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- Rainy side of Washington
Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
The things I want in a house - solid foundation (poured cement preferred but stone or brick works too...), full basement, sill plates that aren't rotten, decent neighborhood, decent amount of land, and a roof that'll keep most of the water out till the next summer. I fully intend to gut and rebuild anything I buy anyways (drywall is 6 bucks a sheet, and it's a lot easier to get a smooth wall by gutting and rebuilding than it is to patch messes, plus wiring is easy when you're looking at the studs) so I don't really care what the inside looks like. Shopping for materials at home depot I came up with an estimate (including a very healthy oh-shit margin) of about 15k in materials to rebuild an entire 1300sf house - floors, ceilings, electrical, plumbing, bathrooms, walls, and roof.
Yeah, much the same here. I don't even have a credit card for a variety of reasons. I don't mind a long commute though I would prefer to not have one... fitchburg and southbridge are about the same commute time I believe even though they are somewhat different distance wise.I don't mind building/fixing things either, but I don't want a complete ****box.
Also, I don't really want to live this far away from my job when the time comes (unless it was in NH) which means central MA. Most houses around here are expensive.
I hate the fact that I owe my parents money for my truck. Pisses me off everyday.
I don't understand how people can have $50k+ loans on random stuff or rack up credit cards to their limits.
The things I want in a house - solid foundation (poured cement preferred but stone or brick works too...), full basement, sill plates that aren't rotten, decent neighborhood, decent amount of land, and a roof that'll keep most of the water out till the next summer. I fully intend to gut and rebuild anything I buy anyways (drywall is 6 bucks a sheet, and it's a lot easier to get a smooth wall by gutting and rebuilding than it is to patch messes, plus wiring is easy when you're looking at the studs) so I don't really care what the inside looks like. Shopping for materials at home depot I came up with an estimate (including a very healthy oh-shit margin) of about 15k in materials to rebuild an entire 1300sf house - floors, ceilings, electrical, plumbing, bathrooms, walls, and roof.