Castle Anyone?

[Diamonds4Me]

Only $184,000!?!??

That must be a mistake.....I think I''m movin''! Where''d I put that visa??

 

[i_like_tiffany_please_dont_hate_me]

I like this one in the Ukraine, a bargain at a mere $1.8 million

 

[i_like_tiffany_please_dont_hate_me]

from the front

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[i_like_tiffany_please_dont_hate_me]

and the courtyard

 

[ForteKitty]

$1.8 million is a bargain.... that''ll barely buy a brand new, 5 bedroom house in S. California!

 

[i_like_tiffany_please_dont_hate_me]

any eccentric nouveau riche, sine nobilitate pricescopers that are interested in owning their own castle can find more information at http://www.castles-for-sale.com

but if you are rich enough to buy a castle you could always spend your cash more wisely... like making generous donations to the diamond geezer engagement ring fund! or you could always sign a large cheque payable to "payoffdiamondgeezersstudentloans ltd" lol

 

[Matata]

I want to build my own "starter castle." Here''s one a like. FH doesn''t like the idea of building so we are in negotiations.
http://archivaldesigns.com/renderings/Haistens.jpg

 

[Diamonds4Me]

I saw that one listed,DG. $1.8 million isn't bad at all. You can't get ANYTHING near to that around here. On the lake it might get you a 7,000sf home...but it isn't nearly as nice as a castle

Edited: I had the wrong name

 

[Diamonds4Me]

it ate my picture!!

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 1/9/2005 3:10:51 PM
Author: diamondgeezer
any eccentric nouveau riche, sine nobilitate pricescopers that are interested in owning their own castle can find more information at http://www.castles-for-sale.com

but if you are rich enough to buy a castle you could always spend your cash more wisely... like making generous donations to the diamond geezer engagement ring fund! or you could always sign a large cheque payable to ''payoffdiamondgeezersstudentloans ltd'' lol

LOL, dg. What''s your mailing address???

 

[Diamonds4Me]

DG, you can get that CASTLE for $1.8 Million OR you can have this for the same price. Even though I would take this house in a heartbeat...It's just a shame that something as HUGE as that castle costs as little as it does...although I'd hate to pay the heating bill.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 1/9/2005 7:19:21 PM
Author: Diamonds4Me
DG, you can get that CASTLE for $1.8 Million OR you can have this for the same price.

I do not happen to have $1.8 million lying around, but humor me. Where is this located and is it for sale at present?

Deborah

 

[i_like_tiffany_please_dont_hate_me]

Date: 1/10/2005 1:28:49 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 1/9/2005 7:19:21 PM
Author: Diamonds4Me
DG, you can get that CASTLE for $1.8 Million OR you can have this for the same price.

I do not happen to have $1.8 million lying around, but humor me. Where is this located and is it for sale at present?

Deborah

I do not happen to have $1.80 lying around... I am working for min-wage! speaking of which... it is 6:40am I got to go!!!!!!!!! I won''t ever be able to afford that castle if I lose my job! lol!!!

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 1/10/2005 1:28:49 AM
Author: AGBF

Date: 1/9/2005 7:19:21 PM
Author: Diamonds4Me
DG, you can get that CASTLE for $1.8 Million OR you can have this for the same price.

I do not happen to have $1.8 million lying around, but humor me. Where is this located and is it for sale at present?

Deborah

It is for sale. It''s on the lake here at Lake Norman. This is the most popular style home around here.

 

[AGBF]

I don't know what state you are in. Where is Lake Norman? (And I apologize if you have written about where you live and I failed to take it in!)

Deborah

PS-I did a search and there is a Lake Norman in North Carolina. Is that your Lake Norman? Are all the homes expensive like the one pictured? (No one from California is allowed to say $1.8 million is a pittance; it isn't when you try to pay a mortgage on the house!)

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 1/10/2005 7:21:34 AM
Author: AGBF
I don''t know what state you are in. Where is Lake Norman? (And I apologize if you have written about where you live and I failed to take it in!)

Deborah

PS-I did a search and there is a Lake Norman in North Carolina. Is that your Lake Norman? Are all the homes expensive like the one pictured? (No one from California is allowed to say $1.8 million is a pittance; it isn''t when you try to pay a mortgage on the house!)

Yes, that''s the same Lake Norman. It''s very expensive to just own property there. Depending on which side and section of the lake you live on it can be right up there in that range. The side that''s closest to Charlotte (eastern side) is insane in it''s price range while the Catawba (western) side is very expensive it does get a lot more reasonable the farther north you go. The Catawba River runs into Lake Norman and that section is less populated and IMHO a lot prettier because you see more land that is untouched. Mostly doctors, lawyers, Nascar drivers, CEOs, etc..own homes on the eastern side of the lake. You can find smaller houses that are a lot more reasonable but it takes a lot of digging through endless real estate websites. I try to dig through the real estate books that you can pick up at the grocery store but after about thirty minutes of looking at them they all start to look alike and I can''t remember what I just looked at. It can really turn into a headache. It''s a good thing I''m not looking for a house or it would take me forever to go through them all!

Ah, California. A friend of ours just moved from LA and said that even though he took a dramatic pay cut when he moved out here it was still in relation to the cost of living. I guess being born and raised here I''m just used to it and can''t imagine making/paying out the kind of money he did out in LA. Especially as cheap as I am

But then again... what he was paying and being paid in LA is what he was used to at that time.

 

[Diamonds4Me]

Date: 1/10/2005 1:40:16 AM
Author: diamondgeezer
I do not happen to have $1.80 lying around... I am working for min-wage! speaking of which... it is 6:40am I got to go!!!!!!!!! I won''t ever be able to afford that castle if I lose my job! lol!!!

lol, DG. We don''t want you to lose your job!


And on a different note.. I just spilled coffee all over my keyboard. Nice