Hey guys,
My best friend is interested in the home. He has never been a wood burner before, so I'm very excited for him. I'm going to give him probably 1/2 a cord of my seasoned wood (probably all pine....a friend's a friend but seasoned wood is seasoned wood!).
In all seriousness, I'll give him pine because pine makes it far easier to learn how a stove operates. While he's wasting wood, he can do it using pine. I'm going to teach him the golden rule i've learned of wood burning:
"It's never about the flame. It's about the total heat output of the stove combined with the amount of hot air the stove is sucking out of your room and putting up the chimney. The hotter the stove and the less air you use, the warmer you'll be."
...
I won't speak to home prices, since they are so variable and this is a higher income area as well, but that house is a minor fixer-upper 1 block off the delaware river. That is primo real-estate and the delaware river-side road is covered in million dollar homes. Beautiful area - George Washington camps, battlegrounds, scout posts....everywhere.
I agree about how great that house will be once it's painted and lightly updated. It's a beautiful home now, but it needs freshening to my eyes. And, since I'm the best friend, I know the painter intimately....ME
...
Grew up not too far from there. If it is near the river. May be a flood house. Make sure he checks for mold.
Those houses along the river took a few baths over the last few years.
Last note - looks like good amounts of maple and hardwood around the house. My buddy is a power-tool/truck lover with a slightly bad back, so I'm picturing him using the truck and chains to pull trees around, bucking with a chainsaw, and then using a splitter. I'm picturing being there beside him, cold beer in hand, giving "helpful" friend advice. Brings a tear to my eye
Did you notice that the flue is awfully short? 