HANDY-DANDY REAL ESTATE DECODER FIXER-UPPER –
Tear it down and build a new house. ROOM FOR R.V.’S – Front yard is dead grass and concrete. CUTE STARTER HOME – Wood frame, 800 square feet, three-quarter bath, fake tile, next to Interstate highway off- ramp. PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP – Fruit decals on cupboard doors, built-in aquarium in den, rock garden with cast ceramic elves and deer, drapes from J.C. Penney catalogue. HURRY! THIS ONE WON’T LAST – Real estate broker’s 90-day listing is about to expire. OLDIE BUT GOODIE – Worn, green linoleum in kitchen, dark pink tile edged in black in bath, one central gas wall heater, asphalt sheet roof, yard loaded with dead fruit trees. REDUCED $1500…OWNER ANXIOUS – Wants out before next big rains. 180 DEGREE PANORAMIC VIEW – Windows on both sides of house. EASY-CARE YARD – No grass, just ivy and snails (mostly snails). OCEAN VIEW – If it’s under $200K the ocean can be seen only by hanging out…
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