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Ohh, my house is a real prefab shit 70's modular with every corner cut. But I don't stay awake all night trying to figure out how to cover a mortgage/taxes/upkeep. I have childcare issues to worry about.
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Ohh, my house is a real prefab shit 70's modular with every corner cut. But I don't stay awake all night trying to figure out how to cover a mortgage/taxes/upkeep. I have childcare issues to worry about.
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For you Lonestage:
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I live in a brick house built in the 70s. I had to replace the roof last year but other than standard maintenance there's no reason it shouldn't outlive me.
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Depending on the price of course, I would take a Newer 2000+ home with newer electrical, plumbing, open concept over something older. Who wouldn't? Lol at a millennial in some video trying to educate me.
My house was built in 2003 and thank god I've had minor issues. More wear and tear stuff then anything else. If the foundation and framing was built correctly you should have no problems living in that home for a lifetime.
Do some contractors use cheaper possibly used material like Windows, Doors, Water Heaters, Central Air Units, Compressors, etc. Do some cut back on things like Insulation, Yes depending on the Contractor. All those things can be changed later on though, if necessary.
As far as the size go's. I agree, some people go a little crazy. I wouldn't need anything that big like what is shown in that video but to each his own.
This is not a knock on older homes. You could always find a well built older home and update it but I'll take the newer home all day if I could afford it.
My house was built in 2003 and thank god I've had minor issues. More wear and tear stuff then anything else. If the foundation and framing was built correctly you should have no problems living in that home for a lifetime.
Do some contractors use cheaper possibly used material like Windows, Doors, Water Heaters, Central Air Units, Compressors, etc. Do some cut back on things like Insulation, Yes depending on the Contractor. All those things can be changed later on though, if necessary.
As far as the size go's. I agree, some people go a little crazy. I wouldn't need anything that big like what is shown in that video but to each his own.
This is not a knock on older homes. You could always find a well built older home and update it but I'll take the newer home all day if I could afford it.
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You saved me having to write basically the same thing. In central FL you get hipsters buying wood constructed older homes that will get wrecked if there's a major hurricane. Much better off buying a site-built "McMansion" or whatever you want to call it that's constructed to modern building standards. The ones in the video look bad, sure, but she cherry picked the worst examples she could find.
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Agree, people actually want to live on old ass outdated homes? Only reason you like its more affordable so stop trying to kid yourself. Not to mention i would be weary of old electrical wiring.
Unfortunate for me both my homes were right around late 90s early 00s. So we get those not so nice floor plans compare to now with the open floor plan. As much as we want to buy a new big updated home, its just not ideal for 3rd/vacation home. That's why i wanted to see what these modular manufactured homes are like. You can get the same nice homes that cost almost $300K for $150K.
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I actually just closed on a older home. Built 1960 3br/2bath, Nice big backyard in a good neighborhood but it was in my budget. House has good bones and is in overall good shape but me and my wife want to update it to today's standards $$$$$. If I could have purchased a newer home with a modern design in my budget, I would in a heart beat. You're not touching a newer single family in a good Neighborhood in Jersey for under 800k.
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I can imagine... Congrats on the house, man!
The last house I owned was actually an 80s modular home with finished basement and in some ways I prefer it to my current house. The basement in particular was awesome and I miss having one. It also had better separation of space. Having everything "open plan" is overrated IMO, especially with kids, but you do the best with what you have.
Any home is going to need stuff updated or repaired from time to time regardless. Just the way it is. It'll be work and $$$ no doubt but everything you do will be to your specifications and you can really make it your own.
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We aren't talking about knob and tube era electrical wiring. As long as it has a breaker panel instead of a fuse box, the wiring is all the same.
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So long as the breaker isn't a Federal Pacific and the wiring isn't aluminum.
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McMansions are 3000+ Feet.
"McMansion" usually doesn't refer to site built homes.
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OK, so a McMansion is a large modular home, got it.
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I meant the year built 2000 and up and I wasn't talking about that pre-built lego shit in that video. I've never seen anything like that being built around my way. I'm talking about building a house from the foundation up, not stacking frame blocks. I didn't know that was what McMansion meant.
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Assuming solid foundations, brick is KING. It's king here anyway, almost every dwelling is brick with the odd timber cladding place but they're usually old places. Double brick? even better but then the place is probably 100 years old.