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PrintableSCNDLS said: JustErin said: No one called 3000 a mansion. Excuse the hell outta me for not knowing how to properly translate "huge ass house" 
It's not mansion. and now you know. | |
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roodboi said: CarrieMpls said: No kidding. That's frickin' gigantic. I think thats kinda relative, too....down here, most new homes built are between 2700 and 3400 sq ft...and these places really arent that big...usually total sq footage includes garages, porches and patios so the number may be a lil' skewed and make the house sound larger than it is... Down here you can't include garage, porch or patio measurements in the total. We have 5400 sq feet but it still isn't outrageous to maintain. These people sound like they managed their finances poorly.  | |
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slimhustle said: roodboi said: I think thats kinda relative, too....down here, most new homes built are between 2700 and 3400 sq ft...and these places really arent that big...usually total sq footage includes garages, porches and patios so the number may be a lil' skewed and make the house sound larger than it is... Down here you can't include garage, porch or patio measurements in the total. We have 5400 sq feet but it still isn't outrageous to maintain. These people sound like they managed their finances poorly. And with the upgrades, the houses are possibly even more efficient than they were when they were smaller. My Legacy
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NDRU said: slimhustle said: Down here you can't include garage, porch or patio measurements in the total. We have 5400 sq feet but it still isn't outrageous to maintain. These people sound like they managed their finances poorly. And with the upgrades, the houses are possibly even more efficient than they were when they were smaller. Yeah, very true.  | |
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Cinnie said: fck television
wouldn't it like shock you or something? "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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CarrieMpls said: I just did a search and there are NO homes for sale that are larger than 3000 sq ft in my zip code.
Only 3 listed more than 2500 sq feet. There are only a handful over 3000 listed for sale in the entire city of Minneapolis. Similar here - the joys of city living. I only found one house in my area for sale that's 2,500 sq. feet - a snip at 1.5 million euro ($2.25 M). And that's AFTER the property prices crashed | |
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SCNDLS said: CarrieMpls said: No kidding. That's frickin' gigantic.  Like I said it's relative. 3000+ sq ft homes are very common in Texas so that's not a "mansion" to me. You can get one in a good suburban neighborhood for under $200,000 before the economy crashed and our property values haven't dropped that much since. My house is 4000 sq ft but my utitilies are only slightly higher than they were in my 1600 sq ft cuz this one's more energy efficient.Well, SCNDLS, sounds like you got it goin on!  Yeah, I guess it's relative to you because you live in Texas where everything is bigger! But here in the rest of the states, less say California and Massachusetts and other "high-end" markets, anything over 3000 livable square feet is considered large. Hell, 3000 livable square feet ain't tiny, and I wouldn't want to heat and cool it unless it was damn near airtight![Edited 12/9/09 11:38am] | |
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So they still have to pay their existing mortgages on their bulldozed houses? That seems fair, I guess.
Ty Pennington is hot. If he turned up at my front door dressed like this, I'd let him demolish whatever he wanted.  | |
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Shyra said: SCNDLS said: Like I said it's relative. 3000+ sq ft homes are very common in Texas so that's not a "mansion" to me. You can get one in a good suburban neighborhood for under $200,000 before the economy crashed and our property values haven't dropped that much since. My house is 4000 sq ft but my utitilies are only slightly higher than they were in my 1600 sq ft cuz this one's more energy efficient.Well, SCNDLS, sounds like you got it goin on! Yeah, I guess it's relative to you because you live in Texas where everything is bigger! But here in the rest of the states, less say California and Massachusetts and other "high-end" markets, anything over 3000 livable square feet is considered large. Hell, 3000 livable square feet ain't tiny, and I wouldn't want to heat and cool it unless it was damn near airtight!
[Edited 12/9/09 11:38am] Well, 3000+ sq ft is not unique to Texas. I'd say that's pretty common for new homes throughout the south from Texas to Florida to Georgia even in New Mexico and Nevada the newer homes are about that size. So, again, it's relative. | |
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