• xpinchx@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Fr you never see ranch houses being built anymore, they’re all luxury townhouses or multi story mcmansions or generic suburb homes that trade good design for maximum sq ft.

      I just want a small house with a decent yard… $500k easy around where I live. The affordable ones are bought above asking price and demolished to build two-flats or luxury homes.

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        11 months ago

        Man I’m in the same boat. I bought a short sale condo during the housing collapse and I’m selling it now to buy a house…150k for a down payment and I can’t find SHIT I can afford.

        I want a 2-3 bedroom house with enough room for a workshop (meaning a basement or 2-car garage) and ANY sized yard. The only ones I can find within an hour radius are 100k too expensive or need 100k in work.

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      11 months ago

      The worst part where I live(Ontario, Canada), they aren’t even high end, they are just insanely expensive. An absolute pile of shit mass-built subdivision home where I live starts at about $500k. Houses where they cut every single corner possible and only hire trade workers under the table or minimum wage. Houses where they pay off inspectors to be able to build without following codes. Houses where they rush every single worker because they are building them as fast as possible. It’s a fucking joke.