I am 40 and single. I make 90k a year, have 130k from total proceeds from the sale of my previous house owned for 17 years towards down payment initial repairs/upgrades with hopefully 10k to savings, and very good credit.
I cannot find a house I can afford. If it’s less than 350k, it’s either a complete disaster on the inside requiring 50k or more to make decent, it’s under 1500 sq feet and very claustrophobic inside, it’s a cheaply built house in a cookie cutter neighborhood that’s already showing it’s quality, or it has less than 2 full baths and a 1 car garage. Or the taxes in the area are over 7k a year.
And a LOT of the houses have the same gray vinyl flooring that’s as ugly as it is cheap.
Mass market single family housing is a disease that the developers have perfected. Using the cheapest materials, in the cheapest way, with the laziest inspectors.
Bro makes 90k a year, he’s barely scraping by and is living paycheck to paycheck. Having 2 bathrooms is like the minimum that you need in a house. Anything less is like third world country living.
What is this doing to the housing market?
I am 40 and single. I make 90k a year, have 130k from total proceeds from the sale of my previous house owned for 17 years towards down payment initial repairs/upgrades with hopefully 10k to savings, and very good credit.
I cannot find a house I can afford. If it’s less than 350k, it’s either a complete disaster on the inside requiring 50k or more to make decent, it’s under 1500 sq feet and very claustrophobic inside, it’s a cheaply built house in a cookie cutter neighborhood that’s already showing it’s quality, or it has less than 2 full baths and a 1 car garage. Or the taxes in the area are over 7k a year.
And a LOT of the houses have the same gray vinyl flooring that’s as ugly as it is cheap.
Mass market single family housing is a disease that the developers have perfected. Using the cheapest materials, in the cheapest way, with the laziest inspectors.
How many baths can you be in at once?
I’m trying to think of resale value, especially since 1.5 baths around here stay on the market for a very long time.
I think it means he can’t reasonably rent a room if the tenant doesn’t have their own bathroom.
Bro makes 90k a year, he’s barely scraping by and is living paycheck to paycheck. Having 2 bathrooms is like the minimum that you need in a house. Anything less is like third world country living.