Home and Auto Mansionmania Tournament: Round 2, Heat 2

**Rain Man** · 11-04-2021, 07:26 PM

Mansionmania continues with our 32 2nd-round contestants. You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions:

The purchase price for you is $0.
All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, HOA fees, and cleaning is included.
You must live in the home for the rest of your life.
You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year.
You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance
You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll.
You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room.
You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside.

I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood.

Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me.

Your entries in this heat are:

Delaware:

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...0_M58295-90451

Virginia:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7...82741014_zpid/

(Note: the Virginia house sold and was taken down, but I found it on another web site.)

Hoover · 11-04-2021, 07:32 PM

Virginia by a mile

**Rain Man** · 11-04-2021, 07:32 PM

This is an easy one for me. Virginia is almost a perfect house that's on a nice-size plot of land that's located within easy distance of a major metropolitan area. It's big enough to meet all of my needs, too.

Delaware is a fine house, but it's half the size and I don't like sand being tracked in.

Virginia for me.

**Bearcat** · 11-04-2021, 07:35 PM

The Virginia house was a favorite for the acreage and distance to major cities, didn't even have to look at it.

The Delaware house is too much like SC... homes stacked on top of each other just to be near a beach. Meh.

Zebedee DuBois · 11-04-2021, 07:40 PM

What Hoover said.

eDave · 11-04-2021, 07:42 PM

I don't see a horse stable. Pass.

EPodolak · 11-04-2021, 07:42 PM

Aw, the VA place sold.

It's a great house and location.

eDave · 11-04-2021, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPodolak

Aw, the VA place sold.

It's a great house and location.

You gotta come in with cash. 20% more cash if it's anything like Phoenix right now.

**Rain Man** · 11-04-2021, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EPodolak

Aw, the VA place sold.

It's a great house and location.

Yeah, I took too long to think about it.

Otter · 11-04-2021, 08:15 PM

The Delaware house has "comfy" written all over and enjoy both exterior and interior.

I could handle Delaware if that was my pad.

**Buehler445** · 11-04-2021, 08:30 PM

This is a pretty tough one.

Neither location is really a part of the country I want to live in, both are beach properties, Virginia is a nicer house, but we all know I'm a whore for cash.

Probably going with Virginia because I can get more places within 100 miles.

DJ's left nut · 11-04-2021, 08:53 PM

Virginia could win this thing outright.

A Potomac mansion on part of Washington’s original Mt. Vernon estate? And the place is just beautiful.

Yeah, this is one of the few that may give some of those tropical or Southern California spots a run for their money.

JohnnyHammersticks · 11-04-2021, 09:16 PM

Virginia. Better house, close to DC. The only "city" within a 100 miles of the Delaware house is Atlantic City. No thanks.

HonestChieffan · 11-04-2021, 09:23 PM

oldman · 11-04-2021, 10:45 PM

I'm going with VA even though that staircase kinda freaks me out. Reminds me of the old Hitchcock movie Vertigo. BTW, a 25 year old Kim Novak ---- well, let's just say I was aware some of my body parts were growing.

View Poll Results: Which one do you pick?
Delaware, plus $671,366 annual stipend	6	13.33%
Virginia, plus $250,000 annual stipend	39	86.67%
Gosh, I can't decide.	0	0%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

11-04-2021, 07:26 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-652449 VARSITY	Mansionmania Tournament: Round 2, Heat 2 Mansionmania continues with our 32 2nd-round contestants. You will choose among each pair of houses with the following assumptions: The purchase price for you is $0. All maintenance, utilities, property taxes, HOA fees, and cleaning is included. You must live in the home for the rest of your life. You can't travel more than 100 miles from home (via google maps drive time) other than 1 two-week vacation each year. You get $250,000 per year as a living allowance You get an additional living allowance at the cheaper home, which will be valued at 1% of any cost difference annually. I will note this amount in the poll. You get the furnishings. If unfurnished, you get an allowance that will give you mid-grade furniture in every room. You get any vehicles in the garage. But only the garage - nothing parked outside. I encourage you to click on the maps in the listings to see the general location and neighborhood. Also, I will only enter contestants if they have a sufficient number of photos to judge, as determined by me. Your entries in this heat are: Delaware: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...0_M58295-90451 Virginia: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7...82741014_zpid/ (Note: the Virginia house sold and was taken down, but I found it on another web site.)
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11-04-2021, 07:32 PM	#2
Hoover Rufus Dawes Jr. Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $-2121821	Virginia by a mile
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11-04-2021, 07:32 PM	#3
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-652449 VARSITY	This is an easy one for me. Virginia is almost a perfect house that's on a nice-size plot of land that's located within easy distance of a major metropolitan area. It's big enough to meet all of my needs, too. Delaware is a fine house, but it's half the size and I don't like sand being tracked in. Virginia for me. __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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11-04-2021, 07:35 PM	#4
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $-1045069	The Virginia house was a favorite for the acreage and distance to major cities, didn't even have to look at it. The Delaware house is too much like SC... homes stacked on top of each other just to be near a beach. Meh.
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11-04-2021, 07:40 PM	#5
Zebedee DuBois Veteran Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: floating in a tin can Casino cash: $-1824801	What Hoover said. __________________ What am I even doing here?
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11-04-2021, 07:42 PM	#6
eDave Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Casino cash: $9998560	I don't see a horse stable. Pass.
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11-04-2021, 07:42 PM	#7
EPodolak Spooky Action Join Date: Dec 2003 Casino cash: $-1157442	Aw, the VA place sold. It's a great house and location.
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11-04-2021, 08:30 PM	#11
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1565266	This is a pretty tough one. Neither location is really a part of the country I want to live in, both are beach properties, Virginia is a nicer house, but we all know I'm a whore for cash. Probably going with Virginia because I can get more places within 100 miles.
Posts: 60,005

11-04-2021, 08:53 PM	#12
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $-820901	Virginia could win this thing outright. A Potomac mansion on part of Washington’s original Mt. Vernon estate? And the place is just beautiful. Yeah, this is one of the few that may give some of those tropical or Southern California spots a run for their money. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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11-04-2021, 09:16 PM	#13
JohnnyHammersticks MVP Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chandler AZ Casino cash: $-539996	Virginia. Better house, close to DC. The only "city" within a 100 miles of the Delaware house is Atlantic City. No thanks.
Posts: 14,661

11-04-2021, 09:23 PM	#14
HonestChieffan Seeking the Truth daily Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the Country in MO Casino cash: $-1565691	Va __________________ "We read books for knowledge; We read the Bible for wisdom!"
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11-04-2021, 10:45 PM	#15
oldman Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North by Northwest Casino cash: $5836784	I'm going with VA even though that staircase kinda freaks me out. Reminds me of the old Hitchcock movie Vertigo. BTW, a 25 year old Kim Novak ---- well, let's just say I was aware some of my body parts were growing.
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