SkaredShtles said:
Do you have 6 kids?
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no, but there's a big baby factory space.SkaredShtles said:
And let the stress begin.......................
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Jeezus H. 1100 square foot BEDROOM?!?!narlus said:
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no, but there's a big baby factory space.
I'd rather have 750 of that in the kitchen........
i think *our* bedroom is too large, and it's probably not even a quarter of that size. beside room for a bed, a dresser, and a nightstand, what the hell else needs to fit there? i'm not counting the closets or bathrooms, so maybe that's also tied into that figure (probably, because the "suite" was used).
No... but if we ever do, I give you and every other monkey permission to kill me.SkaredShtles said:
Do you have 6 kids?
yea, tell me about it - that was the wife's doing.SkaredShtles said:Jeezus H. 1100 square foot BEDROOM?!?!
I'd rather have 750 of that in the kitchen........
Yeah. Ours is about the right size, I think. It's probably 18x20 excluding the bathroom part of the "suite."narlus said:
Damn. That's a woman that likes her bedroom space.jacksonpt said:
well part of the issue is that if you've got a large room downstairs (which there are good reasons for), the typical rectangle layout of house designs dictates that 2nd floor has the same sq footage.
maybe we should build pyramid houses?
maybe we should build pyramid houses?
It was kind of foolish not to, from an investment/budget standpoint. We got another 1100 sq/ft (or whatever it is), for virtually no additional cost. Basically what Narlus said.SkaredShtles said:Damn. That's a woman that likes her bedroom space.
jacksonpt said:
"no additional cost"..........until you got yor tax bill
douglas said:
I don't know... I base a lot of construction costs on "under roof square footage"... every foot costs.
well i guess it's an incremental costs...the structural costs are likely to be a small portion if any, because the framing and roof and foundation aren't affected whether that room is that large or not (it would probably be more $ to do a gabled roofline and shrink the sq footage of that 2nd floor bedroom space). however, it's certainly cheapest to leave it as unfinished space, which isn't the case here, so someone had to buy the materials and labor to finish the room.
this might be the lamest thread hijack ever.
this might be the lamest thread hijack ever.
Yeah - we got a layout where the big room downstairs has a full two story ceiling. So 1/2 the house has a 2nd level - the other half has a really high ceiling. Which is nice. Except when I have to paint that room.narlus said:
Yeah. It's not very amusing, is it? Informative, but not very entertaining......narlus said:
Construction is spendy but fun!
OK... back on track for this thread...
How's this for stress...
I just purchased my second investment house with (drumroll please)... a credit card. Full purchase price = $33,900 with a cash advance on my MasterCard.
How's this for stress...
I just purchased my second investment house with (drumroll please)... a credit card. Full purchase price = $33,900 with a cash advance on my MasterCard.
Dude, that's crazy talk!Crashby said:OK... back on track for this thread...
How's this for stress...
I just purchased my second investment house with (drumroll please)... a credit card. Full purchase price = $33,900 with a cash advance on my MasterCard.
how long are you planning on holding that?
Ill hold it only until I sell my first property... I should be finished with that one in 2 weeks, and it should take no longer than 2-3 weeks to sell... then another few weeks to close. So Ill have to float it for a couple months.narlus said:
Even so, its only 4% APR (until Oct '06)... so less than a mortgage, but it still feels a little sketchy to buy a whole house on a credit card.
I'll actually own 3 houses at the same time for a month or so... a little stressful, but Ill make it work.
The nice thing though, its only $34K.
Crashby said:OK... back on track for this thread...
How's this for stress...
I just purchased my second investment house with (drumroll please)... a credit card. Full purchase price = $33,900 with a cash advance on my MasterCard.
Careful there.... that's a-kin to investing in the stock market with borrowed money....
I'm still actually in shock you can buy property for $34K here in the USN8 said:Careful there.... that's a-kin to investing in the stock market with borrowed money....
High risk, high reward...N8 said:Careful there.... that's a-kin to investing in the stock market with borrowed money....
by the end of December, I will have 2 houses that were purchased together for 69K. After refurbs (18k cost) - they will be worth 145K
Not too shabby...