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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Corporations are purchasing unprecedented amounts of real estate, but it's definitely the market that's keeping this from selling.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I stand by that I fucking love that kitchen. Add a ton of modernist architecture that makes you think and a yard I’m allowed to grow food and replace the grass with mint and I’m in.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So I've spent the last month looking for Houses. Nothing special, nothing extravagant. I came from a 1700sqft ranch with 3 bed, 2 full bath and a car port, small town, sold for about 215, and I got 135 take home after everything was paid off.

I had to expand my budget to 350 up here just to sniff houses that aren't in absolute disrepair on the inside and would require 50+ in reno, are 1.5 bth, or someone watched a couple episodes of Flippers and did a shittier job of "updating" the inside by putting the same cheap shitty grey vinyl flooring in several rooms.

There was 1 house I really liked, good area, open floor plan and a great basement. Downside was all the first floor carpet needed to be tore up especially since there were large stains in one of the bedrooms and it was poorly installed so was already buckled and loose, and there were cheap vinyl tiles in the foyer and kitchen that showed their wear and had to be removed. Just under 1700sq ft listed at 340 and went over asking the day it hit the market.

Another house, looked move in ready. 1500sq ft, with a half finished basement. Went to look at it...the house is claustrophobic, and the carpet needs to be pulled up also because of the terrible condition. The owners "finished" the basement by putting large vinyl tiles down themselves...which have already buckled and are about an inch off the ground in several places. They have a back patio which is about big enough for a Weber kettle grill and a camp chair. They're asking 336, claimed they already had an offer when I was looking at it but I noped outta that shit. That was a week ago and it's still on the market so either they were using BS tactics or the "offer" was for what the house was actually worth and they refused it. It's also the smallest house in a large neighborhood.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why did your house sell for 215?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because that's what houses in that area were going for on the high end. Cost of living where I am now is redonk

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the same cheap shitty grey vinyl flooring

I have never in my life hated a house product more than this shit - and I grew up in the '70s surrounded by the fake wood paneling and the nasty shag carpets. I don't even understand what that flooring is trying to emulate. No real wood is light gray and comes in 6" x 3' planks.

I've been renovating a house since last year that has that shit in the living room and I've intentionally left it uncovered the whole time in the hopes of fucking it up so bad that I'm forced to replace it, but unfortunately it is extremely durable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This one particularly hurt. The house was listed at 350 a couple months ago, the price was reduced 10k, then went off the market, then yesterday was relisted at like 330 and claims "brand new flooring in 3 rooms". Someone consciously chose this to be installed, thinking it would help sell their already overpriced house.

Like, the salesperson needs to say "this flooring is popular among houses that stay listed for over 3 months and have their prices reduced around 25k"

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When did Pimp my Ride start doing houses?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

410 days ago, + or - 6 days

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

yeah this goes hard, can't lie

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

no its the market who is wrong

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

P1mp1n ain't easy player.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think we all know the problem here. Need a custom purple range and different hardware on the cabinets, would've sold in 3 days easy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

You never go full purple...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I’m going to be honest, I like it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I think we've had this one before.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The top left, weird blank space where a cabinet should be bothers me the most. Overall this has a weird rental property vibe with the reused, painted cabinets.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Barftastic!

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