Home buying thread

Haus · Monday at 7:25 PM

Cad said:
Most people on here are completely okay I'm sure but there are enough complete degenerates and assholes that you wouldn't want your real identity associated with here.

You know I'm right here and can see this, right?

Borzak · Monday at 9:33 PM

I have a "formal" dining room in my house. It has a dining table and has a door to separate it from the hall just down from the kitchen (so the servants can make a short trip lol). I use it as an actual dining room. I don't eat in the living room or while sitting at the computer or whatever. Of course I don't have kids which mean some bedrooms are opened up to become a library and a small office with my computer (my real office is a separate building behind the house), and a room with my guitars, amps and such. Girlfriend has a room of her own besides her bedroom for her "stuff" and the living room is the sitting area or watching TV.

Yes I'm a relic.

Kobayashi · Tuesday at 11:26 PM

Intrinsic said:
Oh my God looking for a new house is depressing. We're still probably (hopefully) 18 months from moving but spend yesterday driving around to a few open houses and holy shit I want to kill myself. We looked at this $950k 4,400 sq ft new construction, and it was just the most sterile and soulless thing. Sure, it is open and has nice finishing touches and we could repaint walls to be colorful, but just walking in didn't feel anything like a home.

For example, this is back in an area close to us we were driving around. This is the top top of our price range but there's just no way I could consider spending that much money for this.

We went to a different neighborhood still close to us that had a 10-15 year old house for $600k, was well lived in and some some character. The main issue there is it felt so lateral to what we're already in that going from $450k > $600k home we basically gain nothing for $150k.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6-Haywood-Ct-Little-Rock-AR-72223/2072093457_zpid/?utm_campaign=zillowwebmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

We've got a lot to figure out in 2 years. It almost makes me want to just remodel where we are and make this work until the kids are in high school or something and we can really move far outside town.