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re: I’m a Home Builder, Wanna Take A Survey?

Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:33 pm to
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44127 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:33 pm to
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Only if you have a lot of garage/shop/patio space as well.


Wait, you're saying 1700-1800 sqft house would not be enough for a couple with no kids?

Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100176 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:33 pm to
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Can you afford to pay $2,200 per month for housing with 25% or less of your income?


My Butlers butler can afford that
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
92721 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:34 pm to
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What's the living?


I guess about 3800?
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44127 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:35 pm to
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My Butlers butler can afford that



My Butler's social media handlers that fund your catfish ponds can afford that.
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
9711 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:35 pm to
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Wait, you're saying 1700-1800 sqft house would not be enough for a couple with no kids?


That is plenty of space for even a couple with a kid.
Posted by ccomeaux
LA
Member since Jan 2010
8184 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:36 pm to
If you think the price of lumber is killing you, wait til these rates sink in
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103445 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:36 pm to
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Wait, you're saying 1700-1800 sqft house would not be enough for a couple with no kids?


I was exaggerating, but I also spend a lot of time in the garage or backyard or on the patio.
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:37 pm to
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That is plenty of space for even a couple with a kid.


My neighbors have a house about the same size as mine and they have 3 boys. They seem perfectly happy. They're not poor and they specifically chose that house about 2 years ago when they moved.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 8:39 pm
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27880 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:39 pm to
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I live in Houston inside the loop and only pay $1800 including HOA every month.


Mind if I ask which neighborhood?
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
7079 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:40 pm to
Yes, but I'm a long way from north Mississippi.
Posted by Dave_O
Member since Apr 2018
1209 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 8:50 pm to
I can but that I’m cheap as frick so I wouldn’t.
Posted by Chasin The Tiger
Lake Travis, TX
Member since Sep 2012
618 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:00 pm to
I just finished a home addition which will put us around 4500 sqft living. It's entirely too large. Our mortgage is 2750 a month all in, but with TX property taxes increasing it will probably eclipse 3k next year. Dual income in tech with 3 kids.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
1-866-DHS-2-ICE
Member since Aug 2014
11344 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:02 pm to
Sure. But I don't have any payments on anything. Not vehicles, house, cattle farm, tractors, etc. I also don't owe a dime on our 5th wheel camper, boat and 2 jet skis, side by side and 4 wheeler.

We are able to save or waste our whole income.
This post was edited on 5/23/22 at 9:08 pm
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
20514 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:04 pm to
How big of a home would that get me? I am curious, if I get laid off a backup plan is farming and cattle in MS.

A guy can dream.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44127 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:06 pm to
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I guess about 3800?


You got like six kids? Because that's a metric frick ton of house for even your average wife and two kids under today's standards.

You could raise a family of six in 600 sqft in the early twentieth, and that was considered luxury at the time.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
92721 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:19 pm to
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You got like six kids?


No, one.
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
194305 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:24 pm to
Canshandarika
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
92721 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:25 pm to
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Canshandarika


That’s her middle name…
Posted by IceTiger
Really hot place
Member since Oct 2007
26584 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:31 pm to
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. We're selling for double what we built for in 2015.
2765 sqft
600 sqft finished basement
1200 sqft garage
.75 acre lot


I got this sans basement in 2016 for $170k in a very solid community with 7/10 school zones in Georgia.

The interwebz says it's worth 300k now.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72659 posts
Posted on 5/23/22 at 9:36 pm to
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2 jet skis
Subtle “I have 2 jet skis” brag noted.
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