Homes… Your Thoughts… Old or New?

[FullMetalBucket]

I had a bat get in my prior NH house years back. It was before I put a new roof so I think it came in by the chimney flashing. Anyway middle of the night I heard a strange erratic flapping noise around the dark room. Flipped on the light and there he was flying around in circles. I tried to catch him but all I had was a towel no net . I had a towel in one hand and a tennis racket in the other lol. Managed to finally direct him downstairs and out the slider. I didn’t want to kill it because I lived at the end of a lake at the time and those guys eat a lot of skeeters. Bats are pretty much harmless. Plus I don’t want to piss off Batman.

Now the squirrels that broke into my house were a different story. I had zero tolerance for those little jerks. I had to have all the insulation removed in the attic, hepa vacuumed all their droppings, and sterilized and replace the soffit they chewed through. Cost several thousand.

 

[Jstpssng]

I woke up one night at my parent's house to the sound of a bat flying around. By the time I got up he had landed on a curtain so I put a glove on (no idea why I found one in my bedroom), scooped it up, took it outside and killed it.

I have always regretted the last. Somebody else already mentioned how many mosquitoes they eat.

 

[arto98607]

....................snip.................... Bats are pretty much harmless. Plus I don’t want to piss off Batman.

Now the squirrels that broke into my house were a different story. I had zero tolerance for those little jerks. I had to have all the insulation removed in the attic, hepa vacuumed all their droppings, and sterilized and replace the soffit they chewed through. Cost several thousand.

Not trying to be alarmist, but some bats have rabies and if you accidentally get scraped by one, enough to break the skin (or bitten which may be rare?) I think you may change your mind...

Nothing against bats, as long as they are not inside my house.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Not trying to be alarmist, but some bats have rabies and if you accidentally get scraped by one, enough to break the skin (or bitten which may be rare?) I think you may change your mind...

Nothing against bats, as long as they are not inside my house.

I know but it is less than 1%. Mosquitos carry all kinds of nasties too and I’ve been bitten by a lot more of those.

 

[ultrarunner]

I would think the way the housing prices are in California, my 2000sqft home that we paid $125k in Arkansas for is probably comparable to a million dollar home there.

At least based on the house hunters shows my wife watches on TV.

Fair bet on one of the metros…

During Covid I saw a 1920 one thousand foot bungalow that had been foreclosed twice in Oakland sell for 920k


Couldn’t believe it myself… no garage either.

Now it’s estimated to be 800k but still unbelievable for a home that sold for under 3k new.

 

[Dftodd]

Fair bet on one of the metros…

During Covid I saw a 1920 one thousand foot bungalow that had been foreclosed twice in Oakland sell for 950k


Couldn’t believe it myself… no garage either.

Now it’s estimated to be 800k but still unbelievable for a home that sold for under 3k new.

Its also tiny..... Back before covid you could buy a McMansion with a large 3 car garage for $300ish here.

Daughter just bought a 2400sqft, 4 bed, 2.5 baths, w/ pool on a fancy walking trail in town for $325k.

Which reminds me, I'm gonna have to go over in a couple weeks and help her husband figure out how to open up the pool and get the chemicals right, as well as Cypher out the pool controls

I did mention that it might be a good plan to talk to the local pool company and see what it would take to convert it to salt water.

 

[NUTTERDW]

I bought some land thinking when we move in a few years I don’t want to buy someone else’s problem and I’ll build new. But now now prices are so high on new construction, you’ll spend 400k building a 300k house. I may have to rethink my plan.

My two sons and my son in law and I found 25 acres of land in 1999 and divided it up and we built our own homes, so we know the quality of the construction. It was a fun time even though all of us were working 40 hours a week on public work. We finished my wife and I's house in June of 2004 which was the last one to be built. During that time we had to install 2500 hundred feet of water, gas, and sewer lines as well as build the road. When we moved in the houses were totally finished. WE got a finished house for about half of what a contractor wanted to build one.Our house is a story and a half and about 2400 feet on the main floor and 1400 one the second floor. WE had two children and their six children who lived out of the area so the second floor made sense when they came to visit. It has a separate heating and cooling system so we don't keep it heated years around.

 

[ultrarunner]

Memory a little rusty but here is the home…

https://redf.in/9FnNoQ

 

[bigtiller]

WOW!!

 

[WinterDeere]

When the city of Vilonia built a bypass around the city, they didn't take into account drainage or how the highway would effect the surrounding areas.

Some people's properties started flooding when they didn't before.

That's understandable. A highway with 3 lanes of traffic in each direction has an impervious surface near 320,000 square feet per mile! That's more than 7 acres of asphalt per mile.

The little 600 square foot garage that I want to erect on a property of several acres of open lawn and trees shouldn't require the same level of scrutiny.

Memory a little rusty but here is the home…

https://redf.in/9FnNoQ

That entire house would fit inside my dining room. Literally.