Some examples of the ridiculous real estate prices here

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 01/07/2018 at 15:58 • Filed to: None

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3 bedrooms and less than an acre for almost $800k.

These are a few houses for sale. They aren’t anything high end. These are just normal houses.

A single bedroom condo goes for the same price as a nice 4br house elsewhere.

3br on a half acre for $829k. Worst. Deal. Ever.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:23

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May I present to thee: $245,000 for 720 square feet in Everett.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.redfin.com/WA/Everett/6702-Berkshire-Dr-98203/home/2663385&ved=0ahUKEwiQ4NW75MbYAhWE7IMKHcYWAqYQFggpMAE&usg=AOvVaw0-gIAdw7QHii5jPkal2VZ-

shop-teacher > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:24

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Batshitcrazypants

fintail > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:24

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Right

Here are the two cheapest detached house listings in my zipcode. Both are being sold as teardowns, and are pending:

https://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Bellevue/1415-109th-Ave-SE-98004/47851607

https://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Bellevue/10054-SE-7th-St-98004/71722437

PatBateman > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:26

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Location location location.

CB > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:33

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That’s pretty cheap. I don’t get what the issue is.

/usedtoliveinToronto

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail 01/07/2018 at 16:34

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#1 looks in better shape than my house when I first bought it. Land it too valuable to not mow down like you said, though...

#2 would be an extravagant home by my standards. Whatever builder gets that lot, there’s a puncher’s chance I’ll be stopping by sometime in summer!

Funktheduck > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:38

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There’s a house for sale near me listed at $66k. I’m tempted. Not a great house. Small and ugly. Iffy neighborhood. Problem is, it’s not in an area where the value would appreciate in any meaningful manner if at all. It would be somewhere cheap to live and hopefully rent out after at best.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:38

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Hey, it’s half of a house.

Nauraushaun > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:39

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In Melbourne we don’t even have 4bdr houses. And good luck paying less than a mil for a smaller one, anywhere near the city

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:41

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I win! $425,000 for a 740 square foot cottage in Kirkland on a 2,000 square foot LOT.

http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/49070444_zpid/

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:46

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Yeah, both of their days are numbered, simply due to design and lack of square footage. A shame, as they are probably better built that many new builds here, even those in the low seven figures.

You’ll get to see questionable quality exterior cladding, cheap windows, and goofy light fixtures. The only question will be the design - will it be a mcmodern, faux craftsman, faux Mediterranean, decisions decisions.

Thomas Donohue > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:46

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When you ‘summer’ on an island, it gets expensive. Similar houses on ACK are probably 40% more.

Still cheaper than the Hamptons.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:47

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I actually looked at this listing yesterday, funny. I’d have no problem living in that, if it had a garage and was a reasonable distance to my employer.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:50

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Woohoo. There are “studios” downtown with shared bathrooms, communal kitchens, no parking or laundry. Not on the water. They want around $1500 a month for rent.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail 01/07/2018 at 16:51

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Cottages are now “in” for builders. There’s one in Sammamish I work at just off of SE 13th, and one in North Bend which I’m none too fond of but there you go. The ones in Sammamish are admittedly nice and the layout of the community is good - at $675k a pop.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > fintail 01/07/2018 at 16:52

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Whoops, sorry I thought your replied to my Kirkland listing.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 01/07/2018 at 16:53

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Where do I sign?

Steve in Manhattan > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:53

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We are getting ready to close on a 600SF one bedroom on the Upper West Side - the apartment we live in. My heart bleeds ...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:55

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1392sqft for $495k. That’s more per sqft than your Everett house.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 16:56

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Gotta keep the poors out of the neighborhood!

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:57

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Cute.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 16:58

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The Kirkland one is too rich for my blood. I don’t want a mortgage more than 3-3.5x income. If a person must buy, they should own the house, not the other way around. I want a vacation and nice car now and then too :)

I don’t mind cottages in most ways - less awful architecture, less wasteful. I don’t want a mcmansion. I think the margins are better for builders too - small lots more than make up for increased material costs, no doubt. But, they might encourage too much density, and I worry when buildings are built too close - some of the stacked-like-cordwood tracts out there scare me when I think of fire etc.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AestheticsInMotion 01/07/2018 at 17:01

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I’ve seen bedrooms for rent here for that much.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Thomas Donohue 01/07/2018 at 17:03

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You can rent a house for $2k/wk here on the summer.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 17:17

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The neighbors house just sold for about $900,000, 3500 sf one one acre. My house appraised for $378,000 for 2400 sf on 2.5 acres. If my taxes go up too much I’ll have to move.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/07/2018 at 17:19

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I grew up in a podunk farmtown a few hours inland of here. Gorgeous 250yo farmhouse with a barn, guest cottage, and pond on 16 acres of land, and it sold for less than most of these houses I’ve posted.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/07/2018 at 17:26

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Is the west side near bremerton as crazy as the east half of the bay? asking for a friend

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/07/2018 at 17:34

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Nah, it’s still comparatively affordable, although prices are slowly rising. Lots of new construction in Poulsbo that I feel is asking waaaay too much.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 18:27

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My GF’s Sister just bought a 2000 sqft three-bedroom duplex on a 1/4 acre in Watertown MA for >$750K.

(We just bought a ~2100 sqft three-bedroom timber-frame home on 63 acres with a detached garage, 1500 sqft retail/industrial building and a small barn for <$240K.)

46and2aheadofme > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 19:07

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In my neighborhood, knockdowns (anything over a couple decades old) start at around $800k and then you also have to knock it down and build a house. And I don’t even live in one of the “high end” neighborhoods of Seattle.

gmctavish needs more space > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 19:08

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Here’s the cheapest detached house in my city

https://www.rew.ca/properties/R2229937/6227-portland-street-burnaby-bc?property_click=map

Here’s the cheapest in my neighbourhood

https://www.rew.ca/properties/R2226393/4131-yale-street-burnaby-bc?property_click=map

I won’t be a homeowner here, short of a total property value collapse.

Forrest > gmctavish needs more space 01/07/2018 at 21:04

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One of the houses you posted is 3300 SF and has only 1 bathroom. Getting ready in the morning must take forever there...

gmctavish needs more space > Forrest 01/07/2018 at 21:59

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If anyone was buying them to live in it, that would be an issue...it’ll almost definitely be demolished and replaced with the largest house the zoning allows, as with most things around here

pip bip - choose Corrour > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/08/2018 at 04:44

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i’m coming over, those are cheaper than Melbourne.

our prices are fucking insane!

Shamoononon drives like a farmer > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/08/2018 at 14:37

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My Cali condo costs the same price. You really want to go down that road?