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Housing situation stinks here, thinking about moving.

Kroze

Kroze

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This is in south jersey and it's already at ridiculous prices. $200k here will buy you an average townhome or a 1920s house that's about to collapse. I can't imagine what it is like further north toward new york.


I've been looking around other states and apparently, we're getting raped for housing. $120k will buy me a recently built (2000-2005) HOUSE w/3 bed 2/bath and a very nice yard, paved driveway, garage, basement & etc..
 
the thing is, i don't know about the jobs around the area...whether they pay enough or do they even have jobs around there. i don't want to buy a house and not have a job.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I think you fail to realize how much better the build quality of older houses, versus newer, is.
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you have no idea, these older houses around here are about to fall apart...
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I think you fail to realize how much better the build quality of older houses, versus newer, is.
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Yes, the build quality is higher, but that doesn't make that big of a difference when a house is 100 years old.
 
Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I think you fail to realize how much better the build quality of older houses, versus newer, is.
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Yes, the build quality is higher, but that doesn't make that big of a difference when a house is 100 years old.
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I'd take a structurally sound 100 year old house to a new build pretty much every time.
 
drywalls make building a home easier, but they suck. a slip of the hammer while nailing something down is not a good thing in such a home.
 
Originally posted by: iroast
drywalls make building a home easier, but they suck. a slip of the hammer while nailing something down is not a good thing in such a home.
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Drywall is wonderful for hanging things. Plaster sucks. The amount of work to get something hung on a plaster wall is rediculous. With drywall, choose any screw or any nail, in any location and you are done in 5 seconds.

A slip of the hammer is fixed in 30 seconds with a little mud.

 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: iroast
drywalls make building a home easier, but they suck. a slip of the hammer while nailing something down is not a good thing in such a home.
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Drywall is wonderful for hanging things. Plaster sucks. The amount of work to get something hung on a plaster wall is rediculous. With drywall, choose any screw or any nail, in any location and you are done in 5 seconds.

A slip of the hammer is fixed in 30 seconds with a little mud.
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I much prefer drywall to plaster.
 
Dallas is great. 2400-3000 square feet houses cost about (depending on builder and location) $200K-300K, also depending on 1-2 story. Reasonable 3/4 bedroom houses about 1500-2000 sq ft probably run $130-180.
 
Originally posted by: Kroze
This is in south jersey and it's already at ridiculous prices. $200k here will buy you an average townhome or a 1920s house that's about to collapse. I can't imagine what it is like further north toward new york.


I've been looking around other states and apparently, we're getting raped for housing. $120k will buy me a recently built (2000-2005) HOUSE w/3 bed 2/bath and a very nice yard, paved driveway, garage, basement & etc..
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$200k won't even buy you a crappy apartment conversion here.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I think you fail to realize how much better the build quality of older houses, versus newer, is.
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I disagree. Maybe for someone who just wants a pretty home with the bare necessities an older house is fine. But dig deeper:

Rotted wood
Cracked/separating foundations
Rusted pipes
Inadequate electrical mains supply coming in
Outdated/inadequate wiring throughout the home
Wiring/piping not up to code
Leaky roof
Leaky pipes

That's just off the top of my head. An ad for "Grand old home with lots of character!" Really means "Busted up POS old home. Everything's AFU...fixer upper."
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
An ad for "Grand old home with lots of character!" Really means "Busted up POS old home. Everything's AFU...fixer upper."
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Also see:

- Handyman's Dream
- Needs TLC
- Classic Architechture
- Rustic Style

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: EngenZerO
uhm, a decent house here in nova will run you 600+ (and this is for townhomes)
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Very true for nova. I know of a place in central virginia where empty lots were going for $4k in 1999. Today, they go for over $80k.

The price of land in many areas is very high. If you're looking at a $120k house that is huge, its must be in an area where land is cheap. Those areas usually do not have the economic oppurtunities/job market that more expensive land has.
 
Originally posted by: Kroze
This is in south jersey and it's already at ridiculous prices. $200k here will buy you an average townhome or a 1920s house that's about to collapse. I can't imagine what it is like further north toward new york.


I've been looking around other states and apparently, we're getting raped for housing. $120k will buy me a recently built (2000-2005) HOUSE w/3 bed 2/bath and a very nice yard, paved driveway, garage, basement & etc..
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You complain about 200k? Cry me a river. Find my a 200k house here and I'll buy it today.
 
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Dallas is great. 2400-3000 square feet houses cost about (depending on builder and location) $200K-300K, also depending on 1-2 story. Reasonable 3/4 bedroom houses about 1500-2000 sq ft probably run $130-180.
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That's why i moved from Northern VA to Dallas. I got a job that pay even a bit more so my $$$ goes a lot further. Now if I can only convince my parent to move. They live in an old 1950's house there that's appraised at freakin $450k. Hell they can come to Dallas, spend half that an buy a spanking new house that's three time the size. Glad I moved.
 
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