How much did your house cost? - Page 2

Griff · 01-25-2008, 08:54 PM

A rough guess would be $60K of actual spending but that's without pricing my time. Pete promises video tomorrow.

smoothmoniker · 01-25-2008, 08:59 PM

My wife and I are in the process of buying right now. It's looking like it'll be in the $700-800k range. And that, my friends, is what a 3 bedroom, 1500 square foot starter home on a 1/10th of an acre costs here in LA.

monster · 01-25-2008, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

A rough guess would be $60K of actual spending but that's without pricing my time. Pete promises video tomorrow.

Does that include the land purchase?

Griff · 01-25-2008, 09:06 PM

I spent one dollar for the land. Thanks Dad!

classicman · 01-25-2008, 09:29 PM

Under 150, but its worth three times that now and l dealt directly with the owner when I bought it so no realtors were involved and I made out there too.

Elspode · 01-25-2008, 10:54 PM

$165k 18 months ago. Signed the papers five minutes before the housing market crashed. Typical Chambers luck. This place might bring $150 now that the hyperinflated prices have begun to spiral in.

TheMercenary · 01-26-2008, 06:59 AM

We paid 215K in 1998 for 2800 sq ft on a 1/2 acre lot in a neighborhood with a pool, tennis courts, and a horses stable training area. The houses in our neighborhood now sell for 325k of similar size and squarefoot.

Undertoad · 01-26-2008, 07:56 AM

$175K 1993 remortaged subprime at $240K 2005 now worth $324K according to Zazzle. They put in new sewer and now the new houses being built around me are $900K. I chose wisely.

monster · 01-26-2008, 11:04 AM

Zazzle? Isn't that the t-shirt site? My friends and I looked at one of those on line market price sites when a couple of them had houses for sale, but I can't remember the name. It was a pile of shit. Not one price was even in the ball park.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2008, 11:34 AM

I think he means, zillow.com.

Undertoad · 01-26-2008, 12:51 PM

Zillow. I get those confused. That's why I've sold 34 identical copies of my house for $19.99.

lookout123 · 01-26-2008, 01:58 PM

Stormieweather · 01-26-2008, 02:52 PM

Renting right now, so will go with the house I previously owned, just down the street.

1925 Colonial, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, detached garage on decent sized lot - 1700 sf.

Bought it for $88k (two days from foreclosure) in 1996. Sold it in 2000 for $129K to a friend who remodeled it and re-sold it. It sold again 2 years ago for $340k.

Hoping to buy another house in this neighborhood, although we may be priced out of the market. It's an old, very small area near downtown that began to become popular (at about the time we bought here in '96) with the younger families.

View Poll Results: How much did your house cost?
under $100,000	7	21.21%
$100,000 - $150,000	7	21.21%
$150,000 - $200,000	3	9.09%
$200,000 - $250,000	4	12.12%
$250,000 - $300,000	5	15.15%
$300,000 - $350,000	2	6.06%
$350,000 - $400,000	2	6.06%
$400,000 - $450,000	0	0%
$450,000 - $500,000	0	0%
over $500,000	3	9.09%
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01-25-2008, 08:54 PM	#16
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	A rough guess would be $60K of actual spending but that's without pricing my time. Pete promises video tomorrow. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-25-2008, 08:59 PM	#17
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	My wife and I are in the process of buying right now. It's looking like it'll be in the $700-800k range. And that, my friends, is what a 3 bedroom, 1500 square foot starter home on a 1/10th of an acre costs here in LA. __________________ to live and die in LA

01-25-2008, 09:06 PM	#19
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I spent one dollar for the land. Thanks Dad! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-25-2008, 09:29 PM	#20
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Under 150, but its worth three times that now and l dealt directly with the owner when I bought it so no realtors were involved and I made out there too. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-25-2008, 10:54 PM	#21
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	$165k 18 months ago. Signed the papers five minutes before the housing market crashed. Typical Chambers luck. This place might bring $150 now that the hyperinflated prices have begun to spiral in. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

01-26-2008, 06:59 AM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We paid 215K in 1998 for 2800 sq ft on a 1/2 acre lot in a neighborhood with a pool, tennis courts, and a horses stable training area. The houses in our neighborhood now sell for 325k of similar size and squarefoot. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-26-2008, 07:56 AM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	$175K 1993 remortaged subprime at $240K 2005 now worth $324K according to Zazzle. They put in new sewer and now the new houses being built around me are $900K. I chose wisely.

01-26-2008, 11:04 AM	#24
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Zazzle? Isn't that the t-shirt site? My friends and I looked at one of those on line market price sites when a couple of them had houses for sale, but I can't remember the name. It was a pile of shit. Not one price was even in the ball park. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-26-2008, 11:34 AM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think he means, zillow.com. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-26-2008, 12:51 PM	#26
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Zillow. I get those confused. That's why I've sold 34 identical copies of my house for $19.99.

01-26-2008, 01:58 PM	#27
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	__________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

01-26-2008, 02:52 PM	#28
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Renting right now, so will go with the house I previously owned, just down the street. 1925 Colonial, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, detached garage on decent sized lot - 1700 sf. Bought it for $88k (two days from foreclosure) in 1996. Sold it in 2000 for $129K to a friend who remodeled it and re-sold it. It sold again 2 years ago for $340k. Hoping to buy another house in this neighborhood, although we may be priced out of the market. It's an old, very small area near downtown that began to become popular (at about the time we bought here in '96) with the younger families. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

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