NUinID Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Got my first teaching job in Filley NE 3 days before school started. Had to find a cheap place to live fast. Filley had nothing started looking in Tecumseh about 20 miles away. A lady was turning the old motel into apartments. I had 2 rooms 1 had kind of a kitchen. It had a fridge, stove and sink in it. The other room was the bedroom I guess. It had a sink in it with a little toilet/shower area off of it. No furniture. I took the mattress off of an old hide a bed I had and threw it on the floor and slept on it. I had a folding chair to sit on. The lady took pity on me about a week after I moved into the place and put an old recliner in the place for me to sit on. I had an old 13" black and white TV with rabbit ears. If I got them in just the right position and propped my feet up right I could watch a fuzzy Monday Night Football. It was 75 bucks a month rent all utilities. I lived there for 2 months. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 I guess that currently I own a Celebrity/Heartstone home...and its pretty crappy! How old is it and what is the model name? I may have built it. Not sure on the name...I think its like 12 years old. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Got my first teaching job in Filley NE 3 days before school started. Had to find a cheap place to live fast. Filley had nothing started looking in Tecumseh about 20 miles away. A lady was turning the old motel into apartments. I had 2 rooms 1 had kind of a kitchen. It had a fridge, stove and sink in it. The other room was the bedroom I guess. It had a sink in it with a little toilet/shower area off of it. No furniture. I took the mattress off of an old hide a bed I had and threw it on the floor and slept on it. I had a folding chair to sit on. The lady took pity on me about a week after I moved into the place and put an old recliner in the place for me to sit on. I had an old 13" black and white TV with rabbit ears. If I got them in just the right position and propped my feet up right I could watch a fuzzy Monday Night Football. It was 75 bucks a month rent all utilities. I lived there for 2 months. Ha! That is awesome! How long ago? Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I guess that currently I own a Celebrity/Heartstone home...and its pretty crappy! How old is it and what is the model name? I may have built it. Not sure on the name...I think its like 12 years old. How do you like those foam exterior walls? Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 I guess that currently I own a Celebrity/Heartstone home...and its pretty crappy! How old is it and what is the model name? I may have built it. Not sure on the name...I think its like 12 years old. How do you like those foam exterior walls? I hate it all! Its like there are not even windows because of all the cold air that comes in! Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I guess that currently I own a Celebrity/Heartstone home...and its pretty crappy! How old is it and what is the model name? I may have built it. Not sure on the name...I think its like 12 years old. How do you like those foam exterior walls? I hate it all! Its like there are not even windows because of all the cold air that comes in! I always shook my head every time I built a Celebrity Homes house. How they did the absolute minimum to get a house up. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house But why would I buy a 20 year old home when I can get a brand new house for the same price? Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house But why would I buy a 20 year old home when I can get a brand new house for the same price? Trees and traffic. Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house But why would I buy a 20 year old home when I can get a brand new house for the same price? Trees and traffic. . . . and quality of construction. Haha. I've (unsuccessfully) tried to talk multiple friends out of building Celebrity or Heritage homes. They have some serious regrets. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house But why would I buy a 20 year old home when I can get a brand new house for the same price? Trees and traffic. . . . and quality of construction. Haha. I've (unsuccessfully) tried to talk multiple friends out of building Celebrity or Heritage homes. They have some serious regrets. If the wall sheathing would have been all OSB, it would have only added a few hundred bucks to the cost of building it. Always seemed like an unnecessary sacrifice. Quote Link to comment
ShawnWatson Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I am shocked that they can even be classified as a house But why would I buy a 20 year old home when I can get a brand new house for the same price? Trees and traffic. . . . and quality of construction. Haha. I've (unsuccessfully) tried to talk multiple friends out of building Celebrity or Heritage homes. They have some serious regrets. Ugh me too, those houses are crap. I own a 1920s house that is completely renovated and couldn't be happier, you get the old school quality with a new age look. Quote Link to comment
darkhorse85 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Got my first teaching job in Filley NE 3 days before school started. Had to find a cheap place to live fast. Filley had nothing started looking in Tecumseh about 20 miles away. A lady was turning the old motel into apartments. I had 2 rooms 1 had kind of a kitchen. It had a fridge, stove and sink in it. The other room was the bedroom I guess. It had a sink in it with a little toilet/shower area off of it. No furniture. I took the mattress off of an old hide a bed I had and threw it on the floor and slept on it. I had a folding chair to sit on. The lady took pity on me about a week after I moved into the place and put an old recliner in the place for me to sit on. I had an old 13" black and white TV with rabbit ears. If I got them in just the right position and propped my feet up right I could watch a fuzzy Monday Night Football. It was 75 bucks a month rent all utilities. I lived there for 2 months. You taught in Filley? When? Quote Link to comment
NUinID Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Got my first teaching job in Filley NE 3 days before school started. Had to find a cheap place to live fast. Filley had nothing started looking in Tecumseh about 20 miles away. A lady was turning the old motel into apartments. I had 2 rooms 1 had kind of a kitchen. It had a fridge, stove and sink in it. The other room was the bedroom I guess. It had a sink in it with a little toilet/shower area off of it. No furniture. I took the mattress off of an old hide a bed I had and threw it on the floor and slept on it. I had a folding chair to sit on. The lady took pity on me about a week after I moved into the place and put an old recliner in the place for me to sit on. I had an old 13" black and white TV with rabbit ears. If I got them in just the right position and propped my feet up right I could watch a fuzzy Monday Night Football. It was 75 bucks a month rent all utilities. I lived there for 2 months. You taught in Filley? When? 1 year 1990-91 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 My 1st apt when I moved to Lincoln. The landlord was Century. Don't rent from them if you can avoid it.It was a basement apartment and whenever it rained, water came through the kitchen window like a waterfall. After the first time I called them, a dude came the next day and put a little dryer on the floor and then left, like that was going to solve anything. I made at least 10 calls and went to their offices to talk to a manger in person (who didn't even bother apologizing) and they never did anything until they hired a new guy who came and looked at it. It finally got fixed like a week before I was moving out and they tried to get me to stay, heh. Kinda glad in retrospect because my new apt is great and I've been here over 3 years now. Quote Link to comment
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