🏡 Better Homes OFFICIAL real estate bs discussion

[OffshoreDrilling]

The important part is no chandeliers over stairways

 

[willizm]

My sisters house was listed and under contract for 10k over asking in about a week. She closes at the end of August. Market seems to be still humming along.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Still a lack of inventory regardless of interest rates. We’ve been under building for so long. Now, with interest rates up I’m thinking people who don’t *need* to move are more likely staying put. People still moving jobs, going remote and wanting to GTFO from pandemic stuff. Not the same boom we had but I think the motivation still exists.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Still a lack of inventory regardless of interest rates. We’ve been under building for so long. Now, with interest rates up I’m thinking people who don’t *need* to move are more likely staying put. People still moving jobs, going remote and wanting to GTFO from pandemic stuff. Not the same boom we had but I think the motivation still exists.

they're tossing up 350-400k+ townhomes really close to my house currently fast as shit.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Right by me too. On the second or third phase of the development, same price range 340-400k.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Right by me too. On the second or third phase of the development, same price range 340-400k.

just hard for me to bite off and then toss a $250-350/hoa on top but im not the target market for that

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

So many damn stairs too.
Garage at ground level.
Up 6 stairs
Front door landing
Up 6 stairs
Main level
Up 15 stairs
Bedrooms

 

[Yaj Yak]

So many damn stairs too.
Garage at ground level.
Up 6 stairs
Front door landing
Up 6 stairs
Main level
Up 15 stairs
Bedrooms

some of these even have walkout basements also...

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Don’t forget keys on your night stand as you run out to work.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

So many damn stairs too.
Garage at ground level.
Up 6 stairs
Front door landing
Up 6 stairs
Main level
Up 15 stairs
Bedrooms

This sounds like a weird layout for a town house...wonder why they would do this. Townhouses are common for retired people and should be more accessible, not less

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

This sounds like a weird layout for a town house...wonder why they would do this. Townhouses are common for retired people and should be more accessible, not less

All of the ones in our area that they're putting up are this same layout. I think they're trying to target fresh out of college, first career types.

 

[Yaj Yak]

This sounds like a weird layout for a town house...wonder why they would do this. Townhouses are common for retired people and should be more accessible, not less

it's exactly how my buddy's townhome he had about ten years ago was lined up

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

it's exactly how my buddy's townhome he had about ten years ago was lined up

You'd think they would have learned a lesson from the tris and quads that nobody wants anymore: people don't want to have to go up/down stairs every time they need to go to another room. Most (all?) of the townhouses I've seen are pretty straightforward. 1-2 steps from garage to main floor (kitchen/living room), 13-15 steps upstairs to the bedrooms.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

So these are like bilevel townhouses then. interesting

i feel like I might know someone who builds these, lemme look

 

[Huggerorange73]

You have nailed the description of the development I'm in.....and they are building and selling quickly.

HOA is only $173 here though.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Townhouses are being built right behind my parents house also. There was a vacant lot owned by the village that was used for kids soccer and tee ball for many years, and also a church across the alley from the vacant lot. The church was bought by the village a couple years ago and it's been vacant. Finally they are selling it all off to a developer. I'm hearing prices are going to be in the $400-$500k range.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

You have nailed the description of the development I'm in.....and they are building and selling quickly.

HOA is only $173 here though.

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Couldn’t have nailed it any more closely

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Development going in by me.

12700 W Waveland #24.01 Ct, Homer Glen, IL 60491 - 3 beds/2.5 baths

(MRED) For Sale: 3 beds, 2.5 baths ∙ 1910 sq. ft. ∙ 12700 W Waveland #24.01 Ct, Homer Glen, IL 60491 ∙ $359,990 ∙ MLS# 11480145 ∙ * * BELOW MARKET INTEREST RATE AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS FOR LIMITED...

redf.in

I’m already going nuts in a two story house and running to the basement for tools all the time. Can’t imagine a townhouse that requires that for every day living.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Fuck. $428k for that ugly POS. Look how bad the bathrooms and closet are for that price.

 

[Huggerorange73]

Development going in by me.

12700 W Waveland #24.01 Ct, Homer Glen, IL 60491 - 3 beds/2.5 baths

(MRED) For Sale: 3 beds, 2.5 baths ∙ 1910 sq. ft. ∙ 12700 W Waveland #24.01 Ct, Homer Glen, IL 60491 ∙ $359,990 ∙ MLS# 11480145 ∙ * * BELOW MARKET INTEREST RATE AVAILABLE FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS FOR LIMITED...

redf.in

I’m already going nuts in a two story house and running to the basement for tools all the time. Can’t imagine a townhouse that requires that for every day living.

It's not as bad as you think.

I actually prefer things split across floors.....in 20 years, I'll probably feel much different.

Putting the laundry room on the same floor with the bedrooms is a game changer.

This is my development:

Park Pointe New Home Community - South Elgin - Chicago, IL | Lennar

See the newest homes for sale in Park Pointe. Everything’s Included by Lennar, the leading homebuilder of new homes in Chicago, IL.

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[OffshoreDrilling]

I like laundry with bedrooms as well.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

That's fucking awesome.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

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[FirstWorldProblems]

This price is nuts, and shiplap on basically every wall and ceiling makes me cringe. It sold exactly two years ago for $924k, so basically they're assuming it appreciated 35% in just two years. And they originally listed it at $1.3m....morons

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