Dear Powers that Be....

[molotovmuffin]

I need a 3 bedroom house in good repair, with a fenced in yard and garage for 30k or less...It must be in an area convenient for work and have room for the bus and the dogs. A basement that doesn't flood would also be appreciated.:biggrin1:






What would you ask for...?

 

[Endued]

I need a 3 bedroom house in good repair, with a fenced in yard and garage for 30k or less...It must be in an area convenient for work and have room for the bus and the dogs. A basement that doesn't flood would also be appreciated.:biggrin1:






What would you ask for...?

30k for a detached house with garden?! Holy smokes, I'm living in the wrong country.

 

[D_Gunther Snotpole]

30k for a detached house with garden?! Holy smokes, I'm living in the wrong country.

Or even the wrong century.

 

[arthurdent]

30k for a detached house with garden?! Holy smokes, I'm living in the wrong country.

Crikey! I agree. I live in a one bed flat 30 miles west of London, with access to a shared garden but no garage and it cost me £106,500 in 2002. I think it's worth about £130,000 now.

 

[molotovmuffin]

You guys sure know how to kill what should have been a fun thread. Sort of like one of those "visualize your own reality" type thingies...

But since I must explain....I live in the middle of rural, wanna be city, America. Home foreclosures are running rampant and real estate is dropping...fast.

I can buy a house here for 150K that comes with acreage that would cost over a half mil...somewhere else.

 

[B_Hickboy]

You guys sure know how to kill what should have been a fun thread. Sort of like one of those "visualize your own reality" type thingies...

But since I must explain....I live in the middle of rural, wanna be city, America. Home foreclosures are running rampant and real estate is dropping...fast.

I can buy a house here for 150K that comes with acreage that would cost over a half mil...somewhere else.

Extremely literal-minded people are so much fun to fuck with. They're the main reason I come here.

 

[molotovmuffin]

Extremely literal-minded people are so much fun to fuck with. They're the main reason I come here.

Hahahahahha...

 

[B_Hickboy]

Hahahahahha...

They'll deny it up and down, but it's the THC that makes them that way. That's OK. The rest of us know that it is.

 

[Bbucko]

The market in SoFla is so terrible right now that the house you speak of is available for significantly under $100,000, though still more than $30,000. It won't have a basement (high water table here prevents them) but, on the bright side there's never any snow to shovel and you'd live 20 minutes from a gorgeous beach.

There's also the SoFla Age Recalibration Index which knocks 20 years off your age: 40 here is 20 anywhere else :tongue:

 

[Catchoftheday]

What would you ask for...?

A nice cup of tea and a chocolate digestive :smile:

 

[nudeyorker]

The market in SoFla is so terrible right now that the house you speak of is available for significantly under $100,000, though still more than $30,000. It won't have a basement (high water table here prevents them) but, on the bright side there's never any snow to shovel and you'd live 20 minutes from a gorgeous beach.
That same house in Hawaii would start at about $560,000.00 and would be on a small lot and would need a total renovation.
There's also the SoFla Age Recalibration Index which knocks 20 years off your age: 40 here is 20 anywhere else :tongue:

If that were actually true I would have moved to Florida, but as it stands I only meet people socially after dark in candle lit restaurants with back lighting and breathtaking views.:redface:

 

[IntoxicatingToxin]

What would you ask for...?

A cure for the common cold. I feel like shit right now.

 

[Bbucko]

That same house in Hawaii would start at about $560,000.00 and would be on a small lot and would need a total renovation.

There were certain neighborhoods in FtL that were so absurdly overpriced that people asked (and got) upwards of $750,000 for a tear-down. That lunacy has finally stopped.

Even worse were the condo developments that were built on the fringes between really hot and totally not: mid-rise, "luxury" units or "lofts" fewer than three blocks from crackville

The biggest fall came not too far from where I live currently in Wilton Manors. It was an enormous development of several acres and at least eight mid-rise buildings built like a fortress (or prison) with walls and gates despite being in a reasonably stable, middle-class part of town. However, it not only sits on the "wrong" side of the freight rail tracks that cut SoFla in half, but built literally adjacent to them; long heavy trains carrying containers or open cars filled with gravel rumble within 25 feet of the balconies for about 1/3 of the entire development

The quietest part of the whole complex features two buildings that had "penthouses" constructed on their top floors, overlooking a beautiful pool/waterfall. They are about 4000 square feet with multiple terraces and balconies and were designed to sell for about $1,000,000. One was finally let go at a short sale for a reported $190,000. I would estimate that the entire complex remains at about 60% occupied, about four years after completion: the maintenance dues are in many cases equal to or greater than the actual mortgages. It's a mess.

If that were actually true I would have moved to Florida, but as it stands I only meet people socially after dark in candle lit restaurants with back lighting and breathtaking views.:redface:

That's my trick! I work under a dim pool of 35 watts of red light: dim enough to make Zsa Zsa look radiant and breathtaking

 

[rob_just_rob]

I'd like some gum.

 

[B_Hickboy]

I'd ask for a few of you to leave. Not sayin' who.

 

[joyboytoy79]

I'd ask for a few of you to leave. Not sayin' who.

Picking on me again?!?! What did I do this time?

:tongue:

 

[B_Hickboy]

Picking on me again?!?! What did I do this time?

:tongue:

Not you, you're family, and I don't turn family away.

 

[vince]

If you all are lucky America really will decline to second world status and you'll be able to find cheap deals too. My 3 hectares with a shack and a spectacular ocean view cost 53,000€. And the penthouse condo was less than 100k.

 

[B_Hickboy]

If you all are lucky America really will decline to second world status and you'll be able to find cheap deals too. My 3 hectares with a shack and an spectacular ocean view cost 53,000€. And the penthouse condo was less than 100k.

Well, we got that to look forward to. :biggrin1:

 

[SprinkleMe69]

Who wanted chocolate? I have some.