02-19-2020, 04:35 AM | #45 |
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I live on the south shore (approx 20 miles south of Boston) - a few years back for additions and new builds I saw quotes between $200-300 per sq ft.
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02-19-2020, 06:42 AM | #47 |
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I'm not building in ATL. There is a company that already builds there. They have a substantial community.
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02-19-2020, 12:26 PM | #49 |
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I can try to get it. Give me a day or so.
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02-20-2020, 09:18 AM | #51 |
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Y'all are making me feel good this morning. Homes are apparently way cheaper here than most places, except maybe Texas cause I've seen pics of TXStyle's house.
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02-20-2020, 11:57 AM | #52 | |
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Wow that's probably free labor as he built it. Still $85k in appliances, materials, and fixtures isn't too bad. Buying new seems to be meh - builder spec houses are very unappealing in design. I keep scoping houses for sale in the new divisions around me and from $1mm-2.5mm the design is pretty blah. Pretty shocking to see people buying and living in $2mm houses that look like they bought their fixtures from Home Depot and their tile from the sale bin. My advice is to always buy the cheapest house in the nicest area you can afford. Live in squalor for a while and establish comfort with your new expense. Then, start to plan a remodel that is exactly what you want. Then, live in a house that is exactly as you want. (I didn't buy the cheapest house in the nicest area - and sometimes wish I had... but the area I Want to live in is too pricey even for a 1,300 sq foot house haha) |
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So I know you can get mortgage for land + new construction and start paying that when house is built. Does it work the same with large renovations? Say I buy some shitty house for 200-300k and then spend another 150-250k for renovations, is there a mortgage that would allow me to start paying when construction is done?
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I've got a couple of big projects going on right now at work that are going to run for about another year. After that, I'm going to start looking again. Probably something small-ish and reasonably priced where I can upgrade/remodel my way to what I want it to look like. I can do all the work myself; "flipping houses" was a family activity when I was a kid. I don't need a lot of space, but I want to live in a nice neighborhood so I'll probably stick close to where I'm at.
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I built this in 2000. I designed it (did not hire an architect), hired the sub contractors myself and did the electrical and HVAC myself (with the help of my 3 teenage kids and my wife). Did it for $61/ft. Total build with lot $360K. Sold it 9yr later for $525K.
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jdsaengine raises a good point. Good friend of mine just built a beautiful home in central Texas. I can ask him for rough square footage and ballpark what it cost him to build it, but his wife ended up quitting her job for a bit just so she could concentrate on the house being built.
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There first change order done...... I always say go big or go home. You want to build then no one should stop you.
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Downside of custom builders is lack of quality control and lack of accountability. But sometimes you have no choice. To live in certain more exclusive neighborhoods you have to go the custom route.
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