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Nope, still couldn't do it. Land around here is worth around 1 to 1.5 million dollars an acre. It's truly insane.
Can you build a decent home, not including land, for $150,000?
Nope, still couldn't do it. Land around here is worth around 1 to 1.5 million dollars an acre. It's truly insane.
Can you build a decent home, not including land, for $150,000?
I've been seriously thinking of doing EXACTLY that.... Family lives in Anderson...Originally posted by: Alistar7
COme to Lake Wylie SC, best schools in the state and you can buy 10 acres for 20,000 and have a 3bdrm, 2 bth, w/ 2 car garage built for 80,000....... if you dont mind paying $400 a YEAR in property taxes..........
oh and you then live on a penninsula of a very cool lake.....
Charlotte is only 15 mins away, although alot of my neighboors have horses, land, etc.. Big demand for IT people in the Charlotte area as well fellow AT'ers, large east coast banking center, and they need a ton of tech support for their systems all the time.
Sounds like a plan, although if you do more sweat equity, the contractor can give you a better deal.Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
That's including materials and labor. I would do all the minor stuff like painting and could do some stuff like installing sinks and garbage disposals and light fixtures (if the wiring was already done). It would need to have 4 bedrooms and a den and probably 2 1/2 baths. It would be in the Sacramento area and my father's best friend is a good honest general contractor--I could ask him, but I'd rather not until we put some more thought into it. Does this sound doable? Any pitfalls?
Heck, in parts of Ohio, $75,000 will get you a 4 bedroom 2 bath home. My family's home is 5 bedroom, three bath sitting on 1.5 acres of riverfront property and it's well under 200k (land and two sheds included).Originally posted by: RossMAN
Yes you could depending on location, location, location ...
In some parts of the US $175k would get you a 1 bedroom studio or a nice 5 bedroom 2 bath house, all depends on where.
WAY! Take away the cost of the land and it's doable. He said he'd do painting and what not. It's doable...Originally posted by: Jadow
Heck, in parts of Ohio, $75,000 will get you a 4 bedroom 2 bath home
not new construction though. no way
New construction isn't worth sh!t. I'd much rather have an old farmhouse than the new junk that passes for "construction". No quality in the new stuff.Originally posted by: Jadow
Heck, in parts of Ohio, $75,000 will get you a 4 bedroom 2 bath home
not new construction though. no way
Originally posted by: AlienCraft
I've been seriously thinking of doing EXACTLY that.... Family lives in Anderson...Originally posted by: Alistar7
COme to Lake Wylie SC, best schools in the state and you can buy 10 acres for 20,000 and have a 3bdrm, 2 bth, w/ 2 car garage built for 80,000....... if you dont mind paying $400 a YEAR in property taxes..........
oh and you then live on a penninsula of a very cool lake.....
Charlotte is only 15 mins away, although alot of my neighboors have horses, land, etc.. Big demand for IT people in the Charlotte area as well fellow AT'ers, large east coast banking center, and they need a ton of tech support for their systems all the time.