Real Estate Question
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Since this morning is slow in the SB ... I'm looking into buying a condo or house this coming spring. The one I'm most interested in is a duplex-style townhouse. I'm curious if anyone has lived in one of thsoe and what the experience was like (trouble with neighbors, difficulty doing things around the house/common property, difficulty reselling, etc).
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
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Since this morning is slow in the SB ... I'm looking into buying a condo or house this coming spring. The one I'm most interested in is a duplex-style townhouse. I'm curious if anyone has lived in one of thsoe and what the experience was like (trouble with neighbors, difficulty doing things around the house/common property, difficulty reselling, etc).
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
Zac Howland wrote:
The one I'm most interested in is a duplex-style townhouse.
Well, I have never lived in them but I do own two duplexes. The biggest complaint I get from the tenants is about the noise through the shared wall. This all depends on on the age and how well the walls are insulated (if at all). Inside the unit you should be able to modify and upgraded to your hearts content. On the outside, check the rules (if there is an hoa) but, you should be able to make minor mods.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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Zac Howland wrote:
The one I'm most interested in is a duplex-style townhouse.
Well, I have never lived in them but I do own two duplexes. The biggest complaint I get from the tenants is about the noise through the shared wall. This all depends on on the age and how well the walls are insulated (if at all). Inside the unit you should be able to modify and upgraded to your hearts content. On the outside, check the rules (if there is an hoa) but, you should be able to make minor mods.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Do you have any trouble keeping them occupied? Just thinking down the road, I'd probably want to rent it out at some point in time when I'm ready to buy a bigger house.
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
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Do you have any trouble keeping them occupied? Just thinking down the road, I'd probably want to rent it out at some point in time when I'm ready to buy a bigger house.
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
Zac Howland wrote:
Do you have any trouble keeping them occupied?
No more than my homes or condos. It's all about the local market. When I am evaluating a property I always fudge in a vacancy rate of 25%. Rarely is it the bad, but you should always work with worst case numbers. If you do decide to rent it out later make sure you look at all of your financing options as a standard 30 fixed rate isn't always the best choice (sometimes it is) for investment properties. Also, I'd suggest hiring a property manager. Nothing is more depressing than thinking you finally have some free time on your hands and whamo! You get a call from a tenant over a small item that needs to be repaired.
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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Since this morning is slow in the SB ... I'm looking into buying a condo or house this coming spring. The one I'm most interested in is a duplex-style townhouse. I'm curious if anyone has lived in one of thsoe and what the experience was like (trouble with neighbors, difficulty doing things around the house/common property, difficulty reselling, etc).
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
Zac Howland wrote:
duplex-style townhouse
What is a duplex-style house? Built onto on both sides (terraced)? -- modified at 15:44 Friday 22nd December, 2006 It seems, thanks to the replies, that it is a semi-detached house.
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Zac Howland wrote:
duplex-style townhouse
What is a duplex-style house? Built onto on both sides (terraced)? -- modified at 15:44 Friday 22nd December, 2006 It seems, thanks to the replies, that it is a semi-detached house.
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music to programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkIt is basically a townhouse that is only attached on 1 side. There is a whole development that is built like that not too far from where I live now. They are kind of neat.
If you decide to become a software engineer, you are signing up to have a 1/2" piece of silicon tell you exactly how stupid you really are for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week Zac
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Zac Howland wrote:
duplex-style townhouse
What is a duplex-style house? Built onto on both sides (terraced)? -- modified at 15:44 Friday 22nd December, 2006 It seems, thanks to the replies, that it is a semi-detached house.
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music to programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkThink of a large house divided down the middle with 2 front doors,back doors and, yards :) It's an apartment with a yard and only one shared wall. -- modified at 17:16 Friday 22nd December, 2006 HA HA! I said hose :)
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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Zac Howland wrote:
duplex-style townhouse
What is a duplex-style house? Built onto on both sides (terraced)? -- modified at 15:44 Friday 22nd December, 2006 It seems, thanks to the replies, that it is a semi-detached house.
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music to programmers listen to?
Join the Code Project Last.fm group | dwulff
I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
What is a duplex-style house?
If only there were some kind of place on the internets where you could look up stuff like that? ;)