Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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add about 50k for a basement
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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02/27/21 01:34 PM
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I had a buddy that had a lot of land and one of his buddies went through a divorce so he sold him a couple acres cheap. He lived in a camper and saved enough money to build the garage/basement. Then saved more and built the shell, then saved more and started finishing the interior. We helped him plumb, run electric, paint etc. He ended up with a very nice small home, beautiful. His floorplan was simple. Furnace, hot water heater, washer dryer, in the garage/basement. Kitchen was small but he built a huge deck with sliding glass doors off of it. Livingroom, nice big bathroom and a big bedroom. Simple, cheap, cause he saved and got deals on everything. He insulated the crap out of it, heating and cooling cost are low.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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add about 50k for a basement Yup. Mine wasn't quite that much, but it's well worth the money.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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I went the modular route about 15 years ago, and have no regrets. I don't know what prices are like these days, but you used to be able to get some deals on display models or in stock models they wanted to get rid of. 100K+ for a 900 square foot house. I could go talk to them in person and price out with less of it finished, I would prefer to do alot of the finish work myself. Plus the 50k or so for the basement, so probably I should realistically budget 200k for house, basement, septic and well if I go that route.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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I went the modular route about 15 years ago, and have no regrets. I don't know what prices are like these days, but you used to be able to get some deals on display models or in stock models they wanted to get rid of. 100K+ for a 900 square foot house. I could go talk to them in person and price out with less of it finished, I would prefer to do alot of the finish work myself. Plus the 50k or so for the basement, so probably I should realistically budget 200k for house, basement, septic and well if I go that route. Yikes! I didn't realize they are that expensive now. Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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Holy coon balls!! Y’all northern boys idea of inexpensive is a heck of a lot different than us Southern boys. $200K down here will buy you one nice spread. That is not inexpensive to me either which is why I am looking for other options. I need to purchase the land as well as build the house, quite frankly it is a bit daunting on only one income, I don't want to be in a position of losing everything... again.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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02/27/21 01:47 PM
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Holy coon balls!! Y’all northern boys idea of inexpensive is a heck of a lot different than us Southern boys. $200K down here will buy you one nice spread. That is not inexpensive to me either which is why I am looking for other options. I need to purchase the land as well as build the house, quite frankly it is a bit daunting on only one income, I don't want to be in a position of losing everything... again. Then I’d buy land first and a small comfortable camper and build as money allowed.
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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Holy coon balls!! Y’all northern boys idea of inexpensive is a heck of a lot different than us Southern boys. $200K down here will buy you one nice spread. That is not inexpensive to me either which is why I am looking for other options. I need to purchase the land as well as build the house, quite frankly it is a bit daunting on only one income, I don't want to be in a position of losing everything... again. Be like Johnny Cash, one piece at a time. Get the land, save for the well and septic then put a old trailer or camper on it. Save and do what you can, just an option. And for the love, don't be like them deep southern boys, wear shoes in the summer.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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I went the modular route about 15 years ago, and have no regrets. I don't know what prices are like these days, but you used to be able to get some deals on display models or in stock models they wanted to get rid of. 100K+ for a 900 square foot house. I could go talk to them in person and price out with less of it finished, I would prefer to do a lot of the finish work myself. Plus the 50k or so for the basement, so probably I should realistically budget 200k for house, basement, septic and well if I go that route. If you already own the location, I think 200 K is ballpark. Might be a bit more than that. But right now is a terrible time to be doing this. Lumber prices are astronomical !! You might be better off buying something small and saving some for a future when lumber is back in its normal range. At least you might experience some price appreciation in the meantime I suspect you will pay at least 30% more right now just in material costs
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Re: Inexpensive, easy to build House?
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02/27/21 01:51 PM
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Ken is right. I know someone in Texas who was having a house built and the contractor upped the cost because of lumber and then put them on hold because they can't get all the lumber they need. It's bad.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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