Realestate, Mortgage and Home owners discussion

[Duncan]

[nature boy]

actually, i think it was my brother who told me that, and although your explanation/reasoning could be valid, his was a little different. people buying houses aren't always looking for the best deal, but they're looking for a place that they could call home. people are also suspicious. so if your house is the cheapest on the block, they'll be wondering, why is it so cheap? what's wrong with it?

it reminds me of a marketing story that larksun told me about a local dude who made snowboards. he used the best materials he knew of to make these awesome boards and he could do it for really cheap. so he sold it at a price that was roughly 50% cheaper than any other board, while he swore his quality was better. but no one bought them. he consulted a business guy who advised him to raise the price to be on par with the other good boards on the market and sure enough, they started selling.

people want a deal, but they don't want cheap. if it's too cheap they'll wonder why and not bother. i don't know how many times i bought the more expensive food at the store thinking that it'd taste better or something.

and for being the most expensive on the block, people would just think you're overpriced and tell you to screw yourself.

[Wetundies]

Lidstrom just sold his house for 2.9m. Comes with a tennis court, swimming pool and 4 car garage. 3mil here only gets you entry level westside.

[nature boy]

who the heck is lidstrom?
for 3 mil you'd be lucky to get a place that doesn't leak in vancouver haha.

[Wetundies]

Here's a cool place for sale.

http://www.upstatecastle.com/

[nature boy]

i'd buy it and build a batcave underneath it.

[Duncan]

so we finally took the plunge on the weekend. Went in on a 1/2 duplex in north bby with keian. Looks like we'll be moving in Aug 1st. It's in Bby if you're curious about the location/listing.

w00t...

[geForce]

Congratulations!

How are the living arrangements going to work? Looking at the floor plan, it looks like the basement has no kitchen, so I guess you're not going to be locking Keian down there.

[nature boy]

congrats! man alive it's been a long road for you guys.
is it close to your parents' place? i don't know where fell ave is.

[se7entse7en]

Congrats!

[Duncan]

[nature boy]

it's just over a year? i thought it was a lot longer than that...

[Wetundies]

The place looks like it's been updated already.

[nature boy]

i think dunc meant the picture of the floor plan on the website.

[Duncan]

lol yea... i meant the floor plan drawing...

anyways, we started our actual search (as in looking at open houses and setting up showings) around march last year. It feels like more than a year because we've been talking about it since probably 2010 but alicia decided she wanted another baby instead of a place of our own lol. If we didnt have ellie, we probably would've settled on a 2 bedroom apartment or townhouse, which is what we could afford at that time.

anyways, if anyone sees good deals on leather sectional couches or nice henckels twin or wusthof knife block sets for cheap lemme know. Gotta start looking for that kinda stuff.