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02-13-2024, 2:06pm | #21 | |||||||
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1) start a business and work together 2) build a home together In 33 years I have learned NOT TO TEST A MARRIAGE, therefore I have done neither. |
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02-13-2024, 2:16pm | #22 | |||||||
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Our old house was 5,100, but that includes 1,600 basement since it was completely finished with a walkout, bathroom, etc. |
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Backyard, pool, outdoor seating is very nice, no need to live inside.
I think the consensus is to take it,,, where would you put the bar, as did not see a spot in the photos. |
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What do two people do with 5k+ sq ft? We have half that and don't really use all of it.
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Washington was where we were looking, or that area. Don't feel like paying Rochester taxes. My business is in Lake Orion but I only need to be there for 2 days a week, Her's is in Shelby and has to be there more so we were looking that way. We looked at new construction in Shelby last week, 1.1M, about 4200sq ft finished. Prices are insane here. |
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02-13-2024, 2:24pm | #27 | |||||||
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Our ideal home? 2 bedroom, roughly 2500sq ft, finished basement of equal size. My old house was 5,100 with finished basement. We used every square inch. Upstairs was my office, sauna room, soaking tub in work out room. Spare Bed room. Our master was first floor with huge double shower, large gourmet kitchen with great room and dining. Basement was our main living area, bathroom, plus bar/poker room, pool table. 2 people can use 5K sq ft easily if they have plans for the space. Our work out room had not only equipment but massage table, sauna, huge 3' deep soaking tub...plus the storage. We bought and redid it for entertaining and regularly filled it with guests. |
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We had our Home in NH built for us. We made the deal in February of 97 and moved in in September. Our builder and RE agent were wonderful to work with and walked us through the process. Wee had one issue due to the phone company lying to us but that's the only major issue.
We stayed friends with the RE agent until he died and the builder until we moved out of NH. |
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In Broward there is almost no SFRs being built due to limited land available.
Next door to me in Parkland, you can still buy new SFR, BUT you can save 20% if you buy existing. These townhomes are about 0.50 mile from me, $450/sq ft, and I think the association fee is about $400/month, you get a community pool and a key access front drive. https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M97230-36469 |
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Building isn't necessarily more expensive. If you are in a depressed area, I think you can do better buying existing, but if RE prices are inflated in a hot market you can probably build for less.
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The sub was split in half, same homes, one on either size. 75 percent the cost and 30 percent of the taxes. We were thinking of around 31-36 and Rochester getting up near Romeo just because its a quick drive downtown or to Troy. |
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We did both…started a business together building houses.
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What a coincidence, my wifey has been known to call me SuperWipe.
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02-13-2024, 3:41pm | #38 | |||||||
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It's a dead stop from Auburn hills all the way to the end of lake Orion and into Oxford at the end of the day. Where I was at in Auburn hills was probably the best. Reasonably priced extremely safe since we bordered Rochester and being the last subdivision in the city it's where the police turned around so 9 to 10 times a day and that's just during sunlight hours we had police driving through the sub. I was 10 minutes from 75 10 minutes from 24 10 minutes from 59. I could be in downtown Detroit or downtown Lapeer in the exact same amount of time. What we're trying to find out is a place where it's close for her to go to her business. She owns a retail shop and has to be there more than me. My lease is up in my office in lake Orion in a year and it can be anywhere. |
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I have built a home. It was easy for me and I bought the land,got the
permits and built a house in less than a year. 1. find a piece of land . You will look at a lot of propertys 2.find a small contractor with a proven record of building 3. No how to say NO and mean it. You will tell everybody no that is not how something should be, 4. expect to be at the job site once a day. Measure ask questions,say no 5. stay within budget , and demand it from others 6.go to whatever office is handing out permits and get involved. Administraters dont want conflicts, they will move the process along quickly. 7.dont except excuses make that party squim. 8. dont pay until the contract has been fullfilled 9. be a ass hole, it makes everybody sweat 10. you are the big boss, you are the one paying the bill. 11. always be polite and friendly unless someone gets in your way. 12. building a house is fast and easy if you get involved |
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