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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
I doubt that applies to people here. Houses just cost a lot, or you spend all your free time fixing and improving.Housing is an emotional things. In a way, it's a bragging right just like a new car. The more money you spend on it, the more you can brag about it.
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One of the posts above mentions keeping his house to the level at which he bought it. This makes sense; because unless you happen to sell in a very hot market it is going to be very hard to sell a house with an older style kitchen, bathroom, etc.
It is like building a house part by part sourced from Home Depot, and that is not cheap!
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