finally

[DAntae]

after a lot of thought we decided to go with this.

http://www.centexhomes.com/Hilton-Head/329830_Plan.html

has a nice layout. not thrilled with the siding. I prefer brick...however people in the south are not fond of brick. we are going with the third elevation though. gives us a bit of a front porch. master bedroom is enormous. with lot premium and home upgrades its still going to be under 235,000. centex builds a good home and stands by its warranty. we looked at d.r. horton developements as well. they build in order of purchase...so we got a few months to wait before they start.

[penny]

Wow, nice house, Dan. It's awfully big for just 2 people...perhaps some junior sideshowDAns will be running around the place sometime soon? Man, it seems like everybody we know has already moved into a house...I'm so sick of crappy apartments. I wish we could have our own cozy little house and some privacy.

[SideshowTim]

good buy. looks like a really nice house.

[Kuje]

I'd like a semtex home. That would be the bomb.

Sorry.

I can't believe how fucking inexpensive houses are in the States. My Mum's house is 3 bedroom detatched, in a village. It's pretty nice, but quite small and needs some work. She told me the other day that it will sell for around £250,000-270,000. That's like, fuck knows, $400,000? When, God forbid, me and my brother sell the house, I am going to look into moving over there. I could buy a ranch or something.

Anyway, sorry to rant! Great house :) What state is SC?

[Nerd Groupie]

NICE! It's so refreshing to see actual two stories still exist, I hate split levels. Way to go, I'm very jealous!

[kuumuus]

it's a house. and what a house!

nice going, stud.

[Icedragon]

That looks very nice Dan. Congrats.

[gravymaster]

Looks great dan, congrats! What are you doing in the meantime? Renting?

[Dead Nigga Storage]

I can't believe how fucking inexpensive houses are in the States. My Mum's house is 3 bedroom detatched, in a village. It's pretty nice, but quite small and needs some work. She told me the other day that it will sell for around £250,000-270,000. That's like, fuck knows, $400,000? When, God forbid, me and my brother sell the house, I am going to look into moving over there. I could buy a ranch or something.
be careful about that luke, there are PLENTY of places in this country where housing costs are FAR worse than that. south carolina has relatively cheap housing prices compared to other states. my parent's house here in southern california cost $675,000, and they did $100,000 worth of work to it. it was purchased 4 years ago and is now worth about $1.4 million...and it is NOT BIG AT ALL. Some places in New York or San Francisco, you'd be lucky to find moderate sized condos for a million.

[thecapecoddah]

I call the game room!



how many slaves will be working the fields?

[IdRathaHavaBeer]

congratulations, welcome to the joys of home ownership.

be careful about that luke, there are PLENTY of places in this country where housing costs are FAR worse than that. south carolina has relatively cheap housing prices compared to other states. my parent's house here in southern california cost $675,000, and they did $100,000 worth of work to it. it was purchased 4 years ago and is now worth about $1.4 million...and it is NOT BIG AT ALL. Some places in New York or San Francisco, you'd be lucky to find moderate sized condos for a million.

or you can buy a nice house in shitty buffalo for 55 G's like me.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

that's my plan!

and by the way, i forgot to say congrats dan. i'll make sure to drop by when i'm in the area with some nice giants-oriented house warming gifts.

[skittlebrau]

Beautiful house, DAn. Be sure and keep the fridge stocked when I move in with you guys, k?

[DAntae]

this is actually my second home that I will be owning. bought one right before I finished up college. it was shit and turned around and solid it for double its value when I got it.

this one is reasonable especially considering how homes are booming in the area.

eric at least 4...not sure to start with cotton or tobacco.

gravy right now we are renting at a uber reduced rate...good family friend owns another centex home in the estate home community next to where ours will be. home I am in now is a golf course home and the rich people disgust me. we pay less than 600 a month for the place plus utilities. like I said good family friend.

dns is right...south carolina in general is cheaper as far as homes...however beaufort/bluffton/hilton head are some of the most expensive in the country.

finding a house with size and a decent layout for under 300,000 is damn near impossible. this was just the right place at the right time.

rachel you and the kids can move in until we knock out a couple of our own.

[gravymaster]

Well, I've thought long and hard about this, and my house is still better than yours. Reason being, your house is imaginary at this point, and I am sitting in my shit hole.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

just remembered that my frequently-visited grandmother lives in bluffton. she moved off the island a few years back, into one of the senior communities there. perhaps there will be time for a drive by stoning of your house next time i am in the area.

[phil]

i entered 'hilton head' in google and got lots of erotic pictures.

[DAntae]

just remembered that my frequently-visited grandmother lives in bluffton. she moved off the island a few years back, into one of the senior communities there. perhaps there will be time for a drive by stoning of your house next time i am in the area.


hmmm only real big time retirment community I know of is "sun city", or the cool old people who refuse to live there call it the cemetary with lights.

hilton head is kind of meh. too much money and not enough roads. if a hurricane was to hit there...holy shit. only one road off the island and its always packed.

[Spartan]

be careful about that luke, there are PLENTY of places in this country where housing costs are FAR worse than that. south carolina has relatively cheap housing prices compared to other states.

prices are going to be determined on the area, not the two letter abbreviation before the zip code. it's beaufort county, one of the fastest growing areas in the nation, let alone state. it's all about area, but that said....

how is $219,000 not expensive?

[phil]

$219,000 is not expensive when the same house costs a million dollars on the west coast.

[gravymaster]

how is $219,000 not expensive?
For a brand new house with the specs that dan mentioned, $219,000 is very cheap. I wish we had prices like that around here :(

[Spartan]

well then don't live there. it's that simple.

honestly, if it's like that in all of southern california and other select areas on the pacific and in cities like new york that everyone makes it out to be, here's a clue.

get out.

[gravymaster]

You pay for your surroundings. I would never be able to live in the South.

[Spartan]

right because no one's heard of the stereotypical jersey surroundings

[Icedragon]

Houses in my area go fo at least $400,000. Some go for upwards of $650,000.

[phil]

It was 80° and sunny here today

[Spartan]

cool.

it's also probably 85 in tucson. are real estate prices that assinine out there as they are on the coast?

[gravymaster]

right because no one's heard of the stereotypical jersey surroundings
Well, its obvious you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to this subject.

[skittlebrau]

Tucson has houses to DAn's specs that fall into the $100,000 - $200,000 range...although they are in subdivisions and have no backyards, alleys or privacy period (houses are no more than five feet apart in some subdivisions). Sucks.

And they're sprouting up like weeds and overtaking the desert :-/

[Spartan]

Well, its obvious you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to this subject.

hmm
You pay for your surroundings. I would never be able to live in the South.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

housing costs can be decided, to some degree, by the state they are in. obviously the area of the state matters greatly (west hollywood costs alot more than compton), but because of taxes, demand, schools, etc, many entire states, on average, cost more than others. gravy, new jersey is dirt cheap compared to most areas of california. the house that we sold in new jersey for $165,000 would have gone for $400,000 if we moved it out here at the time. god knows how much that has changed since. that said, new jersey can be ridiculously priced in some places too.

[aoife]

Very niiice, Dan! :thumbsup That's a great house.
Eric and I will battle for the game room.

[gravymaster]

Do you have plans for a game room, dan?

[kevin]

great house, dan. congrats.

house prices around chicago are starting to get ridiculous. in 1991 my parents bought a small, but decent-sized house for about 130,000. they sold it ten years later for almost 500,000. in those ten years the area went from small suburb to HUGE suburb. we moved even farther away from the city, and we can see it happening again. you definetly pay for your surroundings. if our current house was in san fran or something like that, it would be worth well over a million-- more than double what it's worth here

[Dead Nigga Storage]

your house wouldn't exist in san fran because there's no room for any house that doesn't look exactly like the houses from "full house" and if there were room, it'd be worth 2-3 million, probably.

[Rekart]

Housing prices are pretty high where I'm at. It's a nice suburb, little crime, good schools. Like everyone said, you pay for your surroundings. My house is pretty small (three bedrooms, one pretty small, one bathroom, a connected living room/dining room, and a kitchen. No basement, no second floor,) but would probably still go for at least $150,000, and considering it's not in bad shape, probably more. Compared to that, great house for a great price, Dan.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

you've got a $400,000 southern california house on your hands, rekart. i suggest moving it here.

[DAntae]

crazy part is back home...specifically nova/md homes of similiar size go for double easy. this will be brand new and have the upgrades we choose. also I dare anyone to find a 2000 sq ft home thats not in hardeeville for under 240k. still overly excited about it.

well the cool part is you go upstairs and to your left is the open loft/game room. its just going to be the entertainment room. huge wall to work with. neighbor I have now was a carpenter in richmond for 30 years. he designed a kick ass entertainment unit. he will design one for me and only charge me cost of supplies. so I will house a new television...time will tell on that. all the video game consoles. dvds will flank both sides of the unit. will incorporate surround sound/computer and all that good stuff. the room screams for all this.

best part of all this will be when we have kids...the school complex for k-12 is less than a half mile away. everyone here takes care of their property and most crime is drunk driving realted. however a guy from PA came down and killed his soon to be ex-wife. beat her, shot her, and then set the house on fire. then he goes and has a few drinks afterwards.

[DAntae]

fuck you centex...things fell through on this a few weeks ago. apparently they decided to have a lottery for the remaining lots. none of this was mentioned at any point of the home buying process.

so after feeling fucked over we decided we liked this house.

http://drhorton.com/corp/GetFloorPlan.do?dv=D7&pr=42978&pl=1154879

It is a spacious rancher. however their contract was horrid. they planned to have people close on these homes in august...however the roads have not been put it, plus there is no water or utilities available. those take weeks/months to get in. they also couldn't give us any reasonable idea of when our home could be ready.

soooo, this has left us feeling pretty exhausted. until this past saturday. we have decided to go with a local savannah builder with a good track record. the home we chose is...

http://www.landmark-24.com/chapelpark_driftwood.htm

ours is actually called the driftwood II. it bumps out to a two car garage, and extends the kitchen. we decided to go with the 3 bedroom plan to give ourselves a huge master bedroom. best part is this is a done deal, we reserved our lot...wrote the contract, then got approved through there broker today. home will be ready in early february. roads are already in, water and electricity as well. we even have our street address...this is starting to kick ass.

[IdRathaHavaBeer]

looks good, congratulations!

[Dead Nigga Storage]

no first floor toilet? sorry dan, no deal, i'm not visiting. ;)

[StrideR]

I call garage.

[kevin]

nice house, congrats.

the progression of the house being built is fun to watch.

[DAntae]

we plan to photograph it after different stages of construction for a cool piece of art.

dns did you miss the half bath right next to the kitchen...if so its all good. got my redskins guestroom all ready for ya.

[skittlebrau]

Sorry to hear about the first deal going through, DAn, but it seems to have turned out for the better. Congrats, man. Lookin' good.

And remember, I still want that fridge stocked when I move in. You got it? ;)

[Dead Nigga Storage]

we plan to photograph it after different stages of construction for a cool piece of art.

dns did you miss the half bath right next to the kitchen...if so its all good. got my redskins guestroom all ready for ya.the one that says powder room? ah, ok...it looked like just a sink was in there, but cool. i'm not lugging myself up a flight of stairs and missing that eli touchdown pass.

[DAntae]

just got a call from the "design center"...we meet with them next friday around 2 in savannah. oddly enough I am excited about picking out decor.

[Wonderboy]

I f'n love Hilton Head, use to be a frequent vacationing spot until recently :(.

[DAntae]

actually have house pictures guys...got to upload them somewhere though.

hilton head is actually a fun place...living 20 minutes off of it is much better though. traffic there is worse than d.c. plus most of the people out there are a bit snobbish.

[DAntae]

last weekend this is what it looked like...(plan to upload lots of others to a site then post...this will do for now.)

[:bang:]

sweet. funny that centex screwed you, shows what a difference a years makes.

did you hook it up with like a luxury bath or any goodies?

the wife and i are looking for a townhouse built in like the 70's 20 miles from dc. hope to keep it under half a mil :(

[aoife]

the wife and i are looking for a townhouse built in like the 70's 20 miles from dc. hope to keep it under half a mil :(
Wow, I hope so Danno...hopefully cheaper than that.

Yayy Dan! Yeah, what house goodies are you guys getting? Any idea on when the house will be done?

[Lady_Simpson]

Thats a freaken awesome house.
Congrats!

[DAntae]

sweet. funny that centex screwed you, shows what a difference a years makes.

did you hook it up with like a luxury bath or any goodies?

the wife and i are looking for a townhouse built in like the 70's 20 miles from dc. hope to keep it under half a mil :(


good luck with that price point. we looked to stay in that area before deciding to move. it would have just sunk any chance at starting a family sooner than later. lemme know how it goes because I am curious.

our builder offers so many standards that others offer as upgrades. anyhow we did splurge on the bathroom...something called the marble bath package. comes with a huge garden tub...and I get my shower seat/bench thing.

we actually have our pre drywall meeting today at 3.

I forgot to mention the best part...with centex we were looking at close to 250k for everything...everything here is going to cost us
204k. also get a much bigger lot for less. it worked out well.

[:bang:]

luckily i know a little about home building (work in the industry) so that helps. we actually work with centex, among others. the market has shat so hard here that prices have come way down. we might even be able to get a single family. we own our condo, so selling that's the biggest challenge

we'll list the condo for more than you paid for that house :-X

gotta have the money soaking tub though

[DAntae]

movind a condo can be a bit of a challenge. same house we got in nova would go for about 650k...thats on the low end. so I am loving life.

pre drywall meeting was interesting, basicly the bottom line is we are 60 days away (roughly) from closing on the home. my dog ran up the stairs and into the tub in the second bathroom. he seems to like it.