Too White

[Busyman]

$400,000 is around about 220,000 quid..... You would be hard pushed to find a decent house with an acre of land round here for that money.

That's why York, PA is so appealing.

Also, homes in South and North Carolina (basically the south) are even lower.

I have land in South Carolina and I see now that one can purchase an acre for a measely $8000.

Many folks are retiring in the south and their children will reap the benefits when the boom hits there.

I only have a half acre now (in Maryland) and I have a very big backyard (and a decent front yard).

If I had a house on a full acre (or more) then I'd have to figure out shit to put on it.

Full court basketball?
Tennis?
Huge swimming pool? (I get one where I live now)

[Formula1]

yeah houses in good neighbourhoods here in Maryland, cost around 400,000-500,000 for a 4 bedroom house...

[Busyman]

yeah houses in good neighbourhoods here in Maryland, cost around 400,000-500,000 for a 4 bedroom house...

...and they are shit for land.

I've driven around and houses that cost $500,000 have 1/4 an acre (or less) and have a HOA fee of $100 or more per month.

They can suck my ass 'cause that's ridiculous.

The best way to go, from what I've seen, is to either buy a smaller house with a decent amount of land and build on it or buy land straight out and build a home from scratch.

Housing developments suck ass. You are almost guaranteed to have a neighbour with their bad ass kids 5 feet from your house.

[DanB]

HOA fee?? is that like Council Tax?

[Busyman]

HOA fee?? is that like Council Tax?

Homeowners Association and no....it's worse.....what's Council Tax?

[JPaul]

HOA fee?? is that like Council Tax?

Assuming that our landed colleague knows what Council Tax is.

[JPaul]

HOA fee?? is that like Council Tax?

Homeowners Association and no....it's worse.....what's Council Tax?

How do you know it's worse if you don't know what the other thing is.

[Busyman]

Homeowners Association and no....it's worse.....what's Council Tax?

How do you know it's worsse if you don't know what the other thing is.

I was waiting for that.

"Assumptions" is my answer.

[manker]

How do you know it's worsse if you don't know what the other thing is.

I was waiting for that.

"Assumptions" is my answer.

Use logic or stfu.

[DanB]

HOA fee?? is that like Council Tax?

Assuming that our landed learned colleague knows what Council Tax is.

I'll help him become learned then

http://www.voa.gov.uk/council_tax/