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For Sale, One slightly used Swamp Castle
The 1.5 hour commute in the afternoons was just killing me, and it is kind of a shame to see the place go. The rehab we've done on it is freaking terrifying, however. It barely looks like the same house on the inside.
If you know anyone in the area who is looking, houses don't really go for much in Norcross / Lilburn at the moment, so it is going to go for only somewhere around $100k.
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moofrank wrote: Alas, end of an era, as we are finally almost done and listing Swamp Castle for sale probably the middle of this week.
The 1.5 hour commute in the afternoons was just killing me, and it is kind of a shame to see the place go. The rehab we've done on it is freaking terrifying, however. It barely looks like the same house on the inside.
If you know anyone in the area who is looking, houses don't really go for much in Norcross / Lilburn at the moment, so it is going to go for only somewhere around $100k.
OMG, if my wife and I could swing it with work it'd be tempting. 100K? Nice price. But I know how hot it is down there, coupled with how difficult drives can be. Great gaming company too, though nothing rivals the Northeast .
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Prices vary wildly depending on where you are in the U.S. While prices are down in general, they are still quite high in some places. California house prices are absolutely ridiculous, and in the more populated areas probably average around $400k in modest neighborhoods (pulling numbers out of my ass, but this is what my brother has told me as he lives out there and doesn't know how he'd ever afford a home). Here in Houston, where housing prices tend to stay more sane, in the more desirable parts of town (like say Rice Village) a lot will go for about $250k. A lot of old houses are getting sold and demolished as the lot is worth way more than the homes on them.Ancient_of_MuMu wrote: I'm shocked at the state of the property market in the US, at least compared to Australia. In Melbourne, $100,000 might buy you an empty plot in the middle of nowhere. An average home in a very ordinary suburb tends to go for $250,000 at a minimum.
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Not a tradeoff I'd make either, but there it is.
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daveroswell wrote: I thought you were selling an obscure game for a second....
I thought it was a Monty Python's Holy Grail reference.
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We just sold our house in Decatur for more than we paid for it, which was good...we did it by owner without an agent, which was a freaking nightmare. Realtors are serpents. The folks that bought the house wound up having to pay the realtor's commission out of pocket because we wouldn't let them include it in the price we were listing.
Swamp Castle is cool, but it's definitely a low property value area. I would have thought it would do better than $100k though due to size and upgrades. And there is this weird thing where the humidity there is MUCH higher. The backyard is like a tropical zone. I'll never forget when Steve Avery brought his vintage Mayfair Cosmic over and we could watch the cards curling up as we played.
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cdennett wrote:
Prices vary wildly depending on where you are in the U.S. While prices are down in general, they are still quite high in some places. California house prices are absolutely ridiculous, and in the more populated areas probably average around $400k in modest neighborhoods (pulling numbers out of my ass, but this is what my brother has told me as he lives out there and doesn't know how he'd ever afford a home). Here in Houston, where housing prices tend to stay more sane, in the more desirable parts of town (like say Rice Village) a lot will go for about $250k. A lot of old houses are getting sold and demolished as the lot is worth way more than the homes on them.Ancient_of_MuMu wrote: I'm shocked at the state of the property market in the US, at least compared to Australia. In Melbourne, $100,000 might buy you an empty plot in the middle of nowhere. An average home in a very ordinary suburb tends to go for $250,000 at a minimum.
Yea, here in VA, anywhere close to DC proper (i.e., "inside the Beltway), it's $500k to $1M for a single-family home (and in that same ballpark for townhouses, actually). I paid $370k for a townhouse in the western 'burbs that would be $90k in a *lot* of other markets. I'm a bit underwater on my mortgage (after it going up in value to $425k+ within 1 year of purchase) now, but I expect I'll be able to sell for $400k+ within the next 2 years.
The more desireable locations within DC itself can demand prices that range from "Breathtaking" all the way up to "Jesus wept"...
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Hang on -- 30 minute commute to downtown Atlanta. Make that $425,000.
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