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Re: building a house vs buying a house
Posted by AlexP (more from AlexP) on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:14:33
In Reply to: building a house vs buying a house, nt moore, Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:28:53
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Do you watch This Old House on PBS?
Last season they bought an old farmhouse and built much of it from the ground up. They did keep much of the original framing where it wasn't damaged, for sentimental reasons, but, like Chaz mentioned in his post, they put in radiant floors, thermal windows, expandable foam insulation, and all kinds of other techniques to seal off drafts and reduce energy loss.
I would buy an old farmhouse and completely renovate it. A farmhouse in bad shape wouldn't be worth much. Probably worth the price of the land it's on.
The benefit would be that fences would already be up, pastures might be defined so you wouldn't have to clear too much land (lots of work), and you'd already have a poll-barn ready to be used!
Good luck.
Alex
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Posts in this Thread:
- building a house vs buying a house, nt moore, Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:28:53
- I have done both, Schu, Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:34:38
- Another kit home company ..., Urby, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:30:30
- Plan, bring money, think it through, etc., Noel, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:57:46
- Walker show, bj, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:59:10
- More work than you realize......, MI-Roger
, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:43:02- kit homes, nt moore, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 10:24:59
- Re: building a house vs buying a house, AlexP, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:14:33 <-- Viewing This Message
- If you build, you can get serious tax breaks..., Chaz, Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:53:45
- A summer prtoject?! Good luck! . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:24:49
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