The money pit

[dReWpY]

I view this place just as much a investment as home

[Looni2ns]

Congrats on both projects! Looks like you'll be working on them for quite a while. ;-)

House looks like a great deal. Won't take much before it'll be just the way you want it.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by the chi

Between my OCD and and anal retentiveness, if I'm paying money for it, it better damn well be perfect and exactly what I told them I wanted. We're already compiling the dream list so when we retire and build they wont have to worry about whether or not I know what I want. I was standing in my new living room last night and noticed the shelves and cabinet doors are off kilter, by 1/4 of an inch. Then I had to break out the tape measure just to make sure I wasnt hallucinating. Oh yeaaaah, my builder will LOVE me.

They deal with people like you all the time. Just make sure you have an amazing inspector if you try and continually harass one. Think about your job and how much you have to deal with really fucking annoying people. Builders are no different. Especially if they are the good ones.

Oh, take this little lesson learned, don't hire friends/family. Ends bad, especially if you are the tiniest bit picky.

Best thing to do is to live on the job site, that way you see everything put together.

My biggest thing about a dream house/garage is wiring. I will make sure I have the legal rubber stamp for that part.

[Mudpuppy]

nice work drew-p.. i bought a house because of a kid on the way too and i lost like $200k on it so far.. hoping the economy tanks some more and i get fucked harder in the ass.. at least you are capped out at $110k loss no matter what..

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Drewpy

I view this place just as much a investment as home

Dude, everyone does.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

Building a house is a painful experience, I will skip that shit. Plus, now that I am moving way before I wanted to, I won't take that risk in building a custom til I retire and won't be moving around anymore.

Did I miss something? Where are you moving to?

[Trip]

Originally Posted by goof2

Did I miss something? Where are you moving to?

Don't know if I ever announced it publicly. I got a new job outside of nuclear with the same company. Its at the corporate headquarters in chattanooga, that's where I am moving to. It's a dam job lol.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Trip

Don't know if I ever announced it publicly. I got a new job outside of nuclear with the same company. Its at the corporate headquarters in chattanooga, that's where I am moving to. It's a dam job lol.

What is that, like 50 or 100 miles from where you are now? Well dam you and your dam job. Congrats.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

nice work drew-p.. i bought a house because of a kid on the way too and i lost like $200k on it so far.. hoping the economy tanks some more and i get fucked harder in the ass.. at least you are capped out at $110k loss no matter what..

We bought 2 years ago, thought we got a decent price but the economy kept tanking, house up the block from us sold for 90k less than what we paid for ours, and their slooks much nicer than ours. original asking prices as more than ours.

Its def a buyers market if you have the cash. Prices are way down and intrest rates pushing all time lows.

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Kinda my thinking too.
I keep looking at houses online and at least half of them I rule out due to having too much carpet that I'd have to rip out and replace with laminate or tile.
Having a dog has given me a whole new loathing for carpet and what it takes to get dog fur out of it.

Carpet is nice when its new. And its a bit better when young kids are falling on it.

BUT as it gets older its nasty. I have to get it out of two more rooms, hall and stairs.

The thing with hard floors is how quick they get dusty or dirty. You look at it and think about how the carpet wouldn't look like that in a day or two then you start to think about all that shit building up on and in the carpet.

James