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From: San Francisco, Ca.
Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
Okay, what's this house worth in YOUR area, and what would your taxes run:
1500 sq. ft ranch, built in 1985. 3-bedroom (3 walk-in closets)/ 2 bath, 3-car attached garage. Formal dining room/ separate living room w/ fireplace. Fully-finished basement (drywall, carpeted, 8-foot ceilings), 16x32 in-ground pool w/ summer house. Sits on 3 rural acres w/ municipal water and natural gas, 20 minutes from city w/ approx. 200,000 population.
1500 sq. ft ranch, built in 1985. 3-bedroom (3 walk-in closets)/ 2 bath, 3-car attached garage. Formal dining room/ separate living room w/ fireplace. Fully-finished basement (drywall, carpeted, 8-foot ceilings), 16x32 in-ground pool w/ summer house. Sits on 3 rural acres w/ municipal water and natural gas, 20 minutes from city w/ approx. 200,000 population.
If you owned 3 acres of land here, that would be about 52 of our standard lots at about a 900,000 per lot; just the land only.
Other districts would fetch an easy 2-5 million per lot.
Thing is, there are no empty acreage here.
Hows your FICO score?
Last edited by sierraben; Nov 8, 2005 at 07:52 PM.
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From: Tampa Bay, FL USA
I'm sitting here in shock, looking at these numbers you people are posting. I'm gonna let this run a bit, check back on it tomorrow and see if anyone else adds there opinion. THEN I'll tell you what the house is worth, right where it sits.
Some you will be looking into moving costs to Rochester, NY...
Some you will be looking into moving costs to Rochester, NY...
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From: Tillsonburg ON
Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
1500 sq. ft ranch, built in 1985. 3-bedroom (3 walk-in closets)/ 2 bath, 3-car attached garage. Formal dining room/ separate living room w/ fireplace. Fully-finished basement (drywall, carpeted, 8-foot ceilings), 16x32 in-ground pool w/ summer house. Sits on 3 rural acres w/ municipal water and natural gas, 20 minutes from city w/ approx. 200,000 population.
Kelowna BC -- maybe about a million without waterfront and four million with waterfront
Langley BC -- I'm guessing $1.5 million plus (what's your opinion bigrigfixer?)
Where I live now (about 100 miles west of you) -- about $300k but for that price you might get another 100 acres with it that you can lease back to a local farmer and pay your taxes and your mortgage with
I understand your shock. It's a west vs east thing and it looks like it's the same on both sides of the border. It's the reason I moved back east and the increase in my standard of living is well worth the cost of moving. Although you can check back with me on that in February, my opinion might have changed with the weather
Last edited by duc_grrl; Nov 8, 2005 at 08:26 PM.
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From: Manassas Park, VA
your place in the Manassas area would be at least 800k. Taxes range in this area as you have 2 indepent cities located in the county here. I know manassas park tax rate is 1.28 per 100 dollars and the county i think is just under 1.00 per 100, city of manassas is between the 2 but closer to the county.
I know my taxes were around 3500 last time.
I know my taxes were around 3500 last time.
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
Originally Posted by duc_grrl
Langley BC -- I'm guessing $1.5 million plus (what's your opinion bigrigfixer?)
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From: south louisiana
MY GOODNESS LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS!!!!!!!! Around here a very very nice lot 1 acre on beautiful wooded land with hills costs about 25k and a 2500 square foot house is about 140k, so for 165k you could be living it up for your money, thank god I dont live in such a high living expense area.
I bought my home in 2000 for 35k, added on 800 square feet and remodled it totally and now its worth 80k.
ah the good life.........
now if only we could do something about my paycheck.....lol
I bought my home in 2000 for 35k, added on 800 square feet and remodled it totally and now its worth 80k.
ah the good life.........
now if only we could do something about my paycheck.....lol
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From: NW burbs of chicago
Jeff, that house / land would run 350-450 Here (nw burbs of chicago)
My wife and I just bout a 1000 ft ranch w basement 2 car garage , sorta a fixer upper for 189k.
My best frreind, who works for a custom home builder just bought a 750k house / land, only to tear it down and build a 3 million dollar house.
My wife and I just bout a 1000 ft ranch w basement 2 car garage , sorta a fixer upper for 189k.
My best frreind, who works for a custom home builder just bought a 750k house / land, only to tear it down and build a 3 million dollar house.
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From: Everett, Wa
Originally Posted by 1956MarkII
Okay, what's this house worth in YOUR area, and what would your taxes run:
1500 sq. ft ranch, built in 1985. 3-bedroom (3 walk-in closets)/ 2 bath, 3-car attached garage. Formal dining room/ separate living room w/ fireplace. Fully-finished basement (drywall, carpeted, 8-foot ceilings), 16x32 in-ground pool w/ summer house. Sits on 3 rural acres w/ municipal water and natural gas, 20 minutes from city w/ approx. 200,000 population.
1500 sq. ft ranch, built in 1985. 3-bedroom (3 walk-in closets)/ 2 bath, 3-car attached garage. Formal dining room/ separate living room w/ fireplace. Fully-finished basement (drywall, carpeted, 8-foot ceilings), 16x32 in-ground pool w/ summer house. Sits on 3 rural acres w/ municipal water and natural gas, 20 minutes from city w/ approx. 200,000 population.
House alone on a 7000sq ft building lot $350k. The pool would only add about 5k and up here would probably not really be a selling feature unless it is covered. Add the 3 acres and being that close to town would add anoth 1-3 million.
Say 1.5 mill for the whole deal and that would be a good ball park figure. Taxes would run about $15k.
Last edited by tmyers; Nov 9, 2005 at 01:23 AM.
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
I was thinking the same thing about the pool. We have friends that bought a pretty good-sized shack out in the Stafford area, about 10 miles south of us. 6,000 sq/ft home on 2 acres ($2.5 mil, as I recall). They filled in the in-ground pool and turned it into a tennis court. 
Intel money that had the foresight to bail before the stock price headed south- go figure. He's a schooltecher.
Intel money that had the foresight to bail before the stock price headed south- go figure. He's a schooltecher.
