Kapitel 2: Chapter 2
Cam took Michael’s hand as they went back to the screened porch. There was a tall lady in a business suit waiting for them.
“I think I like it, but I want to walk through one more time,” Cam told her.
“Of course,” the realtor said. “Look wherever you want. Do you have more questions?”
“I probably will when I finish the walk-through.” Cam smiled at her. “It looks like a good house.”
Michael followed as Cam walked through the first floor. A small kitchen faced the back yard. Through the kitchen window you could look up into the woods across the street and at any traffic on the two-lane road that ran through the property.
Michael opened the cabinets in the kitchen.
“They left all the dishes and utensils, too,” she exclaimed. “And the pots and pans are excellent. Everything looks very clean.”
“Yes,” said the realtor, “when Mr. Whitburn’s son came to move his father out of here, they took all the food but left just about everything else. He said he had no need or space for things that his father didn’t want. There are also quite a few tools in the tool shed, including a lawnmower, if it still works. For whatever you don’t want, you can hold a yard sale or give them to a charity. Yard sales are quite popular here, there’s someone around the lake having one almost every weekend. There are also charity stores in both Newport and Magog that will take them. “
“Good idea.” Cam nodded to Michael.
A laundry room was wedged between the kitchen and bathroom. A washer and dryer were hitched up in there with places to hang clean clothes. Open bottles of laundry detergent and fabric softener sat on a shelf above the appliances.
“Let me show you this,” the realtor said. On the north wall of the laundry room there was a sturdy handle bolted into the wall. The realtor pulled on it and a wall of shelving rolled out into the room. There were barrels and containers on the shelves which went all the way to the ceiling. The whole thing was about a foot and a half wide and several feet deep.
“Wow,” Cam said with wonder in her voice.
“Yes, this is one of the extras in here. You can store appliances you don’t use every day or extra canned goods.” She inspected some of the shelves. “I think someone needs to go through everything in here.” She rolled the wall back into its space between the kitchen and bathroom.
They came out of the laundry room and walked into the main part of the house.
Two small bedrooms faced the lake and a small bathroom faced the north side.
The major room that filled up the entire southern part was the living room with its rock fireplace. The fireplace against the south wall looked huge. She could tell it had once been used for cooking. In fact, there was a small side chamber that would have been used to cook bread or smoke meat. There was a screen and fireplace tools there also.
The entire area, consisting of a third of the downstairs, held the dining area and living room in one open space, only divided from the kitchen by a short wall that could be used as a serving counter. Nestled into the southeast corner was a table and chairs that could seat six. If needed, folding chairs and an extra table leaf could be added to accommodate eight or ten.
That part of the house had beamed ceilings that followed the contour of the roof. The windows on the south, lake, and eastern sides let in a lot of light. Cam checked the window moldings again. They were secure and well caulked. The storm windows looked like they had been replaced only a few years ago. She had already inspected the foundation outside.
The floors on this first level were wide oak and still shined in most places where the stain and polish hadn’t been worn away by foot traffic.
She stood back and looked up at the wall that divided the house. It was right under the apex of the roof. The upper floor, which was the other two-thirds of the house, held a big bedroom facing the lake and a bath facing the woods. Beautiful wide dormer windows looked north; two in the bedroom, one in the bathroom.
About eight feet of the upper wall toward the east of the house only had a thirty-six-inch tall wall with the area above closed with heavy brocade drapes. The drapes could be pushed aside so the heat from the fireplace would rise to heat that bedroom. That would save a lot on oil or electricity if she didn’t have to heat the entire house twenty-four-seven during the colder months.
Geschenke
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erhalten Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
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Rangliste 
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Stein