That and the limited supply of 3+ bedroom homes on the market.

from a random house up here in Oregon...

The Fife said:

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The value must be in the land because the finishes don't suggest half that.

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Sadly, $200/sq ft for new construction with exactly those types of "high end finishes" are the norm in a lot of areas of TX. It's definitely about what you get in my 'burb (The Woodlands), and my weekly perusal of of HAR tells me it's like that in many other areas of the state, too.

I looked at this house recently. It's in the 'hood where I currently live but on a much nicer/quieter lot than mine.

https://www.har.com/23-madrone-terrace-place/sale_8947617

It was originally listed at $200+/sq ft ($599k). It photographs pretty nicely, but when you walk the house, you can see where the builder cut corners (for example, the dishwasher is a piece of plastic junk).

Any update on the realtor potentially picking up the house with the "unique right angle brick pattern"?

cjo03 said:

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from a random house up here in Oregon...

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JMac03 said:

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cjo03 said:

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from a random house up here in Oregon...

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Magic flying carpet???

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but would it need to be listed as an exclusion?? link

Love the area and the property. That house looks very dated though. So much work to do just to get it updated.

Bobcat-Ag said:

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Love the area and the property. That house looks very dated though. So much work to do just to get it updated.

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If I knew the magic carpet worked, I may entertain it... but without the magic carpet, my commute would be too long.

Holy cow that's a lot of white... with a little grey thrown in...

Good eye. The plumbing fixtures, doors and door hardware are what I'll look at a lot of the time.

I don't understand why builders still insist upon doing corner fireplaces in a family room. There's too much going on in there anyway and it's competing with everything else.

cjo03 said:

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from a random house up here in Oregon...

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I haven't seen orange countertops since I was a kid, or a lot of stuff in those pictures!

What's with the paved areas? Abandoned tennis courts?

The Fife said:

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Good eye. The plumbing fixtures, doors and door hardware are what I'll look at a lot of the time.

I don't understand why builders still insist upon doing corner fireplaces in a family room. There's too much going on in there anyway and it's competing with everything else.

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My house now has a corner fireplace. I think they do it to open up wall space, but I agree, it's not my favorite.

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Holy cow that's a lot of white... with a little grey thrown in...

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I usually hate white cabinets, but that kitchen I posted actually looks better in person than it photographs. The dark island, the countertops (which you can't really see) and the hardwood floors are gorgeous.

But it was just all the little ways that the builder cut corners that irritated me - especially at that price per sq ft. In addition to the cheap dishwasher, the refrigerator cut out is (comparatively) tiny, and the upper trim has a lip that will force it to be even shorter than what it looks. The master closet, at first glance, looks like it has those hanging rods that are hinged that you can pull down, but it actually doesn't. It just has long stretches of fixed rod, much of which you need a ladder to access. And don't get me started on the laundry room and the secondary bath. Both are tiny. Overall closet space is very limited, especially for a house that size. The dishwasher really killed it for me, though, because I know it wouldn't have cost the builder more than a couple hundred $ to put in one with a hidden control panel that's all stainless on the inside.

And would it kill builders to hang a cabinet over the toilets in the house? I had to ask the builder of my current house to install one in my master bath, too, before we closed. Where the heck else are you supposed to store your extra toilet paper, especially in the master bath where the toilet is in a little room by itself?!?

cjo03 said:

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Bobcat-Ag said:

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Love the area and the property. That house looks very dated though. So much work to do just to get it updated.

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If I knew the magic carpet worked, I may entertain it... but without the magic carpet, my commute would be too long.

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The views are beautiful. Love the windows. But it damn near would take an entire gut to remodel that thing.

Everything about that house screams "we used the absolute cheapest materials we could find to build this house and **** gonna be falling apart soon. Very soon".

KB Homes?

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And would it kill builders to hang a cabinet over the toilets in the house? I had to ask the builder of my current house to install one in my master bath, too, before we closed. Where the heck else are you supposed to store your extra toilet paper, especially in the master bath where the toilet is in a little room by itself?!?

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Our half bath has a wall hanging toilet with the tank in the wall and thus, no cabinets anywhere but the countertop runs the length of the room. We hide an extra roll in a little metal container that's made for that purpose. Sucks to be you if someone forgot to replace the roll and you run out, but that hasn't happened yet.

Bobcat-Ag said:

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Yes, absolutely. It's from right around when they stopped dropping the octagonal window above the front door.

Link

Ducks4brkfast said:

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I am so confused...about all of it. Brand new home, ****ty furniture, still being finished. If that is "staging" then WTF. I can only assume someone had already signed for all of that and then lost funding or something cause that **** is just fugly as all get out. And the outside? Let's take 3 looks and combine them into one.

My eyes!

At least you have easy access to Mexican cuisine

5718 Crater Lake

Pretty innocuous until you get to the backyard. It's your bog standard platted neighborhood from the 80s and 90s till blam!

1. Who sold them their section of backyard?
2. Is the church cool with them using their lot for access?
3. What the **** where you thinking?

The joys of living in the county.

Google Aerial View

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Anyone else notice there is no dishwasher??

Looks like someone has been living there (probably the builder) while its being finished.

He's down, someone get him some Reeses now!

Here's one that jumped out at me looking through recent local listings. Seems like a great deal:

https://www.har.com/1114-e-29th-street/sale_28770524

MAS444 said:

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Here's one that jumped out at me looking through recent local listings. Seems like a great deal:

https://www.har.com/1114-e-29th-street/sale_28770524

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7 units in 3382 sq ft...month to month renters...I'm sure the people living in the "affluent" and "luxury" neighboring homes are thrilled about that!