Backyard Assessment and Future Plans

Okay, let's check out the backyard. Great, we have a backyard. I'll also say that they've kept this house in impeccable condition for a house from 1978. Yes. Very impressive. Yes. Yes. I'll also say that I agree with that. Besides...Well, those were added later. The handles. As I mentioned, the things you want to look for in a house that has what I would consider a good structure are, first of all, making sure that nothing is rotting like in the series of abandoned houses we did. That's always useful. But, my definition of a good structure is that the rooms have been structurally configured in such a way that everything flows. A great example is the living room, the entrance when you come in through the front of the house. Once you have that landing, you go through the door and close the house. You want a place to take off your shoes and be truly separate from the rest of the house. Many of the houses we were looking at literally have a door that opens, you're standing in the living room, and there's a flight of stairs to go upstairs. Either you're in the living room {slash} dining room, the kitchen is right there. I like the kitchen to be like a hallway . And at the same time, you always want to put yourself out there... Some people are hosts and some people aren't, but when they buy a house, everyone always imagines things like, "I'm going to host here." We're going to have, you know, family dinners here, Thanksgiving, what will Christmas be like, the backyard in the summer. That's why you want to have a separate space from the living room and kitchen at the front of the house. You want those things pushed towards the back of the house because it creates a bit more privacy compared to everything being in the middle. So I agree. That's how I like to approach it. Now, right away, this awning and everything that's happening here isn't very welcoming. Yes. It's closed. It's closed. This looks like an opium den. This is where you would come and consume opium. Yes, what is it? That's the sprinkler valve. I mean , they were meticulous about everything . Like this guy. I mean , I love firewood. I don't think he lives here. He's a man I like. It has everything a little separated. You can see that he welded his own little rack for firewood. You know, all of this is spotless. He says, "I always keep the sprinkler valve key or sprinkler pipe key handy. In fact, I have three." Just in case . A shorter one. A shorter one. We're going to reuse some fencing material. To…