🏡 Better Homes OFFICIAL real estate bs discussion
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Not going to be able to live in a well manicured Naperville neighborhood and park a boat in the driveway more than 2 days.
Homer Glen has an ordinance against it too, but when your neighbors house is behind a wall of trees 200’ away they don’t care so much.
Homer Glen has an ordinance against it too, but when your neighbors house is behind a wall of trees 200’ away they don’t care so much.
Using it as a bullshit example. Parking your ugly conversion van in your driveway is OK but if it has no windows and says Tony's Plumbing on the side is it banned.
Barrington and Barrington Hills (on the Cook County side) are a great value. Some of the lowest taxes, lowest price per square foot, and best schools in the area. Good for a buyer, not so much for a seller. Since jobs have moved from the burbs to city the values in that area really dropped.
it'd look creeeppy as fuck without windows
i guesstimated where your drawing on this map was as well as i could.
whatchya think about any of these?
live by emerballs in this one.
11918 S 69th Ct, Palos Heights, IL 60463 - 6 beds/3.5 baths
(MRED) 6 beds, 3.5 baths, 4562 sq. ft. house located at 11918 S 69th Ct, Palos Heights, IL 60463 sold for $420,000 on Dec 9, 2021. MLS# 10507533. EXQUISITE 6 BDRM 2 STORY FEATURES OPEN FLOOR PLAN * KITC...
1921 Manning Rd, Darien, IL - 5 beds/2.5 baths
5 beds, 2.5 baths, 2577 sq. ft. house located at 1921 Manning Rd, Darien, IL 60561 sold for $520,000 on Nov 2, 2006. View sales history, tax history, home value estimates, and overhead views. APN 0...
6N272 Virginia Rd, Roselle, IL 60172 - 5 beds/3.5 baths
(MRED) 5 beds, 3.5 baths, 4525 sq. ft. house located at 6N272 Virginia Rd, Roselle, IL 60172 sold for $470,000 on Jun 16, 2021. MLS# 10552785.
not big enough but get a horse.
11500 W 123rd St, Palos Park, IL 60464 - 3 beds/1 bath
(MRED) Sold: 3 beds, 1 bath, 1000 sq. ft. house located at 11500 W 123rd St, Palos Park, IL 60464 sold for $450,000 on Sep 14, 2022. MLS# 11399482.
This one is pretty baller, schools aren’t fantastic
2S216 Riverside Avenue, Warrenville, IL, 60555 - 5 BD/3.5 BA - $450,000
https://compass.com/listing/745032198213958457/view
2S216 Riverside Avenue, Warrenville, IL, 60555 - 5 BD/3.5 BA - $450,000
https://compass.com/listing/745032198213958457/view
thing with schools, is they and their ratings can and do change.
who knows what they'll be like by the time minions are that school age. you know?
saw it up here. mchenry was below johnsburg for quite some time.
now... shit flipped.
also, read into greatschools ratings system as well.
www.greatschools.org
About GreatSchools' ratings
GreatSchools is an independent nonprofit. Our ratings help parents understand school quality and compare schools within a state.
www.greatschools.org
Yeah, I basically ignored school ratings when looking at houses. You could have a bad wave of crotch goblins and a bad wave of teachers for 3-4 years then suddenly kids grow up/teachers GTFO and now the school is great. That school ratings is 110% emotionally driven by Karens, too.
I brought that up to her yesterday. The house we looked at had great primary and jr high, high school not so much.
if we got pregnant today, kid is 5 years out from even going to school and 14 years away from HS. Who knows what will happen with the schools or if we are even going to be in the same place. I don’t want to get into a total shit district but I’m not afraid of a 5-6.
When I moved to my current house Hubble Middle School was a 7/10. Now it's a 4? K.
Look at greatschools.org and see what they factor for ratings. It's a joke
Down by me. 1 month inventory. Active listings at my association this month 397 compared to 1230 in Feb. 2020.
Shows there just aren't enough homes available to keep up with the demand.
Shows there just aren't enough homes available to keep up with the demand.
Interest rates have been low for a while, I’m curious how long this pandemic urban escape boom is going to last.
This guy ^^^^^ gets it. I'm still completely dumbfounded on why people base where they live on the schools.
I'm almost ready to give up on my search for the time being. Inventory is incredibly slim right now.
Right? If the neighborhood is decent, things are at least semi-upkept, and houses aren't falling sideways, chances are the schools are fine.
Half the reason I haven’t just sold the house out of greed. I’d have to live with my parents/grandma/rent an apartment at the current inflated to fuck pricing.
Looks like interest rates are going to go up. 3.09% last week for a 30 year fixed. The economist who talked to my office predicts 5%-6% in the next year or so. He said 5% will slow down price increases and 6% may stop them. Something to keep in mind if you are in the market. He also predicted an 8% increase in Florida home prices this year.
Don’t give up. You will find something.
When we were looking in Tennessee, we were looking in about a 60 mile radius. The house we were going to buy had a contract put on it the night before we had an appointment to look at it. Sight unseen.
We looked at so many places ?. One house came up for sale on a Monday night about 8pm so the realtor got us the first appointment the next morning. Someone wrote a contract on the house an hour later for 30k over and the people accepted.
It’s crazy out there.
We did get lucky though, a fsbo was putting a sign out while my realtor was driving by, got in to see the house on the spot and did a face time with me. The house was much much better than the one we were going to buy and was 20k cheaper! I told her to write the contract as soon as she got back in the car still in the driveway. ? She took it right back in and they signed.
Now I just don’t know how soon I’m going to sell my Illinois place, not looking forward to it.
Just good luck, you will find something.
A week ago I told my neighbors about the field behind our houses selling to some cookie cutter developer. They were bummed, talked about how they were wanting to expand their deck and get a gazebo etc.
Welllll saturday their house went on the market for a whopping $390k and it was a mad house over there. Major impulse decision for them but if they've got somewhere to live in the interim, why not. This house is ~1900 sq ft above ground and ~900 in the finished basement with a two car garage. And frankly it feels smaller than that upstairs, it's cramped IMO. BLOWS MY MIND how much money they're going to get for it. Good for me though.
Welllll saturday their house went on the market for a whopping $390k and it was a mad house over there. Major impulse decision for them but if they've got somewhere to live in the interim, why not. This house is ~1900 sq ft above ground and ~900 in the finished basement with a two car garage. And frankly it feels smaller than that upstairs, it's cramped IMO. BLOWS MY MIND how much money they're going to get for it. Good for me though.
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