Spinoff: Denham property values increase due to Juban Crossing?

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I say maybe a 10% increase over 5 years.

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i don't think they'll appreciate compared to properties elsewhere. The homes that are built in Livingston parish look nice on the inside when they are new but are of low quality and will not hold up well over time. Even worse is that the neighborhoods they are in are not laid out in a pleasant manner. They are just cramming homes in, putting them on little dirt mounts, and there's no character or charm at all. In many neighborhoods all the homes look the same, there's no trees in the front yard and some don't even have sidewalks. Lots of trash can afford homes there so that's not good either. No external storage in most cases, so people use their garage for storage and just park their cars outside or they have stuff out in the elements.

Combine all that with the low quality of construction, high density, traffic to downtown, and you've got a recipe for ghettoficaiton.

Now if you're talking about frontage property on Juban road itself, then yes that will probably go up. Not the neighborhoods way in the back.

The layout of the neighborhoods and the quality of construction are going to cause a lot of problems for the medium and long term value of neighborhoods in Livingston.

They need sign restrictions, stricter codes, and much tighter zoning.

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Know a guy who bought a house for $140k, works offshore. Only home about one week out of 6 or 8. Asked him why he even has a house. Said he heard within 10 years or so, property value will double due to Juban Crossing.

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This is just awesome