Buying a Home is a Headache

[Pseudonym]

29 more years to go

 

[UberEatsDriver]

LI is considered NY Metro.

I know but if that much people are leaving Nassau then why aren’t the prices moving downward?

 

[Rell84shots]

Unless you living in the middle of nowhere 300k ain’t getting you nothing special. The housing market right now is crazy hot. Buyers getting over asking price

I'm glad people still have the stigma that Oak Cliff is too dangerous to live, because I got a two story, 3br, 2 & 1/2 bath, with a sitting room and a fireplace in the kitchen for 190k. All I had to do was paint the inside and replace the backdoor and it was all set.

 

[Art Barr]

First off....I don’t even like the way most new homes in my budget look.

My budget for a house is $300000. I’ll have about $60k to put down and I qualify for a first time homeowner program and down payment assistance programs as well.

But my major issue is paying a bunch of money for a barn looking house made from cheap siding, that is two feet away from your neighbors house, no backyard space, acreage....

Also the house plans. I grew up in a brick ranch home. 3 bedroom/2 baths, den, living room, dining room, kitchen with breakfast area.

But now because everybody thinks “OPEN FLOOR PLAN” is the coming messiah, the houses somehow have more space but less room.

So I no longer get a separate eat in kitchen, and a dining room. No longer have a living room/parlor AND a den. Just one big ole mashed together area.

And the BEDROOM SPACE! How can the house I grew up in be 1700 square feet and have bedrooms large enough to accommodate a full bedroom set...but a big ass 2200 square foot house got rooms the size of matchboxes.

I have full wood furniture. You know. Real shyt. Not particle board bullshyt you pay $2000 for these days. Bedroom sets passed down from my grandparents from 1800s.

But these new ass houses ain’t even got bedrooms big enough to accommodate a full/Queen size bed, nightstand, armoire, and dresser.

So I feel like I’m paying more for less even though it’s a newer home.
Is it just better to build? Am I trippin? I swear older homes are better than some of the new shyt I see on the market now.

this house shyt is bullshyt out here.

art barr

 

[Art Barr]

The real estate guy I’m working with mentioned a loan that will give you money for any renovations you make to a fixer upper.

fka loan


art barr

 

[Astroslik]

I'm glad people still have the stigma that Oak Cliff is too dangerous to live, because I got a two story, 3br, 2 & 1/2 bath, with a sitting room and a fireplace in the kitchen for 190k. All I had to do was paint the inside and replace the backdoor and it was all set.

You in the trenches breh?

 

[GreenGrass]

the outside of the home doesn't mean shyt sometimes.

i was in the HVAC industry for a short time and i worked in a home that looked like a crack den from the outside but inside, it was a palace. everything was new.

 

[September]

I know but if that much people are leaving Nassau then why aren’t the prices moving downward?

Because it’s generally a pricey ass place period. People are leaving the city but purchasing luxury condos, apts and townhouses will not get any cheaper, same with LI.

And plus, NYers who don’t want to move out of the city look to Long Island first due to proximity and beaches and especially during these times, I don’t expect there to be homes just sitting on the market. There’s always a demand there.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

the outside of the home doesn't mean shyt sometimes.

i was in the HVAC industry for a short time and i worked in a home that looked like a crack den from the outside but inside, it was a palace. everything was new.

My boy in Brooklyn lives like this. He has a duplex loft apartment in Williamsburg but the outside of the building look like it hasn’t been renovated since the 70s. You got mad people that like that style

 

[UberEatsDriver]

I'm glad people still have the stigma that Oak Cliff is too dangerous to live, because I got a two story, 3br, 2 & 1/2 bath, with a sitting room and a fireplace in the kitchen for 190k. All I had to do was paint the inside and replace the backdoor and it was all set.

do most of the houses there look old? Any new construction?

 

[OfTheCross]

First off....I don’t even like the way most new homes in my budget look.

My budget for a house is $300000. I’ll have about $60k to put down and I qualify for a first time homeowner program and down payment assistance programs as well.

But my major issue is paying a bunch of money for a barn looking house made from cheap siding, that is two feet away from your neighbors house, no backyard space, acreage....

Also the house plans. I grew up in a brick ranch home. 3 bedroom/2 baths, den, living room, dining room, kitchen with breakfast area.

But now because everybody thinks “OPEN FLOOR PLAN” is the coming messiah, the houses somehow have more space but less room.

So I no longer get a separate eat in kitchen, and a dining room. No longer have a living room/parlor AND a den. Just one big ole mashed together area.

And the BEDROOM SPACE! How can the house I grew up in be 1700 square feet and have bedrooms large enough to accommodate a full bedroom set...but a big ass 2200 square foot house got rooms the size of matchboxes.

I have full wood furniture. You know. Real shyt. Not particle board bullshyt you pay $2000 for these days. Bedroom sets passed down from my grandparents from 1800s.

But these new ass houses ain’t even got bedrooms big enough to accommodate a full/Queen size bed, nightstand, armoire, and dresser.

So I feel like I’m paying more for less even though it’s a newer home.
Is it just better to build? Am I trippin? I swear older homes are better than some of the new shyt I see on the market now.

Them shyts are wack, breh. Hold off until you find something you actually like or use this house as an investment and not a forever home

 

[Blankthawtz]

currently starting the process.....don't discourage me with this thread Books....

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Bruh I tried buying in DC specifically Deanwood but new construction and reno’s going for $450K plus

Shiiiiid the Southside ain’t no different now


I work for DC Government and they only offered me $8K towards my down payment because I fall in a higher income bracket


I had a co-worker that only made $53K and DC gave her $85K towards her down payment

I was happy for her but at the same time I’m like what is Mayor Bowser and the council thinking?

She and the council are wondering why the majority (80%) of the DC Gov’t high earning workforce live in PG, MC, AA, HOCO, So. MD, W. MD, B-More, NOVA, WVA, Del, PA and even NC

If she and the council really offered good incentives to folks like ME to move back to DC WE would in a heartbeat.

Wtf and this is crazy. Stuff like this is why some people don’t feel the need to move up the income ladder




how do you live in NC working in DC?

 

[GreenGrass]

My boy in Brooklyn lives like this. He has a duplex loft apartment in Williamsburg but the outside of the building look like it hasn’t been renovated since the 70s. You got mad people that like that style

yup. i think they like it that way because it is much cheaper as opposed to building a brand new building. besides, the land has more value than the building it self i would imagine.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

yup. i think they like it that way because it is much cheaper as opposed to building a brand new building. besides, the land has more value than the building it self i would imagine.

Most def Williamsburg is a prime area