I’m buying 100 square of Alaskan yellow cedar shingles and the price is probably double what I was looking at last year. Maybe closer to 2.5x. And even getting that quantity if tough. It’s kinda crazy. I do follow the price indices for materials loosely and I think they’re coming back down slightly though.
That said, I’m guessing residential construction is probably $250-$300/sf now. A few years ago, when I was looking, $150-$200 was the average for something with a normal level of finish
I feel this. I’m useless around a property so I don’t want too much of it if it needs maintenance.
So hard to find just the right balance of privacy / convenience.
So I have four acres, and it’s honestly more work than I thought it would be. I’m picking up a 24hp kubota soon and that should make it easier. There’s always something to do. I mow 2.5ac and it takes an hour and a half roughly. But, I can’t see neighbors which is a dream come true after what we dealt with at our old house. So it’s completely worth it. To the point I’ll be hopefully acquiring ~6 acres behind us
I have 3 acres in Clarence but only about 1 acre of it is grass/house/driveway. The rest is heavily wooded. I don’t get why more people don’t have wooded lots. Maybe a little more buggy than a giant field of grass but definitely a lot easier to take care of. With the ash borer I have enough firewood for years and the remaining trees and undergrowth are still thick enough to not be able to see the house from the street or my neighbors.
We are almost neighbors.
My little lot has 55 wooded acres behind me that my son and I may or man not clear out the trails of wood.
So the foreign taxation thing didn’t work, lol.
Toronto, a city of more than 6.5 million people, has just 3,200 homes left for sale to start the year
In my Michigan neighborhood the past summer was very hot. Most selling without a listing. One sold for double 6mo after taking it to the studs. Seemed to cool slightly once school started.
We just got a quote for master bath and some other improvements. It was higher than I expected but only by 20% or so.
There’s a seasonality to it. Market is always hotter just before the school year because people want their kids settled in.
hey ladies, any help on finding good rentals for family properties in WNY?
want to explore all options.
Dawson Knox’s new house:
i had seen that listed.
i woudnd want to spend that much or rent quite that much house to start.
mind you, that would be 2-3x the price up here.
Also easier to see leaking basements in the spring/summer rather than the winter when the ground is frozen. Usually easier to walk around the house and check foundation and other items that normally people might not spend as much time looking at because snow is blocking or covering something, etc. Temperature also plays a roll as people would prefer being out and about in warmer temps.
My thoughts on top of the schooling you mentioned.
This is one block from me. All original inside. Check the spread. It doesn’t make any sense.
Sold in 2 days with a 2 week closing.
sweet jesus
Just down the road…
Starpoint school district and you get to live on the racetrack that is Tonawanda creek rd.
It had just sold 2 years ago. A guy from Buffalo and his mother bought it or something.
need more house than that bruh…
something like this maybe:
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5131-Oakhill-Dr_Lewiston_NY_14092_M44909-84135
has to be a step up from what we have now otherwise i’d never hear the end of it. Problem is we over-kitchened our current place and finding anything with something like we have is going to be near impossible.
Lol.
Getting close to that McMansion line.
I probably should have actually re-read what you want out of a house.
I’d have interest in this house except that it’s too small. Surprised it’s only listed as 1100sqft. I’m at just shy of 1400sqft in Kenmore but man do I really wish I had more property. lol I love the location and ease to get anywhere I need for supplies, but the property is small.
I often miss my Tonawanda commute.
6-10 minutes depending on lights.
I used to physically run the 3 miles home on lunch and ride my bicycle back to the office. It was also only a mile to the kids school. Now the kids get picked up at 6:45 am for a ~28 minute ride to school.
Starpoint is a huge district geographically.
Land is nice. I have an acre and its not enough. Thankfully, there are 55 acres behind me that the kids explore.
the typical U.S. home, rose 19.6% in 2021 to $321,634, an increase of $52,667 from 2020. That figure was slightly higher than what the median U.S. full-time worker earned, which was about $50,000
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