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Post by Tweetiepy on May 22, 2006 16:44:42 GMT -5
Hubby decided that he wants to move - soon.
We currently have a semi-detached house in the city on the outskirts of the nation's capital.
We have about 1465 sq feet + the basement and a lot that's about 200 feet long by about 35-40 feet wide
The house we're looking at has about 1680 sq feet + basement and has a loft (third story) (actually it has a loft over the garage too if you build the garage -but then it's about 2000 sq feet) - Man prices are expensive - this one goes for about $200K + taxes
How expensive are prices for houses normally - around here for property in the nations capital the same house is going for about $350K or more
Are prices really that expensive - even if I sell mine (that isn't paid for yet) the profit still gives me a larger mortgage than when we got this one by about $50K
I hate big ticket items - I love looking at houses, but I hate buying them!
How much do houses go for in your neighborhood (include sq footage)
Just looking for info thanks
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Post by pho on May 22, 2006 16:51:32 GMT -5
Move South Tweetiepy.....way South. Saw a nice big home..single story with garage for $80k which I thought was a fair price....had a very big yard too....almost one acre square. Paved road out front. Own water well.
Looked like it would have been a 4 bdrm. Didn't get to see inside.
Pho
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Post by Karen on May 22, 2006 17:20:40 GMT -5
Around here a 2000 sq foot house with a 2 car garage ranges from $250,000 to $500,000. Property values have gone crazy around here in the last few years.
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Post by Alice on May 22, 2006 17:45:02 GMT -5
Tweetie $200 000 sounds very reasonable if you ask me. But then again it depends on the area. Is the area nice? friendly neighbors? Will your kids be safe if they roam the streets? What about drugs and sex offenders? is there a park near buy? what does the town offer as far as recreation goes? Schools? What about the house?- does it need repairs? Is the foundation in good contition? Is the sewage and water hooked up to the city? etc... have you browsed mls.ca ? That's where we found our house. at a good price too. The people who sold it to us pretty much broke even when they sold it to us if you count everything they put into it (I'm pretty sure they lost money in the end). They had it built in 1999, paved the driveway, leveled the land, put sod on the lawn, Pavi Uni walkway, planted trees, made a raised garden in front, upgraded from carpets to hardwood and tiles (there's not one carpeted room in the house)... the list goes on. To make a long story short, they went all out on this house and didn't go cheap on anything. 1750 sq ft (plus a completely finished basement + Garage). We got the house at $268 000 (no GST or PST because it's a used house). Realtor told us that this particular house was on the market for 2 months for over $300 000, and the people dropped the price to $272 000 because they were getting impatient. they were building a new house already in a new development and they wanted to sell this one quick. So we made our offer at $268K and they accepted. Who would of thought that regular houses in Quebec would go for over a quarter of a million dollars in our life time. You want big ticket items? Check out Hudson in the MLS site. Impressive and beautiful, but YIKES! at the prices.  |
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 22, 2006 18:00:16 GMT -5
This house is brand new, so new in fact that it's not even built yet (if that GST thing is only on new we may have to go used)
We could have gone used but having owned a house I know what parts are going fast - used houses are more expensive here than new
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Post by Alice on May 22, 2006 18:45:48 GMT -5
$200K for a new house sounds like the going rate these days. The GST and PST however does put a damper on things. How big is the land you're looking at?
If you do decide to get it built, remember that you will also have to put grass down (in most cases, out of your own pocket). Most towns give you one year to put grass down in the front of the house. So you need a few thousand to get dirt, and another few thousand for sod, a few hundred for someone with a tractor to come and level everything off for you, and don't forget a permit from the city to water your lawn at the beginning.
Paving the driveway is totally up to you though. There's no time limit and it's not compulsory to do (but that also depends on the town laws)
Certainly wouldn't hurt to look at houses in newer developments though (houses that are less then 10 years old). You'll avoid the GST & PST, the grass is already laid down, and the driveway is more then likely already paved (Saves you a minimum of $10 000). And if you're lucky, it'll be fenced off.
In the end, it's cheaper to buy a used house, because the first few years on a new house is really hard on the wallet.
Just my 2 cents
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 22, 2006 19:24:08 GMT -5
Alice lately when you buy topsoil & sod you get those grubs included in there (you know the june bug larvae?) yuck - makes my skin crawl just thinking about them - we had no front lawn two years ago - grubs ate it all - we got topsoil (grubs included & sod with grubs too - which totally defies the purpose or redoing the front lawn!)
We've been living here 13 years and we still haven,t paved (had more important things to think about - like a fence to keep the kids in)
Here we've had folks just lay down rocks on their front lawn to avoid the grub issue
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Post by Alice on May 22, 2006 19:53:22 GMT -5
Yikes, I've never seen a larvae infested lawn before. Grass hoppers yes, but Larvae no. I'm surprised your town doesn't do anything about your epidemic(s) ... like a discount on treatmement or something. What on earth are you paying municiple taxes for?  |
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 22, 2006 20:19:33 GMT -5
We aren't allowed to kill the suckers either - only ecological methods (which don,t work - dammed if I'll pick them out individually) - All the grub-out was last years stock as well as pesticides - whatever was left on the shelves - they're not restocking - municiple taxes pay the politicians salary nothing else - we got dinged for "neighborhood improvements" twice, first when they decided to have some land become homes, then reclassified (& hiked taxes) when they decided to build a park there instead and another tax hike when they rezoned for residential again - not really sure what my taxes are paying for... we have no service here - we're the last street to get plowed when it snows - did you hear that Mtl will have people paying higher taxes by neighborhood to have their streets cleared with the city blower - or else you get the snow dumped on your lawn & you can wait for it to melt?
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Post by Alice on May 22, 2006 21:39:35 GMT -5
Salt will kill those Larvae!!!
That won't affect me Tweetie. Ile Perrot isn't really classified as part of Montreal. Not when it comes to street cleaning anyway.
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Post by akansan on May 22, 2006 22:56:50 GMT -5
Tweety, do you want a box of rocks with anti-grub stuff snuck inside? That's just one of the many items on our lawn care checklist around here - anti-sticker, anti-weed, anti-grub...and only then fertilize and seed. I'd started to think grubs and stickers were everywhere.  |
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Post by Tweetiepy on May 23, 2006 5:46:02 GMT -5
What are stickers? The stickers I know have sparkles or are puffy and are given as rewards
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Post by jerryde on May 23, 2006 7:18:32 GMT -5
I have found this to be very accurate for our area...in Colorado and also my brothers home in Washington state...might give it a try... www.zillow.com this site has been posted before a few months back... good luck.... |
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Post by Alice on May 23, 2006 7:33:44 GMT -5
that site works for US only.
Tweetie's looking on the Canadian side
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Post by hermatite on May 23, 2006 8:55:07 GMT -5
I live close to Boston and the median price here for a single family house is $365 K US. It's nuts. We bought our house five years ago and its now worth about 100 K more than what we paid for it. It'll be even more once they widen the highway and the commute gets easier. With the change we plan to retire very comfortably back in western canada.
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Post by akansan on May 23, 2006 10:44:41 GMT -5
Stickers = Grass Burrs And these aren't the friendly type that react like velcro. No, these are the ones with sharp, pointy ends with little hooks. The pointy end goes in, and even when you forcibly remove them from your feet, knees (gardening), clothing, etc. the hook stays in giving you days of pain until you discover where exactly it is. It's major summer fun to be had by all down here.  |
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Post by gaetzchamp on May 23, 2006 10:50:29 GMT -5
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