"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
05/07/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: None
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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
05/07/2014 at 12:18 • Filed to: None | 1
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I decided to drive by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to see what condition it was in and check out the area. The neighborhood is pretty decent, but there are two large places that look to be abandoned.
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Anywho, the biggest problem with a lot of the old houses out here are that they were built with very low ceilings, like 6'5 low, which makes it seem cramped for us 6' + tall people. So I think I will rule this one out, even though the lot is huge.
The good news is, the lot right next to it (outlines in blue) has gone up for sale, vacant lot, 1 acre, and they just dropped the price by $20,000... The question becomes, can I afford to have a new house built (building costs out here are crazy right now, we are having another building boom so construction crews are in demand again).
But the corner lot would be perfect to build a nice 2,500 sq ft shop / garage out back and not have to access it from the front. Time to count my pennies and see if I can't make something awesome happen.
thebigbossyboss
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:24 |
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Can always buy 2nd lot and wait until US housing bust 2.0 to build.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:27 |
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build the new house. y? so i can design it.
RacecaR
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:28 |
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Seriously though. Why not buy the house and the lot behind it. Then you can take your time to build what you want. Then after you are in your new house, rent out the first house. In the mean time, can you demo the ceilings and build them higher? Are they drop ceilings, or real life dry wall ceilings?
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CAR_IS_MI
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/07/2014 at 12:28 |
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R U Architect?
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:28 |
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better yet, buy the house and the open lot. live in house #1 while you build house #2. Move into house #2, Fix a couple things on house #1, sell, profit.
BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:30 |
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Buy the lot and go pre-fab. Cuts down on construction costs dramatically. You could have a new, beautiful place for under 150k total.
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CAR_IS_MI
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/07/2014 at 12:30 |
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lol, if I had that much money hanging around I would just buy the 5 acre lot down the street and build my own private mini-race-circuit on it.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:32 |
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yep
Leadbull
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 12:39 |
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Being 6'3", I hate those low ceilings.
6'5" is lower than your standard door frame.
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CAR_IS_MI
> OPPOsaurus WRX
05/07/2014 at 12:50 |
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Hrmm. Stop making my gears turn... Too many ideas.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Leadbull
05/07/2014 at 12:52 |
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Exactly. I would have to duck to get into every room. My grandparents house is like that. My elbow can touch the ceiling with ease, its terrible.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 13:11 |
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i'm known for doing that. I'm always showing family members how they can add onto their house or just tear down and build start new.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 13:49 |
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thebigbossyboss
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 14:08 |
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Many cars. Do want.
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CAR_IS_MI
> thebigbossyboss
05/07/2014 at 14:17 |
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LOL yea I drove by there and they are all beat old beigemobiles in very very bad shape.
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thebigbossyboss
> CAR_IS_MI
05/07/2014 at 14:50 |
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Oh well in that case...then I don't really want them. Unless they are 80's beigemobiles. I'd take a late 80's corolla or camry for nostalgia.
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CAR_IS_MI
> thebigbossyboss
05/07/2014 at 14:55 |
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most I saw were early 90s with one exception being a 70s Toyota pickup