Yet another boring house building thread
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I'm thinking cheap turquoise jewelery-esque.
the interior looks good, but the teal has to go.
also, what do you have against windows?
also, what do you have against windows?
its not a teal but a blue/gray. looks great.
Nothing against the windows... unless u mean the shutters.
Nothing on the interior
the whole point of having a house like that is to avoid seeing the outside world...no windows wanted or needed.
AMEN!
nothing to look at any aside from the neighbor's house across the street and a priviacy fence.
welcome to the 'burbs
so what part of the country are you guys able to keep doing spec houses in of that size? And in comparison to our part of the country, what size square footage is that and how much will it go on the market for?
Just always interesting to see the difference in our markets. I'm gone from brokerage almost completely and moving to other lines of work. The high end developer I was working for let me go about 6 weeks in b/c of the slow down. So now I have a real estate license and a mortgage brokers license...kinda being an alcoholic working at the ABC store...
that house is in the Shreveport, La area & listed at $201,300 and is 1624_heated_SF ($124/sf).so what part of the country are you guys able to keep doing spec houses in of that size? And in comparison to our part of the country, what size square footage is that and how much will it go on the market for?
Just always interesting to see the difference in our markets. I'm gone from brokerage almost completely and moving to other lines of work. The high end developer I was working for let me go about 6 weeks in b/c of the slow down. So now I have a real estate license and a mortgage brokers license...kinda being an alcoholic working at the ABC store...
Probably will be on the market less than 60 days.
I have 5 more lots to build out and starting another this week
Our market has slowed a little but still robust.
loads of windows in the back... every bedroom has at least one large window.
bow chika bow-bow...
that looks really nice. the only quibble is the gym shower tile motif for the backsplash. reminds me of athlete's foot.
think retro mid century modern and you'll be fine.
I like it because looks like a pixelated version of the granite on the countertop.
here is a 'not quite finished' pic of the fireplace...
it's a glass enclosed gas unit w/logs (not installed yet) that starts with a flick of a light switch..
it's a glass enclosed gas unit w/logs (not installed yet) that starts with a flick of a light switch..
...i've built enough copies of your bland dream home in the past. been there, done that, get over it.
closed on that spec house today.. finally..
about 1 month left on a custom build right across the street.
going to avoid spec homes for a few months and focus on custom builds. our local market has appreciate. i had the house i just sold appraised back at the beginning of the year and it appraised at $203,000, but the VA appraised it at $215K last week.
i need to post up a few more recent pix.. over the summer after the Parade-o-Homes, we painted the trim beige and the shutters flat black.
about 1 month left on a custom build right across the street.
going to avoid spec homes for a few months and focus on custom builds. our local market has appreciate. i had the house i just sold appraised back at the beginning of the year and it appraised at $203,000, but the VA appraised it at $215K last week.
i need to post up a few more recent pix.. over the summer after the Parade-o-Homes, we painted the trim beige and the shutters flat black.
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What's the price on that masterpiece?
1625_heated sf
3 br/2 bath
$210,000 (with 52" plasma - only 780i tho.. strictly eye candy for the sale).
this area has built half the number of homes vs this time last year 2007.. and that was roughly half of the number that were built in 2006.
Defiantly slower.. but still making sales. The custom market has picked up some. Construction financing is still available but we do have to go thru a few more hoops than before. Most sales are VA loans and FHA loans.. something we haven't seem much of in the last 7 years...
These are specs, right? What is your turn around times like?
We have had 3 builders file chapter 11 in the last few months here.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121315650624890.xml&coll=7
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/09/highend_oregon_builder_renaiss.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/metroeast/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_east_news/1224210326120820.xml&coll=7
We have had 3 builders file chapter 11 in the last few months here.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121315650624890.xml&coll=7
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/09/highend_oregon_builder_renaiss.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/metroeast/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_east_news/1224210326120820.xml&coll=7
i've sat on a spec for as long as 6 months before... not fun, still made $'s though.
i'd rather not do a spec until things stablize
Ugh..
Around here new construction has slowed down drastically. It should be going strong again in the next 2-4 years. It's the normal cycle.