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| 1816 Seminole Drive - Tallahassee |
About 3 years ago - we bought this brick rancher on Seminole Drive. It is just 5 doors down the street from their present home at 1607 Seminole. Ray Prim lived there alone for about 40 years. When he died - the Everhart's bought the property from his estate for $150,000.
The property is a perfect rectangle - 210 feet wide and 250 feet deep. A football field is 48,000 square feet - this lot is 52,500 square feet. It is a metes and bounds lot meaning it is a blank sheet of paper. There are no restrictions other than staying 10 feet off the line with any structure.
After thinking about it 3 years - they drew a plan - hired an builder - and now are ready to go.
Gary Shiver has been building homes in Tallahassee for 35 years. He comes highly recommended. He only builds 3 or 4 homes a year - never advertises - and spends every day on the site. Once he starts a project - he sticks with it. He never has to advertise his services - word of mouth does it all.
The Brick House Has Got To Go
The decision to knock down the brick house was a long and difficult one. At first - they were going to leave the house there and build next to it. But the brick house is smack in the middle of the property - and dominates it. Then the plan was too move the brick rancher to one side - but that cost $40,000. Then they were considering selling it but it would not go down the street without cutting it up. Finally - one Hail Mary was to move it to a vacant lot across the street but the lot owner turned down $40,000. With deep regret - next week it is going down.
The city has already disconnected the water - sewer - electricity and gas. The re-cycler man was by yesterday to take the old heat and air conditioner unit away. The city has inspected the place and issued a demolition permit.
AC/Heat
The re-cycler removed the old heat and AC system.
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