A tale of two houses

This afternoon my assistant and I previewed two homes located on the upper Penninsula. Both homes are actively listed for sale around $300,000 (not a bad price point for downtown). The home in the Wagener Terrace neighborhood was clearly a flip and features new everything including cement board siding. With a price tag of $35,000 more, the buyer would simply need to move in, the work is all done. It does however have more of a cobbled together feel and has had several additions. The home in the North Central Neighborhood has great bones, and a nice kitchen with high ceilings and a huge crawl space big enough to stand up in! Overlooking the messy occupants and the doggie smell was not a problem but it definitely needs both bathrooms remodeled, some work done on the siding in the near future and a bit of landscaping and cleaning. These homes were similar in square feet, both have three bedrooms and 2 baths. Two very interesting and appealing downtown homes. One in need of a little TLC and one completely turn key. Which do you prefer?