I live in a row home built in 1900, but it's actually very large for a row, it's 2400sqft. I have a huge basement (as yet unfinished), an almost double livingroom, dining room, kitchen and 5 bedrooms. 1 room I use as a cat litter box room, and it's kinda destroyed at this point. I ripped up the carpet and it's just plank flooring. Not a pretty sight. But the kitties destroyed the carpet, and now I'll have to redo the flooring at some point, and put down something that if they do pee or poop on it, it won't get destroyed.

One of the other bedrooms is my library. I wanted a library so badly for so long, and now with this house I finally have one! I have bookshelves that I got off of ebay from South America somewhere, although I think I got ripped and they were just something that the guy from NY had had made to sell on ebay, lol. I'm so naive!!! The top floor was an attic, but it was finished and is now 2 bedrooms. We redid them for Dave's girls, but now he is unable to see his daughters (his wife put a restraining order on him and they took the children away for 18 months!! It's just ridiculous what happens when you don't have a lawyer to help you when you have to go to court with these things). The bedrooms will still be here for them when the order is dropped, and hopefully they will be back again. I miss the girls!!

I have NO yard. I added on a back deck to take away what small yard I did have. It was basically a puddle of mud. I hated it. Now I have a Trek deck and I have privacy and security and I love it!!

I could get away with having a smaller house, but I figured when I moved in, if I could get this house for what I got it for financially, then why not go for a 5BR house?? I've grown to really love the place, and I can see me staying here for a long time to come. Even if the city keeps getting worse, hopefully we can keep our block our of trouble and crime free.