Ick!!! My taxes aren't as bad as they could be. So I live onI'll always complain about it because I don't like taxes.
Seriously, though, my mortgage payments went up $300-400 per MONTH because of property tax increases.
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FRAMING A HOUSE ! $10.00 A FOOT! WOW! WTH
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That's why we moved out years ago for somethin a little more affordable
Which was our thinking...but 3.25% interest and having so much equity in our house is something we can't get elsewhere (right now at least). Our mortgage payments would have gone up by, at least, $1,000 per month.
I truly feel bad for the people today who are trying to buy their first house.
I agree. However we did it.....So glad we did too. Besides my Wife, best investment we ever made
We had just started construction on our huge addition when Covid hit
I remember getting the call from the builder saying that the lumber prices had just tripled .
And that was when you couldn’t get concrete
It was a six week wait for your concrete delivery appointment date , and if it was raining too hard on that day for your crew to pour concrete , you’re back at the bottom of the six week wait list
That happed to us three times in a row .
Took us 16 weeks to get the foundation poured .
Then because our addition had a 23 degree bend in it (looks like a boomerang , had to do that to get it to fit on the lot )
The factory making the roof trusses wanted the walls up before they measured for the trusses .
Which meant we had to use water resistant plywood for the floor (more extra $$)
So the framers get the walls up and the truss company comes out and measures and makes them, takes 5 weeks to make em , , and the day before they are supposed to be delivered their warehouse catches on fire…
So the GC is scrambling to find another truss company ,
The framers have to use a crane to set the trusses , crane company guy comes out and looks and says that power line is too close and has to come down while the crane is here
So we gotta schedule a day when the crane company is available , the framers are available and ga power is available to drop the line .
So that date is three weeks out .
And on that day it’s storming , so gotta reset the date , which is another two weeks out .
Etc etc
If you’re building a house you just gotta remember that nothing is going to go as planned .
And there’s going to be weather delays and unexpected price increases and unexpected material delays etc
Building a house is going to take a minimum of two years from start to finish , from when you get the plans finalized and submitted to the county or city , it’s gonna be at least two years , maybe three , before you move in .
And that’s if there’s no disaster
Friend of mine had a custom
Home built and the very last thing being done was the subcontractors that had installed the hardwood floors ,
Coming back and removing the protective paper that they put on the floor , and staining the floors .
after nearly two years of buying the land , clearing trees , grading , well and septic install, foundation , framing , roofing , wiring , plumbing , hvac , Sheetrock etc etc
The house was done and finished and ready to move in .
The folks doing the floors left the oily rags in a pile …
Which started a fire and burned it to the ground …
I remember getting the call from the builder saying that the lumber prices had just tripled .
And that was when you couldn’t get concrete
It was a six week wait for your concrete delivery appointment date , and if it was raining too hard on that day for your crew to pour concrete , you’re back at the bottom of the six week wait list
That happed to us three times in a row .
Took us 16 weeks to get the foundation poured .
Then because our addition had a 23 degree bend in it (looks like a boomerang , had to do that to get it to fit on the lot )
The factory making the roof trusses wanted the walls up before they measured for the trusses .
Which meant we had to use water resistant plywood for the floor (more extra $$)
So the framers get the walls up and the truss company comes out and measures and makes them, takes 5 weeks to make em , , and the day before they are supposed to be delivered their warehouse catches on fire…
So the GC is scrambling to find another truss company ,
The framers have to use a crane to set the trusses , crane company guy comes out and looks and says that power line is too close and has to come down while the crane is here
So we gotta schedule a day when the crane company is available , the framers are available and ga power is available to drop the line .
So that date is three weeks out .
And on that day it’s storming , so gotta reset the date , which is another two weeks out .
Etc etc
If you’re building a house you just gotta remember that nothing is going to go as planned .
And there’s going to be weather delays and unexpected price increases and unexpected material delays etc
Building a house is going to take a minimum of two years from start to finish , from when you get the plans finalized and submitted to the county or city , it’s gonna be at least two years , maybe three , before you move in .
And that’s if there’s no disaster
Friend of mine had a custom
Home built and the very last thing being done was the subcontractors that had installed the hardwood floors ,
Coming back and removing the protective paper that they put on the floor , and staining the floors .
after nearly two years of buying the land , clearing trees , grading , well and septic install, foundation , framing , roofing , wiring , plumbing , hvac , Sheetrock etc etc
The house was done and finished and ready to move in .
The folks doing the floors left the oily rags in a pile …
Which started a fire and burned it to the ground …
My good sir, I bet your friend was beyond pissed off…and I’m betting his homeowner’s insurance skyrocketed from this.
Not the way I thought this story would end.
As for the first part of your post, yeah, building prices got outrageous. We had a customer want to expedite their tile delivery to the U.S. from Italy during 2020/2021 (can’t remember which). Do you know how much air freight was for this? $50,000.
They decided they could wait 16-20 weeks after that quote. I’m almost certain it was tens of thousands more than what they were even paying for the tile.
North Paulding has gotten rediculas. I’m in South Paulding and it ain’t much better. I’m headed west when I move again.
Not even surprised. Paulding is gonna be another Woodstock/Cherokee County in another 10 years, guaranteed. Seven Hills will be the Towne Lake Hills of Dallas and I bet we see those homes go for close to 7-figures one day.
It makes me wish we could have afforded these gorgeous houses in Dallas for pennies back before the pandemic; course, then the property taxes would come back to bite us.
Well looks like I can save $5000, if I polish the concrete and eliminate all flooring!
But then I feel like I’ll have to be there every freaking minute anyone is on the job to protect the polished concrete!
Latest Plumbing Quote! $ 1000 per fixture!
COME ON Man! (May go with outhouse)
How many square feet is the house again? If you wanna get a good deal on flooring, you need to go to Michael’s Carpet in Calhoun across from Bucc-ee’s.
Also, would your wife be OK without having any kind of soft flooring? I told my wife I wanted hardwood in the entire house; we got carpet upstairs lol.
