Fairly interesting overview of what’s become the “trendy” home decor style from things like HGTV and design magazines, as well a quick look at some other style trends we’ve gone through.
All the starter homes have disappeared in place of these “luxury” shitboxes.
That, and the build quality on these new houses is sometimes astoundingly poor. My friend had a house built 2 years ago and he’s had nothing but problems with shit breaking. My house was built in 1906 and while that comes with a different set of issues, it’s not falling apart like these modern luxury shitboxes seem to. It’s survived tornados, floods, and tons of other shit weather that living in the midwest brings, but it still stands strong.
But in regards to this article…the farmhouse shit is so fucking ugly. I live in a city and sometimes see people doing the farmhouse thing and it doesn’t fit at all. My friend put a sliding barn door on his bathrooms and the damn things don’t even close all the way, you can see right in through the crack where a normal door would seal. Lots of rooster-themed stuff in the kitchen and I’m just like…bud you’ve got a lot of cocks in your kitchen.
The above is like, just my opinion, man, if people reading this like the farmhouse stuff, hey it’s your house, you do you.
Also, a lot of the small 2 bedroom homes In nice neighborhood are being gobbled up by older folks looking to downsize after their kids moved out.
They have a fuck load of equity in the homes they bought in the 80’s and 90’s. They can sell and put offers on small homes that price out their kids.
Last time I was looking to buy a house I was struck by how “the same” everything in my price bracket was.
By that I mean nearly everything was 3000+ sq ft, but was always 3 bed 2 bath. Maybe you got a bonus room or “play” room. But not a lot of really cool or useful extras for the increased cost.
So outside of just those rooms being larger, there was not much difference in the $150k house and the $300k house. They all had the same number of bedrooms and bathrooms, a garage, a decent kitchen, dining room, and “bonus” room of some description. I also noticed that the $300k houses also tended to be in a quarter acre of land while the $150k houses tended to be a half acre.
Did not really feel like you were getting more for doubling the price to me. Once you got enough square footage to meet your basic needs it was all diminishing returns.
Im betting the x2 was mainly based on a factor you left off: Location.
1200 sqft in Seattle can be 800k. 1200sqft in Dayton is going to be a bit less.
Nope, not really. 2 of the houses in question at the time were less than 5 miles from each other within the same county.
5 miles is forever when it comes to comps. House prices vary by city block in many places (in the US at least).
Bardominium!
