Where is a less expensive place to buy a house/condo?

Any ideas? Within I'd say 1.5 hours of the city commuting

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commuting by train ? or driving?

how many bedrooms?

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islip

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commuting by train...one or two


and how do condos work?

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oh and it doesn't have to be LI. I assumed it wouldn't be...LI is expensive...upstate or something?

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they work the same as houses but you pay common charges
you usually get heat and hot water included

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Are the common charges a lot?>

I'm looking for my mom. We thought a condo would be good because then she doens't have to worry about upkeep. Right now we're in an 80 year old house and it's a pain in the a--

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what do you mean by less expensive? do you have a price range?

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Posted by marymoon

Are the common charges a lot?>

I'm looking for my mom. We thought a condo would be good because then she doens't have to worry about upkeep. Right now we're in an 80 year old house and it's a pain in the a--

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It really depends on where the condo is

You are responsible for the inside of the condo not the outside

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thanks...I'm really not sure...I was doing searches online for under $350K

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Posted by marymoon

thanks...I'm really not sure...I was doing searches online for under $350K

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there are 1-2 bedroom condos on LI for less than 350K!

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Really? I ahve no idea about condos. The only experience I had was looking at 4BR victorians in Suffolk..so I think everything's expensive... where can i look for a condo?

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I don't know about Long Island -- but you'd have to move REALLY far north into upper Westchester to find a decent sized condo for under $350K ...

If you are remotely interesting to go in that direction rather than further out on LI, DH and I saw some decent sized townhouses on the border of Westchester/Putnam counties (anywhere from a 1-1.5 hour train ride via MetroNorth into GCT) in the high 300's... but even then the nicest ones were $399-410 or so (yes - totally ridiculous!!)

My parents are in a 2 bedroom co-op in Scarsdale (lower Westchester) and if they were to sell it right now they could get $310K for it .. and the maintenance on their co-op is insane

And personally I'd recommend a condo over a co-op ...

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Jenn....are you looking for a 1-2 bedroom condo?

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I'm looking for a 1-2 bedroom condo, or townhouse? what's the difference? for my mom. I think that might be the better route than a house b/c she can't do maintenance, etc.

thanks felicia...my brother in law suggested putnam..but it's so hard to try to look, when you don't know what's a good area and what isn't

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Well you can DEFINATELY get a 1 bedroom for under 350K but they are small
I will be selling mine for about 200K (1bedroom) and there are other areas that are the same. I know suffolk areas

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Where do you live? Do you know any areas that are good, or, I don't know where to look for postings of condos.

It doesn't have to be huge. We live in a house now, but it's a 2 family, so our apartment isn't really huge..and when I get married I won't be living there

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We recently (like two weeks ago) looked at a condo in Putnam (Brewster, or Carmel, I don't remember now). It was $310k. Two bedrooms, 2.5 baths, finished basement. 2000 square feet. It was very nice. It seems like there are a good number of condos in that area in that price range.

houlihanlawrence.com is a good place to look.

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Are you interested in NJ? I live in a 2-bedroom and it was less than 250K? My commute into the city (by train) is approx. 1hr 30 minutes give or take..door to door!! just to give you idea of how far you are from NYC.

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your mom isn't a senior citizen is she? I think there are some complexes that cater just to them (not just rentals)

my old neighborhood in westchester wans't expensive ( fleetwood) but hit is moistly co-ops in mide-rise buildings.

Felecia, MY freinds have a 2 bedroom co-cop in Eastchester that was under $300,000 in Nov 03, but prices in there complex are going up. Its a nice place, not too close to train-- a long walk or a short drive to Crestwood.