House for sale

[sraun]

No, not mine!

My neighbor is moving. His floor plan is very similar to mine - three bedrooms and a bath on the second floor, living room, dining room, kitchen and entry on the main floor. Three season front porch - they have meals out there frequently - that's instead of my sunroom. They also don't have the first floor bathroom that I have, so it's three bedrooms and one bathroom. I don't know what he's asking yet - I may find out Monday - but I'm expecting $200,000 to $250,000.

Anyone interested?

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

If you lived in Columbia, MD instead of Minneapolis, I'd be *very* interested. As it is, that barely buys a 2-bedroom condo around here...

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[sunlizzard.livejournal.com]

These housing prices make my teeth ache!

What that kind of money would buy here, just two doors down from me:

"Modern Victorian" (kind of a mis-match with the rest of the neighborhood stylistically, but whatever). Three stories, 3800 sq.ft., five bedrooms, 4.5 baths, at least two fireplaces, 360-degree porch/veranda, 3 car garage, 20'x40' pool, on a 1.5 acre lot.

According to Sunday's newspaper, it's down from $295,000 to $275,000. It's been listed for an awfully long time, though; probably near a year, IIRC. Not an easy sell, that much house and (pardon me, but here in the hinterlands, it's true) that much money. Was probably not a wise build to begin with, since in this neighborhood, the average price is around $150-160K, so it's more than somewhat over the top that way.

Still... dang, people! How in the ever-loving can you buy anything at those prices?!?

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[sraun]

Six years ago that house probably would have sold for about $70,000 - $90,000. I bought mine for $85,500 about six years ago.

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[sunlizzard.livejournal.com]

Nahhh. Around here, we simply don't see that kind of huge, runaway appreciation. Which stability is probably the reason we have such enormously lower housing costs.

I guess I wouldn't trade--my present house would've been entirely unaffordable under the circumstances that you have. As it is, it's only kinda, sorta, barely, by the skin of my teeth affordable! Heh.

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[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

$295,000 would get my parent's old house (recently sold). Built in the mid-sixties, three story split-level, with 1 full bath and two showers, five bedrooms, full kitchen, dining room, living room w/cathedral ceiling, family room, unfinished basement, and a garage, on a quarter-acre of land.

For that amout of money, they were barely able to purchase a three bedroom rancher (one of three attached houses), with a living room, dining room, and small sun porch, with a postage stamp piece of land, in a senior development community in the same area.

It's just nuts around here. My own place has gone from about $105,000 to $135,000 in the space of seven years, and it's just a dinky little townhouse.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

You have a first floor bathroom?

K. [my kids would love a house like that, but it's a little beyond their reach at present]

[sraun]

Yep! At some point, someone turned 60% of the front porch into a sunroom, and took what was apparently a back porch and cut a three-quarter bath out of it.

[davidwilford.livejournal.com]

Same house in New Richmond goes for $125K to $150K, FYI. There's a nice one across the street for sale asking $141K right now. Yes, the commute sucks. But it's a nice town.

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

Can I get that sent motor freight? I'm about ready to dynamite mine.