it. You will find listings of local realtors there.
Are you talking about US 30 ? It crosses northern In. with lots of big farm houses near it. <>UNK
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08/05/09, 09:48 AM
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Yes . US 30
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08/05/09, 11:02 AM
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You can check out the map view on Realtor.com or Trulia.com.
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08/05/09, 01:43 PM
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Trulia seems to be better . I don't know what price per square foot means ?
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08/05/09, 06:22 PM
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Trulia seems to be better . I don't know what price per square foot means ?
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Cost per square foot is a way of making McMansion type monstrosities sound cheaper. In other words they divide cost of house by number of square foot it covers in all the rooms.
I am taking you meant to say you want a house 1920 and OLDER. Newer is no problem, sure most houses you will find out there are NEWER than 1920. Older is findable, but realize they are going to have been remodeled at least once and probably several times with all the modern crap materials you will find in a new house. Vinyl siding, vinyl windows, particle board paneling, wall to wall carpeting, and the ubiquitous drywall. Many times the lovely old woodwork and other neat features removed. There have been several booms where people bought cheap, put drywall on everything that didnt move and flipped the house for the big bucks usually to somebody that didnt know any better.
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08/05/09, 06:57 PM
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So the higher the cost per square foot is worse or better ? I don't mind if homes have remodel as i might have to add on to the house . Allot older farm house are way to cramp around here , except for the ones located near a major road , highway .
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08/05/09, 08:18 PM
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You can buy my house: built 1853, all hardwood floors, plaster walls, new standing seam roof, does have new windows, vinyl siding, sorry.
2900 square foot, with 2 1/2 baths and 4 bedrooms. Has 3 acres.
We bought 200 acres north of here, and will be moving when we get the corncrib converted.
Also has old dairy barn 61'x50', attached 2 car garage with room for shop, and old detached garage, newly re-wired and sided.
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08/05/09, 10:50 PM
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I think its the national road that stops in IL (at vandalia IL ,the town that Lincoln killed)
Why the interest in being along a certain road?
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08/05/09, 11:32 PM
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Beautiful house Judy, where, how much, and do you have other pictures you could share? Your place looks like our dream house.
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08/05/09, 11:45 PM
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drew do you want to stay in Ohio or move anywhere along the Lincoln Hwy as there are places here in Utah on or near the old Lincoln hwy that were built in the '20's and earlier
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08/06/09, 01:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew Cutter
So the higher the cost per square foot is worse or better ? I don't mind if homes have remodel as i might have to add on to the house . Allot older farm house are way to cramp around here , except for the ones located near a major road , highway .
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The higher cost per square foot for given size house means the higher priced the house would be. So a 2000 sq ft house at $10 a sq ft would be $20k. At $100 a sq ft the same 2000 sq ft house would be $200k.
If you dont care about remodels with modern materials and original architectural features ripped out, then why do you want an older house? Unless you just like high ceilings and bathroom retrofitted into some cubbyhole, then more modern house probably have better wiring and plumbing and insulation. The only real advantages of an older house in my opinion is the use of real wood throughout and usually the design was optimized for a rural non-electric existance. The high ceilings for instance were to help keep rooms cooler in summer as heat rises. Windows and doors were usually also placed to take advantage of prevalent summer breezes. Course high ceiling with no insulation not so wonderful in winter.
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08/06/09, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Drew Cutter
Trying for find a farm house that is near Lincoln highway. (Lincoln highway goes from PA to ILL ? ) . Is their a way to aid you in your search ?
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Our house was for sale it's 122 yrs old (I think) and we live about 3-5 miles off 30. It's off the market now as it's too late to sell it and find someplace else to live before we move back to the US. What exactly are you looking for? A house in town? with land? there are lots that fit that description in our area, especially close to 30.
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08/06/09, 06:06 AM
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I'm looking to stay in ohio . Allot of homes around here are brick . Judy not a bad looking home . Pretty typical home that i've seen . Not in any hurry .
Judy . How much remodel had to be done to add things like heat ? Curious as to how many farm homes had to be retrofitted to add a furnace ? I'm hoping to find a brick home - slim chances . I'm pretty sure i'm going to have to add to the house . Hoping to find a wood barn or large tool shed .
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08/06/09, 07:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew Cutter
Trying for find a farm house that is near Lincoln highway. (Lincoln highway goes from PA to ILL ? ) . ?
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, narrow it down to location near I-30 (lincoln highway) . .
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I'm looking to stay in ohio . .
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Wow Am I lost, the Lincoln Highway goes coast to coast. Im not sure what highway goes PA to Il but I am pretty sure that interstate 30 isnt anywhere close to Ohio..
So where are we talking about?
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08/06/09, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by fantasymaker
that interstate 30 isn't anywhere close to Ohio..
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The Lincoln Highway goes through Ohio! Our Ohio house is only 5 miles off, and my mom grew up living on it.
Canton area was a BIG brick producer and MANY of the houses in this region are brick....even the old ones. 30 goes through Canton...
Minerva, East Canton, & Waynesburg are some of the town names on the east side of Canton (Stark CO.) West of Canton the road is a double lane highway, so you can't have it as a street address, but you can live close....town names like Dalton, Perry, Massillon, Wooster, etc. Look at Carrol Co, Stark Co, Wayne Co, Ashland Co, and the other counties on that east-west line
here's one (not brick): MLS ID: 3005465 This is about 2-1/2 to 3 miles north of Rt 30 in East Canton. Lots of houses in our area are "going under" you might be able to pick up real good foreclosure deal.
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