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DR SUESS' GUIDE TO HOMEBUYING:

Old fish

new fish,

red fish

blue fish.

The choices in buying a home have been likened to a Dr. Suess book. To rehab(ilitate) or start from the ground up? Color palettes that reflect who I am, or hues that highlight who I want to be? The possibilities can be overwhelming.

To ease the decision-making process, consider your family's culture...will refurbishing an older home be an adventure or an awful experience? Will our relationship need rehab after the house?

If you're sitting on the fence over the issue, consider this: go green. Rehabilitating a home is excellent use of existing space. There's no better environmentally friendly and economically satisfying construction than to breathe new life into a historic home. The older homes have more character and maturer trees than new homes. It is nice to walk on to a lot that is 60% shaded by older oaks.

We exercise good stewardship when we utilize what we have rather than recreating the wheel. Recycling a home preserves a legacy, a way of life for those who have gone before us. It keeps a piece of history in our midst.

If you have thoughts on purchasing a historic home in the Brazos Valley, post a comment below.

Kind regards,

Cindy Seaton, REALTOR

CENTURY 21, Beal Bryan-College Station

Posted by Cindy Seaton on 05/22/2008 10:02 AM

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1 Comments on DR SUESS' GUIDE TO HOMEBUYING:

Absolutely! We don't need to build new "green" homes. Let's recycle what we have!

05/22/2008 10:05 AM

by Hope Goss (Ventura Property Shoppe)

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