Posted on 08/06/2020 10:21:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Millennials will be inheriting The Great Transfer of funds from their parents and grandparents and will be able then, probably in 10-15 years, to get the houses finished, or move on to something easier.
Missouri has thousands of houses that need love... Adopt one and its in a Red State. Perhaps even the home of future President Hawley!
True wisdom. My dad always told me the most expensive car he owned as a teen was the cheapest one he ever bought.
I know a guy that got one hell of a deal on a jaguar /s
“A problem (of so many) I have is being picky about getting as much right as I can”
The problem I have. Too much of a perfectionist. My latest car build project I have $80k just in the paint job. Biggest mistake I have ever made. I will easily have $175k in the car by the time it is done and will never be able to sell it for that.
Oh well Always wanted a high end build.
Betsy Sweeny won’t be smiling when she is raped and murdered in that hood house (God forbid). There is a damn good reason no one else bought it.
I can’t comprehend spending on that level. That hurts thinking about it.
Tomorrow, I go and gulp to pay for a powder coated chassis and an assortment of smaller stuff.
Looking forward to it though.
Tearing down that far wasn’t the original plan but I kept finding things rusted, bent, or bad shape.
The price of vintage Willys and AMC jeep.
if this girl can find a man or several that know drywall, plumbing, electrical & carpentry...she will be in good shape.
We are on year 4 on our very old house in Tyler (mid 1800’s) but my hubby is a German blooded dude that can do it all.
Last weekend he had to belly crawl like an inch worm under the house to chip away at packed earth blocking his path to installing another pier in the kitchen area of the home. He was so whipped that after working at his job the following day he did not speak for 24 hours. He will be chipping away at the earth high spot for the next few weekends. Not for everyone!
Ha ha! Bingo!
Any Home Depot parking lot at 6 AM..................
Oh, and she needs to brush up on her Spanish...........
Nice!!
Thank you.
“they can get married.”
replace with:
“they can get married and have sex.”
Why pay $2500 monthly rent in a city when you can but a nice house for $2500/month outside the city? I guess the only downside is that you are further away when you order UBER eats and you might have to mow your lawn.
I have always wanted a brick Victorian home to restore because the painting of a wood one would be never ending. In looking at the picture it looks like the bricks are disintegrating. Not sure how you fix that. Also, as people have said, the neighborhood is everything.
...I would estimate over $120K.
Spent 45 years enslaved to a 120-year-old farm house and renovated (by us) barn-into-studio. We did most of the work (not the kitchen, plumbing, or electric)ourselves.
SOMETHING is always going wrong and needs more time/money.
It was a labor of love and the day we sold it, I had mixed feelings. More so for my husband who did the carpentry, the roofing, decks, added a 3-season room, redid floors (down to the cellar, in 2 instances, added hardwood in 2 instances,had to level another and vinyl tile on 2 others). His nostalgia lasted longer than mine, but we also downsized acreage, so the mowing is reduced A LOT and the snow shoveling will be. We have trash collection and the cost is worth not going to the dump every week. We went from propane and wood to just propane, so another tranche of chores is gone.
I am happy with the changes, although I could always use some more room for storage. Cleaning is fast and without wood heat, everything stays cleaner and I do not miss the sour smell of the wood stove in the summer, even after cleaning.
DH is already planning projects for the garage and the land, but I would not return at this stage of life to the constant maintenance, the constant cleaning, the residue of 108 years of wood heat and just the dread of which part of the buildings will fail next.
Over time, they are going to put closer to $350k into the place. It will be less painful done over time and if they are lucky, they will break even in 40 years. It will look like a huge profit, but costed out with inflation, it will be a wash. Except for the taxes, of course. Those will go up.
But they are young and so, they will enjoy it.
Most houses are cheap because of their location. No amount of reno is worth it. Learned that the hard way myself.
takes considerable skill to end one.
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Some never end.
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