my parents might help us get a condo within the next yrs cuz my mother refuses to let me rent an apt and let my $$ go nowhere. then we're planning on buying a house in va and rent it out then maybe just maybe after a few yrs move there. his cousin got a beautiful huuuge home for $180,000.
we couldnt afford a real home so we bought a co-op for 168. after we're married we would have made enough on it to put a nice downpayment on a real home and we'd probably expect to pay something like 600 or 700K at that time?
Posted by jessamyn78
At this rate, I don't think we will ever be able to afford a house.
I don't even want to think about it! The house prices on LI scare the crap out of me!
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
Posted by ant n tilde
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
i cant wait to see it when its done !
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
Posted by jglits very hard when we moved from Staten Island to Long Island my parents built our house on land that was attached to my grandfathers house. We moved about 7 years ago and its still hard. My parents helped design it and we were the only ones living there.. now I see it when i visit my grandma and the people destroyed it. I think they forclosed and its vacant. vines are growing up it and the windows are borded up its just gross. even the lawn is nasty and that and the garden were my moms pride and joy
Posted by ant n tilde
i would love to only live in one house
my parents have lived in my house since they came to America in 1967
FH STILL gets upset when he passes his old house - i could never imagine moving and letting someone else live in my home!!
I just took a pic of it the other day.. this is it.. it looks terrible!! and you should see the backyard![]()
we are looking into buying now. i dont plan on finding my dream home but it would be nice. we would really love to build a home at some point the way we want it.
Posted by RKellner
Posted by jglits very hard when we moved from Staten Island to Long Island my parents built our house on land that was attached to my grandfathers house. We moved about 7 years ago and its still hard. My parents helped design it and we were the only ones living there.. now I see it when i visit my grandma and the people destroyed it. I think they forclosed and its vacant. vines are growing up it and the windows are borded up its just gross. even the lawn is nasty and that and the garden were my moms pride and joy
Posted by ant n tilde
i would love to only live in one house
my parents have lived in my house since they came to America in 1967
FH STILL gets upset when he passes his old house - i could never imagine moving and letting someone else live in my home!!
I just took a pic of it the other day.. this is it.. it looks terrible!! and you should see the backyard![]()
Where is this... Town wise? The house looks SOOOO familiar!
I don't expect to be able to afford our dream home at this point. I hope to just find a condo to afford....it is sad, I never thought my financial situation would be like this at this point. All of the houses here are so expensive. I would love to be able to afford a nice house, that doesn't need any work...but now when I make cruddy money...but I have to put in my time to get where I want. So for now, I am broke, and my FH isn't doing too much better than I am. I just don't want to have to rent....ahhh...soo stressful!
Posted by SoinLoveRwe2
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
That's what we did too-- we didnt make it any bigger- since we're not plannig to stay forever. But I am going to have to be DRAGGED away from my kitchen!! It is absolutely perfect! I just know that unless I have my next house built that I will not like the kitchen or the master bathroom- we did them SO beautifully! We vaulted the ceilings up to 14 feet in the bathroom...swoon! We even thought to have a laundry shoot in the bathroom that drops right down next to the washing machine... it's great! I know the feeling of thinking of everything. We lived with FIs for 6 months... the novelty will wear off!!! Trust me on that!! Good luck to you!
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Posted by SoinLoveRwe2
Posted by TheFutureMrsM
Right now our first home is where we will stay for a while, I love my area, and i love my block. We bought and knocked it down, and are putting almost as much as we bought it for into it, we are not 'flipping' it and plan to live there.
It will have every amenity you could imagine, you name it we thought it of it, we worked with an architect and also an interior designer so everything is perfect.
That's what we did too-- we didnt make it any bigger- since we're not plannig to stay forever. But I am going to have to be DRAGGED away from my kitchen!! It is absolutely perfect! I just know that unless I have my next house built that I will not like the kitchen or the master bathroom- we did them SO beautifully! We vaulted the ceilings up to 14 feet in the bathroom...swoon! We even thought to have a laundry shoot in the bathroom that drops right down next to the washing machine... it's great! I know the feeling of thinking of everything. We lived with FIs for 6 months... the novelty will wear off!!! Trust me on that!! Good luck to you!
Thanks for the words of encouragement about the Inlaws lolI know the novelty will wear off soon, its so funny you say that!
That sounds amazing, its really a great feeling and i totally know what your talking about, if you get another house, it will never compare so you will have to do construction all over again. We are doing a smarthome, so everything will be automated and the house will talk and have a brain, the doors will open automatically, and we put in central vacuum unit, and have 4 Compressors for the A/C we did radiant heat and we also put the laundry room on the 2nd floor right off all the bedrooms, We put a gas fireplace in our bedroom, and i have a huge walk in closet, and so does FH, and we are putting a huge jacuzzi tub, and a huge shower that plumbers have called a Car wash, cause it has all these jets that spray out at you. so i wont ever have to lug the laundry from the basement to the 2nd floor.![]()
This was my FMIL's idea too!
We made the house bigger, adding new foundation and a whole new basement section.
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