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re: How do people with mansions keep up their house?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:14 am to SwaggerCopter
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:14 am to SwaggerCopter
Sounds like your friends bought a shitty house.
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:16 am to LeonPhelps
Dude. No one in a million dollar home is paying $100k per year upkeep.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:16 am to SwaggerCopter
quote:
It makes me wonder if celebrities in huge houses are constantly dealing with bullshite like that.
They have people for that.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:17 am to MrLarson
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7k sq ft is a mansion?
Depends on lot and location baw
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:17 am to VerlanderBEAST
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Apartments>>>>>>>>>>>Houses
Yeah man, nothing like paying thousands of dollars a year for something you'll never own!
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:18 am to MrLarson
Hard to get good help
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 11:20 am
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:18 am to MrLarson
Lol
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 11:20 am
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:31 am to Tigah in the ATL
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No one in a million dollar home is paying $100k per year upkeep
A million dollar home is not a mansion. But think about everything this includes:
- lawncare
- landscaping
- gardening
- maid/butler
- Maintenance for broken appliances, plumbing, A/C, satellite, whatever
- Probably pool maintenance
The costs add up quickly.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:33 am to LeonPhelps
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The costs add up quickly.
yeah, not to 10%
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:36 am to SwaggerCopter
The problem is that before you buy something that big, you should pay the BEST inspection company in town to sign off on all of the components of the property. Then if they are bad, you have a legal course to take against said inspection company.
Or, the inspection company finds issues, and the buyer negotiates for lower cost OR walks away from the deal.
Sounds like your friend is a dumb arse if this wasn't done before purchasing.
Or, the inspection company finds issues, and the buyer negotiates for lower cost OR walks away from the deal.
Sounds like your friend is a dumb arse if this wasn't done before purchasing.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:39 am to SwaggerCopter
I did some construction out in english turn. You wouldn't believe the houses I walked into. From the outside they looked like huge mansions. The insides were atrocious. Spider webs everywhere. Haven't been dusted in YEARS. shite, pops keeps the 1400 square foot homestead in kenner better than that.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:42 am to GeeOH
To be fair, he was warned that the air conditioning units were on their last legs, but there were definitely things the inspector totally missed. The leaking roof had been ghetto fixed by the previous poor owner. From everything I've heard, it sounds like the previous owner was in over his head and unable to upkeep the house. But this guy says it was worth it because they got such a deal on the house. I personally would rather pay more upfront for a house and know what I'm paying. Getting a deal and waiting for huge costs to hit left and right just doesn't seem worth it.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:43 am to SwaggerCopter
It's really quite easy. My executive butler (who lives on site, of course) ensures the cleaning staff get their work done, coordinates with the kitchen staff, handles repairs, etc. I wonder sometimes how you poor people get by without it.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 11:44 am to NYCAuburn
I think the 10% also includes property taxes. In some areas, property taxes are outrageous.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:03 pm to SwaggerCopter
My house was built in the late teens, maybe early 20's, and I don't even have those kinds of problems.
Biggest problem we have is having to replace rotting siding boards and a hand full of soft spots in the exposed rafters.
Biggest problem we have is having to replace rotting siding boards and a hand full of soft spots in the exposed rafters.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:05 pm to SwaggerCopter
Mexicans
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:06 pm to SwaggerCopter
They hire people to do it for them because they are not fricking poor.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:15 pm to SwaggerCopter
Maybe if those people weren't tards and got a proper inspection.....
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:20 pm to MrLarson
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7k sq ft is a mansion?
It's pretty fricking big, hoss.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 12:20 pm to SwaggerCopter
7000 is a nice size, but hardly massive in mansion sense. I know a couple of people that have some close to that or bigger in size and just maintain their home like normal people. Some have staff and some hire service contractors to maintain many items.
It sounds like the home had many items in disrepair and unmaintained. Tell them to thank their inspector. They did get one with a great reputation before buying a home of that size and price right?
It sounds like the home had many items in disrepair and unmaintained. Tell them to thank their inspector. They did get one with a great reputation before buying a home of that size and price right?
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