HaHa said:Martha, have you been able to retrofit with hi-R insulation? I would imagine that insulation is very important where you are.
Ha
Nope. Our heating bill sucks.
HaHa said:Martha, have you been able to retrofit with hi-R insulation? I would imagine that insulation is very important where you are.
Ha
() said:. . . of which I'm sure have voided their gas, oil and antifreeze into the ground.
Martha said:Sounds like you are married to a nurse.
Martha said:Nope. Our heating bill sucks.
uncledrz said:I see a project for Greg in the future!
uncledrz
Martha said:And I thought you were going to post about our attempt to try to insulate the kitchen by dropping little styrofoam balls into the half inch of dead space between the bricks and the plaster.
Foot thick brick walls. Lathe attached to brick. Plaster on top. No where to insulate but the roof. Which we did insulate.
MRGALT2U said:Agree with this approach, but the
$50 per SF is too low.
I use it sometimes,
but even out here in the sticks I think it is inadequate.
JG
MRGALT2U said:DW has started to scan the real estate ads lately
(she either caught the bug from me or is thinking of moving out)
Anyway, she found a "fishing cabin" with 2 acres and river access
"remodeled" , about 600 SF, asking price.......35K. I told her to
look up the realtor's website. She did and I know right where
it is. It's in the flood plain (could be why it's been remodeled).
Anyway, I'm going to look at it just for grins. It's a lousy neighborhood, outside the city but convenient. The other day she spotted a 2BR ranch in decent shape for 20K asking. Again the
neighborhood was iffy, but outside the city and convenient.
She called. It sold for 18K, and this was NOT a fixer-upper.
We wouldn't live in either of these, but you could hardly lose
buying and holding (or flipping) at those prices.
JG.
No maintenance, tenants can't trash it-- the perfect rental property!Honkie said:As we don't own a car, the space rents for $360 a month.
Nords said:No maintenance, tenants can't trash it-- the perfect rental property!
The Other Michael said:A friend who is a real estate agent was bringing some motorcycle parts over to me a couple of days ago, and I asked him what our 1100 sq foot 3bf/1ba house on a 25x120' lot was going for these days, and he said $650-700K.
That's so stupid.
We're 3 blocks from the ocean and 2 blocks from Golden Gate park, but it is far from being a ritzy neighborhood. But I suspect that San Francisco properties are likely to stay highly valued (even if they slump a bit) just due to the scarcity. In a 7x7 mile city, there just isn't much space, and no where to expand into.
Has anyone noticed how tortured the styling is on so many of the McMansions? How can people stand to live in such ugly places?
We wouldn't mind having more space in the house, but 2000-2500 sq ft would probably be just fine. If I could double the garage space to then I could get out of my rented warehouse space and have everything handy to me here at home.
Comparing real estate prices/values/properties in different parts of the country is an amusing pastime.
cheers,
Michael
The Other Michael said:A friend who is a real estate agent was bringing some motorcycle parts over to me a couple of days ago, and I asked him what our 1100 sq foot 3bf/1ba house on a 25x120' lot was going for these days, and he said $650-700K.
ESRBob said:But if a place like SF stays true to its liberal/creative roots, and preserve that feeling, there will alway be people willing to move from all over the world and pay up to live there.
MRGALT2U said:DW has started to scan the real estate ads lately
(she either caught the bug from me or is thinking of moving out)
Anyway, she found a "fishing cabin" with 2 acres and river access
"remodeled" , about 600 SF, asking price.......35K. I told her to
look up the realtor's website. She did and I know right where
it is. It's in the flood plain (could be why it's been remodeled).
Anyway, I'm going to look at it just for grins. It's a lousy neighborhood, outside the city but convenient. The other day she spotted a 2BR ranch in decent shape for 20K asking. Again the
neighborhood was iffy, but outside the city and convenient.
She called. It sold for 18K, and this was NOT a fixer-upper.
We wouldn't live in either of these, but you could hardly lose
buying and holding (or flipping) at those prices.
JG.
The Other Michael said:Has anyone noticed how tortured the styling is on so many of the McMansions? How can people stand to live in such ugly places?
Sheryl said:Do NOT get me started. I could rant on this for pages. But I won't.
boont said:"At least until the quake comes.
ha"
The quake already came and went. Mostly little damage as always now days. It is not 1906 anymore.
How do you like those hurricanes. They will be coming like clock work unlike earthquakes.
b.