[Brian HCM#1]

Gonna put more down, eh???

Maybe, I don't know. It depends how much we can get for our current house.

 

[narlus]

But back on topic - congrats on the purchase, and good luck selling yours and doing all the work on the new one. My wife and I just started looking

didn't you just move into a new house?

 

[jacksonpt]

Whoa - don't let those sumbitches win, man. :mumble:

yea, well... for a variety of reasons, it looks like we are no where even close to being able to afford the monthly bills (propane heat, taxes, etc).

 

[JRB]

yea, well... for a variety of reasons, it looks like we are no where even close to being able to afford the monthly bills (propane heat, taxes, etc).

Sucks man. Bummer.

 

[jacksonpt]

didn't you just move into a new house?

Well, sorta. We were/are building, but our contractor has turned out to be a total tool. Taxes have gone up over 20% in the last year, and have about doubled since we bought the land. Propane/heating prices have also almost doubled. Those two factors, along with a second child, our daughter starting school/dance class/etc, and my wife being out of work means we will probably be selling the house as soon as we get a CO.

This is all dependant on what the tax man says though... if by some miracle he comes back with a low tax rating (we are anticipating $15k/year, hoping for $11k or so that we could grieve down to 8 or so) then there might be hope.

 

[jacksonpt]

Sucks man. Bummer.

yea, big time. I'm my dream house in every way too...

 

[-BB-]

Congratulations Brian...
Everyone else seems to be baggin on it, but I know.
Sheet is about the same down here.

I'm actually in the middle of a move right now too. I just took down the whole sterio/tv/entertainment center, so obviously we are moving houses today. Can't go a day without TV!!

We finally got a SFD instead of an attached.
The market here is almost (if not just as) bad as it is up there.

The one sweet part is that there is a skate park 400 yards from my house, and a decent ride spot (that leads into a national forrest) about 100 yards away with hundreds of miles of trails and a decent jump spot (from what I hear)

 

[JRB]

Well, sorta. We were/are building, but our contractor has turned out to be a total tool. Taxes have gone up over 20% in the last year, and have about doubled since we bought the land. Propane/heating prices have also almost doubled. Those two factors, along with a second child, our daughter starting school/dance class/etc, and my wife being out of work means we will probably be selling the house as soon as we get a CO.

This is all dependant on what the tax man says though... if by some miracle he comes back with a low tax rating (we are anticipating $15k/year, hoping for $11k or so that we could grieve down to 8 or so) then there might be hope.

I hope that all works out. We should have monkeyfest at your place and beat that bastard down.

 

[N8 v2.0]

yea, well... for a variety of reasons, it looks like we are no where even close to being able to afford the monthly bills (propane heat, taxes, etc).

Oh man.

This is why I am so glad I built a small 1800_sf home for MizN8 and myself first! I was all hot-to-trot to build a big 3000 french country lookin' builder's mansion, but after moving into a smaller house first, we learned that bigger isn't better.

The only thing I wish I had was a 3rd car garage for bikes etc.

 

[Slugman]

Congratulations Brian...
Everyone else seems to be baggin on it, but I know.
Sheet is about the same down here.

I'm actually in the middle of a move right now too. I just took down the whole sterio/tv/entertainment center, so obviously we are moving houses today. Can't go a day without TV!!

We finally got a SFD instead of an attached.
The market here is almost (if not just as) bad as it is up there.

The one sweet part is that there is a skate park 400 yards from my house, and a decent ride spot (that leads into a national forrest) about 100 yards away with hundreds of miles of trails and a decent jump spot (from what I hear)

Shouldn't you be packing...

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip>
This is all dependant on what the tax man says though... if by some miracle he comes back with a low tax rating (we are anticipating $15k/year, hoping for $11k or so that we could grieve down to 8 or so) then there might be hope.

Are you talking paying taxes of $11K/year?

 

[-BB-]

Woah! ........I'm stunned at those numbers. Can't.....fathom.....big.....numbers.....brain......can't....comprehend.......very, very....poor....I...am.

Brian will be soon too!! :evil:

 

[-dustin]

cah-ching cah-ching, bling bling bling.

 

[-BB-]

Shouldn't you be packing...

Should and "DO" are very different things.


Actually, we were up till about 11:30 last night and got a lot done.
I hope to have everything with the TV set up at the new place before you come over so that when you help me lift the TV and truck it over there, all we have to do is put it on the stand and plug in the power. Then we can kick back with a beer and test the DVD player. Synopsis should work fine. :evil:

 

[jacksonpt]

Are you talking paying taxes of $11K/year?

If we're lucky. We've been told that they will likely be closer to $14-$15k/year.

 

[Westy]

Oh man.

This is why I am so glad I built a small 1800_sf home for MizN8 and myself first! I was all hot-to-trot to build a big 3000 french country lookin' builder's mansion, but after moving into a smaller house first, we learned that bigger isn't better.

The only thing I wish I had was a 3rd car garage for bikes etc.

Basements are for bikes. I love my full basement, 1200sf of open space.

 

[jacksonpt]

Oh man.

This is why I am so glad I built a small 1800_sf home for MizN8 and myself first! I was all hot-to-trot to build a big 3000 french country lookin' builder's mansion, but after moving into a smaller house first, we learned that bigger isn't better.

The only thing I wish I had was a 3rd car garage for bikes etc.

Yea... the house we had before building was about 1850 sqft. With 2 kids and 2 dogs, that's tough... no room to get away from each other so we are contantly at each other's throats. We ended up with about 2800-3000 sqft in our current house.

 

[SkaredShtles]

If we're lucky. We've been told that they will likely be closer to $14-$15k/year.

OMFG. That's as bad as California's rediculous prices. Geezus - my 2400sq foot pad is about $200/mo for taxes.

Holy crap. I guess we've got it pretty good.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Oh man.

This is why I am so glad I built a small 1800_sf home for MizN8 and myself first! I was all hot-to-trot to build a big 3000 french country lookin' builder's mansion, but after moving into a smaller house first, we learned that bigger isn't better.

The only thing I wish I had was a 3rd car garage for bikes etc.

Yeah. The wife and I found out that when we moved up to 2400 sq foot from 1350 sq foot we simply traded small house problems for big house problems.

 

[Westy]

OMFG. That's as bad as California's rediculous prices. Geezus - my 2400sq foot pad is about $200/mo for taxes.

Holy crap. I guess we've got it pretty good.

Virginia rules. Taxes just got raised a bunch, I now pay $1000/yr.

 

[PonySoldier]

OMFG. That's as bad as California's rediculous prices. Geezus - my 2400sq foot pad is about $200/mo for taxes.

Holy crap. I guess we've got it pretty good.

Dude we have it real f**kin' good from a tax perspective..

 

[jacksonpt]

OMFG. That's as bad as California's rediculous prices. Geezus - my 2400sq foot pad is about $200/mo for taxes.

Holy crap. I guess we've got it pretty good.

yea... taxes and heating bills alone would be just over 1/3 of my income. Thus the need to sell.

 

[Rockland]

yea... taxes and heating bills alone would be just over 1/3 of my income. Thus the need to sell.

Sucks man. Sorry.

 

[SkaredShtles]

yea... taxes and heating bills alone would be just over 1/3 of my income. Thus the need to sell.

That does suck.

Look on the bright side, though - downsizing is *good* thing. More $$ for bikes in the long run.

 

[SLAPSHOT]

Yes, California sucks, please don't move here. In my area, that house would be worth about half a million more.

 

[ridetoofast]

how come no one has chimed in on the TP idea...

 

[douglas]

Virginia rules. Taxes just got raised a bunch, I now pay $1000/yr.

I just paid school taxes, $2050 on my crib......and property taxes will be about that much, hopefully less

 

[N8 v2.0]

yea... taxes and heating bills alone would be just over 1/3 of my income. Thus the need to sell.

If you move to NWLa, I'll be happy to build you a house that will be 100% finished on time for a reasonable cost.

 

[jacksonpt]

Look on the bright side, though - downsizing is *good* thing. More $$ for bikes in the long run.

Yea... that's what I keep telling myself...
*XC hardtail and more trips off-road with my truck*

 

[ohio]

I'll vouch for Brian, that 5 bedrooms is a whole lot of house for $1M out here. That'll get you a 2 bedroom condo, tops, in SF.

That much space, good schools, easy access to Tahoe... it's practically a steal. Seriously.

edit: Oh, and CONGRATS!

 

[jacksonpt]

If you move to NWLa, I'll be happy to build you a house that will be 100% finished on time for a reasonable cost.

I want to build again... I love everything about the whole process, except that fact that a newly built house gets a current asessment (or however you spell it) and thus taxes are outrageous.

 

[pixelninja]

yea, well... for a variety of reasons, it looks like we are no where even close to being able to afford the monthly bills (propane heat, taxes, etc).

Ouch. Good luck. Being house poor sucks.

 

[OGRipper]

Sweet pad Brian. That place is a palace compared to some of the places I've been seeing for similar money in San Francisco. The idea of a separate house seems so luxurious...all those bedrooms, 3 car garage too, damn.

 

[amydalayna]

Sweet pad Brian. That place is a palace compared to some of the places I've been seeing for similar money in San Francisco. The idea of a separate house seems so luxurious...all those bedrooms, 3 car garage too, damn.

A seperate house sounds awesome.
Buying a house in California was one of my top stressful experiences.
Our house hit the market on a Saturday morning. We bid 6k over at 11am the same day. Were already outbid by someone who hadn't even looked out the house. The only reason we got our house was a sappy letter to the owner about buying our first house, etc....
We ended up paying 11k over asking.... soo stressful.

 

[Ciaran]

how come no one has chimed in on the TP idea...

Because Brian has enough money to make you go away in a most disturbing manner. if you got close enough to TP his house he'd just release the hounds.

 

[narlus]

Because Brian has enough money to make you go away in a most disturbing manner. if you got close enough to TP his house he'd just release the hounds.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

A seperate house sounds awesome.
Buying a house in California was one of my top stressful experiences.
Our house hit the market on a Saturday morning. We bid 6k over at 11am the same day. Were already outbid by someone who hadn't even looked out the house. The only reason we got our house was a sappy letter to the owner about buying our first house, etc....
We ended up paying 11k over asking.... soo stressful.

It is very stressful, plus we have a place in Tahoe thats not renting because it's off season

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Sweet pad Brian. That place is a palace compared to some of the places I've been seeing for similar money in San Francisco. The idea of a separate house seems so luxurious...all those bedrooms, 3 car garage too, damn.

That was the most important thing....a 3 car garage.

 

[amydalayna]

It is very stressful, plus we have a place in Tahoe thats not renting because it's off season

i guess i don't really feel for you. i'm wishing there were more local homeowners in tahoe. so many vacation homeowners really drive up the prices in town. that, and i wish there was more of a sense of community here.

you could always sell your tahoe home to a local family at a reasonable price....

 

[The Toninator]

There is no tennis court, it's part of the association which also has a pool. And it would be $250K where you live cause no one wants to live where you're at.

hahhha true that!