1999 Black 35th GT

I think older houses are built better. At least around here they are. My parents bought theirs which was built in 1970 and really have had very few problems. A small leak in the basement that we fixed ourselves but thats about it. My in laws have a house that was built in 1995. It already needs a ton of work. The walls are weak. The paint needs redone in the kitchen and whole upstairs. It isn't solid at all, you can knock lightly on a wall and hear it all the way at the other end of the house.

Before my parents bought the house that they currently live in (1970) they had one that was built in the 1910's. Huge and solid as a rock!!

recently they built new houses a few blocks behind my parents ($400k at least) Six months later there were problems with them because the foundations were cracking, yes cracking! My dad knew a few people on the commision board and the rumor was that they were built too fast and the construction company didn't let the foundation settle long enough. Oops!! :scratch:

chrisma

go older (shady trees, established neighborhood)

mizanin

I read somewhere that that is exactly what a lot of younger couples are doing in areas that have very high home prices (NY, CA, Mass). People who move to Boston, NYC, and such are buying homes in their home state and renting them out, hoping to either move back someday or earn enough that they can eventually purchase a home where they work. If I were going to do such a thing, I'd think Florida, Arizona, North Carolina and Vegas area. Booming areas that are bound to increase in value.

mizanin

The kids will probably be the fastest ones to adjust to the move, I don't think moving once or twice is as hard on kids as its made out to be... now if the moving was constant - like military moving - then perhaps.

Make sure the schools have adequate space and/or plans to expand soon and have enough funding. The city I went to school in went through a real growth spurt. The grades 2 below mine and below never had enough room, there were classes being held in hallways for a few years until they finished the new junior high.

[here's the part where I note how stupid governments are = they finished the school on time and UNDER budget, instead of giving back the money or at least saving it, they put in expensive woodwork for the kids to scratch their names and bad words into :bang: ]

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Originally posted by EleanorsMine@June 1, 2005, 11:00 AM
I am in a dilemma! I need space- we run an office from here, and I need a home office to do that properly. Crap Crap crap!

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As I headed out in the monsoon.........

A realtor was putting a FOR SALE sign up in the yard of one of the houses on my list............4 bed, 3 bath Fenced yard, you name it- the whole 9 yards
$139,000

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well hope you get to look at it and it doesn't need repairs and you can get it. Hope it has an office for you, does the house you looked at have space for an office, or the two voted for?

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EleanorsMine

I am baaaaaaaaaack. I have been slogging around new construction all afternoon with the realtor. I picked one out.

I have done everything today but sign a contract. Move in ready 8/31.

I get to dictate what where, light fixtures, colors, tiles, kitchen, exterior! I am going with Grey brick and clay siding.

Its friggin spectacular. http://www.dreamhometour.com/sites/Waterfo...queen%20ann.jpg

EleanorsMine

Amenities for Highlands:
Decorator package with color package
Fireplace 36" ventless w/ marble surround
Garden tub in master bath
Dead bolts on exterior doors
Stainless sink w/ disposal
High efficiency HVAC systems
Dimensional 25 year shingles
Exterior flood lights both front and rear
Copper water lines
Decorative mailbox Vaulted ceilings in great room
Premium no-wax vinyl in kitchen
Light fixture package
Pre-wired for phone and cable
Ice maker hookups
2 weatherproof outlets
Sodded front yards
Smoke detectors
Street lights
Some with sprinkler system

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Get rid of the sky lights.

EleanorsMine

Them's trey ceilings!
Its very ornate inside.

Im getting my black kitchen

Look- 9,000 houses http://www.dreamhometour.com/sites/W...ommunity.shtml

A park, a 12,000 s-foot pool,
And they are building a new school in it.

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We picked black appliances. Too dark. We wished we had chosen the aluminum finish instead.

EleanorsMine

Got black appliances now I bought..
The mistake I made was the black and white checkered tile and white cabinets.....White is such a PITA to keep clean.

mizanin

what about your office, or is that walk in closet in the bathroom where you'll work

EleanorsMine

The office is upstairs...above the garage.

cntchds

exactly what i was gonna say our house is supposedly worth 800k and that house could chew ours up and spit it out, geeze housings expensive here or maybe its just extremely cheap elsewhere...

EleanorsMine

Some housing markets I simply do not get.

I was looking into moving to Long Island last year- until I saw the little shacks going for a half mill :notnice:

holderca1

It's both.

EleanorsMine

Now I can understand why my dream castle in Destin Florida is high dollar- its on the gulf of Mexico......

Some other things- I don't get. NY and CT housing are just a few of em.My father in laws 30 year old house on one acre in Bayport NY will sell for 3.4 mill if he ever decided to.

The house I am looking at is 1,700 SF, 2 car garage, 2 story on a garden lot Brick and Vinyl. $167,000. I am paying about 20k extra for the address.

Should I stay here- 3 bed 3 bath split level 2 car garage $139,000. NUMEROUS houses in this development for sale.

These places are 10 minutes apart- but the new one is in the fastest growing town in alabama. Everyone is leaving here to go there.

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That might have something to do with female hormones. :scratch:

EleanorsMine

Guess who signed a house contract this morning?
http://www.dreamhometour.com/sites/Waterfo...queen%20ann.jpg

http://www.dreamhometour.com/sites/Waterfo...nne%20front.jpg

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