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This reminds me of the house that black dude bought, the one that had been a plantation, and he made a whole HGTV show out of it.

Big houses creep me out. I know we've seen MUCH bigger, but still.

There has probably been a murder in there.

You first, OP.

It's probably got some massive problem that isn't visible (in addition to those that are), like mold or something. It is pretty, though.

No massive problem other than that it is in Sodus, NY, 35 miles outside Rochester NY, and, I imagine, blasted by lake winds.

It's a house that was owned by a guy who could fix everything himself, but never did. Or rather he fixed a few things and left the rest untouched or half completed.

Other houses in Sodus of approximately the age and size and in good condition sell for under $200,000. This one needs about $120,000 to $150,000 to correct obvious and assumed problems, which would put it in the price range of roughly similar houses.

It's a rather modest house with all its show put in the semi-circular portico, one rather nice salon with beamed ceiling, a great original pantry, a decent sized kitchen with room to redesign at as you like, and some nice windows and details on the ground floor rooms.

If I were in the market for a house in Sodus, I'd take a contractor through the place and make an offer near asking price. It's not a house you would have to buy for $69,000 then spend a half million plus on it. It's a $200,000 or $250,000 (if you wanted to be fancy about it) house in Sodas NY waiting to happen.

Thanks OP for showing something that has easily/cheaply realized possibility and isn't staged to death and wrecked with the Property Brothers aesthetic.

The neighborhood doesn't really match the grace of the house, it's on a busy road or just off one with no driveway or garage, so you 'don't have to figure all that oot. Permits for a driveway and a new garage will drive even more costs up.

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Poet John Ashbery spent much of his childhood in that town.

Ew. Agree it probably has some sort of terrible mold or foundational problem. A lot of work is ahead for someone interested in starting a home reno YouTube. I can see it was once sort of charming. It's certainly an ambitious structure for a village outside of Rochester.

If you had the money and the drive, it could be nice. But location location location: the house is in Sodus, NY, which is a bit of a pit despite being right on the water.

There's a house here and there that may rise above, but it looks like anything in that town better than a trailer is over improved for the neighborhood.

Having said that, years ago I spent a few vacations in Clayton NY, in a trailer on the water - The Thousand Islands - and they are still a few of my best vacation memories.

It’s a strange sort of Greek revival, that portico looks like it’s tacked on to a four square. The lot looks okay, is there really no driveway?

R5: Not close enough to Lake Ontario for it to affect the climate, including winds.

I'm liking the "it rubs the lotion on its skin" basement.

R11: I would call it an example of Neo-Classicism rather than Greek Revival. Generally, Greek Revival is more strict definition applied to Greek and Roman classical influenced architecture of the 1820-1860s period (mostly in the U.S., Canada, and Northern Europe).

Neo-Classicism also describes architecture based in part on Greek and Roman classical models, but that interest was a (mostly) uninterrupted continuum of design from the mid-18thC (based on archaeology and scholarship in the Classical period) through to the present day. Within those almost 300 years it took different expressions, some very archaeologically correct others that leaned more to design and social influences of their time and geography, others took inspiration from Palladio and 16thC Italy where Classical models of 1600 years earlier were revived and elaborated upon.. Greek Revival is a specific aspect of Neo-Classicism, with its own look, but it's particular to the 1820s-1860s period, with a very few outliers.

The house at OP's listing is a generic early 20th house with symmetrical facade some Neo-Classical details in the portico, arrangement of front door and fanlight, and not much else. It's very much an early 20thC look rather than something from the large middle of the 19thC.

If you check out the green plot plan on the map, it looks like the driveway would go out to High St. From Google satellite, you can see the ghost of two driveways there.

Street view from just around the corner when i was looking for a driveway.

AUTISTIC PERSON AREA

WTF

I feel like I am breathing in asbestos just looking at the pictures.

OP, did you take the trash cans to the curb? Get up off that computer or you'll get us kicked out of this trailer court!

R8 John Ashbery spent much of his adult like living in my building.

So this thread is a bust?

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It’s in the middle of fucking nowhere. A TINY town where all the neighbors are MAGA.

I'm sure it IS an autistic person area, what with all the chemicals and metals that probably leaked into the ground and water for hundreds of years.

It's about 30 miles from Rochester. Not exactly the wilderness.

R7 that's probably worse than any mold or plumbing problems.

[quote]You might also notice a part of the house with a large number of lockers.

Lockers, OP? Do you mean the butler's pantry? Damn, don't get us riled up to see a dungeon.

[quote] Not close enough to Lake Ontario for it to affect the climate, including winds.

Despite the wind risk factor being assessed at "1" (low?), I can't help but think the winters that close to Lake Ontario would be severe. I seem to recall the Rochester - Syracuse corridor regularly getting snowstorms measuring in feet. not inches.

I'd be more concerned with two points: no garage (particularly given the winters as noted); and the fact that it's MAGAville.

R25: All you seem to know about weather is stereotypes. Snow not the same as winds. Also, being close to the lake moderates heat and cold under most conditions. I grew-up a 10 minute walk from another Great Lake and also lived a 10 minute walk from the lakefront in Chicago. Besides that, laces that get big snowfalls know how to handle it.

Very nice. I could have so much fun with that if I had a little money. And it’s NY sot the south.

Thats got potential to be a really lovely house... after large quantities of money/ work have been thrown at it

Wonder why the previous owner let it deteriorate to that level? I suspect the owner was dead in there for a couple of years before being located.

R19, did you know him. I adored his poetry.

From the listing: It was last listed for sale in Dec, 2013 for $69,000 and sold for $60,000 in 2015, now listed again for $69,000 so the house has gained virtually no value in the last 10 years. That should tell you something.

It was also last renovated in 1964.

This is very close to where I grew up. My mom lives one town over from Sodus. I haven’t been there in several years but it’s pretty depressing - the beaches are filthy and the people are all MAGA assholes. And the weather is hellish a full 80% of the year. If I was forced to move home to take care of my mom or something I’d be happy to spend my later years in upstate NY, but certainly not fucking Sodus

R30 he was a a nice man you’d see in the elevator. He lit up when told him my sister had attended Bennington. He had a younger partner, who was a hotty back in the day..

[quote]Very nice. I could have so much fun with that if I had a little money. And it’s NY sot the south.

Parts of upstate New York are just as MAGA-heavy as the South. Or worse. (Don't forget that Repugs had a lock on the NY House for decades.)

And while I hate the heat, I hate the cold even more, so anything remotely near Lake Ontario ain't gonna work. Looks like it'd get roughly the same weather as Rochester.