Home buying questions I should know, but I don't
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Grouping houses of roughly the same price level keeps the resell higher than a mixed group of homes, with a variety of home in price.
There are only so many 800s. Mixing them makes it not as mind numbing of a suburban hell scape.
Depends where you live, if you own the $400K house beside the $800 it helps you, but it hurts the property values of the $800K owners house. People spending that much for a home want to be able for the house to hold its property values.
Then they should pick a different house? It’s not like it’s secret information.
We just got word that someone is buying our house. The only other time we sold a house, we did it in one day in 2005, so we weren't used to the whole process. What I've learned is that selling a house isn't good for our mental health. It only took 24 days, but it was so nerve racking. Anytime anyone said anything negative, we took it personal. Ended up selling it for $5k under list. The new buyer is getting a great house that we took excellent care of. Now we need to find our next house!
Maybe that's a hint that you should stay where you are.
Never mind saw the post where your house sold. Congrats! Good luck house hunting.
If the opening is a standard rough size, then just get a entire jamb set at any box store. If there are any other doors in the vicinity you want to make sure it matches. Of course then one must trim it out to make it match the existing trim and make it look presentable.
Inspection came back and there were a few issues. Ended up giving the seller a little money to cover the repairs. Just put in an offer on a house in Urbandale/waukee schools/waukee in Google maps. It's 30 days from being done. Can't wait to move, just hope it's done, not sure what we'll do if it's not done in time.
Update time....
We moved into our new house last Friday. Urbandale address and Waukee schools. 30 days ago, the home was in drywall stage so when we moved in, it was just completed. We've had a few hickups, but the builder has been quick about fixing the issues. We're the last home to go up in this neighborhood, which I'm sure makes our neighbors happy.
Question time:
What does I have to do for car registration when I move from polk to dallas county? I seem to be getting mixed messages.
We moved into our new house last Friday. Urbandale address and Waukee schools. 30 days ago, the home was in drywall stage so when we moved in, it was just completed. We've had a few hickups, but the builder has been quick about fixing the issues. We're the last home to go up in this neighborhood, which I'm sure makes our neighbors happy.
Question time:
What does I have to do for car registration when I move from polk to dallas county? I seem to be getting mixed messages.
When we moved from MN I just made an appointment with the Dallas county treasurer in adel and they pretty much helped with everything. We had some hiccups to MN losing the title for one of my cars, but that's on the ******** at Dakota County license office in Lakeville (I'm still bitter).
I would call the Polk Co, courthouse and give them a heads up you have moved from your old address to the new address. Then call over to Dallas Co. and tell them what is going on, and set up and appointment if need be, if you need to come in. You license plate tags will be good until you have to renew, even if you no longer live at your old address.
Its also would be a good idea to redo your license and voting information to the new address. When we moved last year from Davis Co. to Story Co, a coupe of phone calls giving them a heads up, really made things go smoother. It does not matter which county you get your license switched over, just give them you new address and you should be fine, but the car license can only be issue by the county you live in.
Its also would be a good idea to redo your license and voting information to the new address. When we moved last year from Davis Co. to Story Co, a coupe of phone calls giving them a heads up, really made things go smoother. It does not matter which county you get your license switched over, just give them you new address and you should be fine, but the car license can only be issue by the county you live in.
There were a few other things/trends noticed that changed a lot between the 20 years of purchasing a home.
1. Huge windows, most of which are not able to open. This is totally fine with me, we keep our windows open like 2 weeks a year. Out of the probably 25 windows in this new house, only 4 can be opened. They are Pella windows. I've noticed this house is a lot quieter compared to our old house. I haven't heard one vehicle. Some of this could be due to us no longer being on a corner lot, with a stop sign. I'm assuming the home will also be a lot more efficient.
2. Community mailboxes-Don't care either way.
3. LVP everywhere
4. Electric fireplaces instead of gas
5. Things like pot fillers above the range don't seem to be a thing.
6. Composite decks were very uncommon 20 years ago (at least in my price range)
1. Huge windows, most of which are not able to open. This is totally fine with me, we keep our windows open like 2 weeks a year. Out of the probably 25 windows in this new house, only 4 can be opened. They are Pella windows. I've noticed this house is a lot quieter compared to our old house. I haven't heard one vehicle. Some of this could be due to us no longer being on a corner lot, with a stop sign. I'm assuming the home will also be a lot more efficient.
2. Community mailboxes-Don't care either way.
3. LVP everywhere
4. Electric fireplaces instead of gas
5. Things like pot fillers above the range don't seem to be a thing.
6. Composite decks were very uncommon 20 years ago (at least in my price range)
Windows are a huge investment in a home, and one area where people and builders go cheap to cut corners, and try to save money. Most people suggest budgeting 10% of your budget on windows. Our home was built in 2016, and we had all the windows on the main floor replaced this spring, seven total. Purchased Renewal by Anderson, pricey but well worth it. We hear a lot less noise from the street then we did before and the house, especially the bedroom is a lot warmer than with the old windows.
Yeah this is very true and I don’t recommend Pella windows at all
