I signed papers on Monday and finished picking all the tile, carpet, etc yesterday!!

My sister and I are buying it as an investment property-we will live in it for about 5 years and then turnaround and rent it out or sell it, depending on how the market fares.

Anyways, it has four bedrooms, three and a half baths, and two "living areas" (family room and media room). Plus, it has a three car garage! If everything goes to plan, which I am sure it wont , it should be completed by the end of February!!

Man, we are so excited!!



Sorry for the crappy pic-haven't had the chance to take a better one.

 

Nice house. I'm surprised by how close your neighbors house is though.
Good luck with it.

 

congrats

 

Cool. How many sq ft?

 

Looks cool. How much is that thing, 250? 300?

I wish I could buy me one of them for that price. I would get two.

 

Yeah, it is close, but this house was on the builder's close out pricing, so we got this one instead of starting from scratch with a bigger lot.

 

Just under 3400.

 

Just over three with the options that we added-tile throughout on the main floor, granite counter tops, upgraded carpet, etc.

 

Looks like a beauty. Congrats!

Get ready to spend tons of $$ @ Lowe's and Home Depot! We built a new home last year so I figured I was done spending tons of $$ at home stores (since the new house was brand new).... but as a DIY'r, I always seem to find new things to get for it.. Enjoy..

 

Unreal. Couldn't even get close for something like that here.

Nice work!

 

Thanks, were stoked!! We were looking at a few different areas, but fell in love with this area. It is 10 mins from downtown Austin, and 10 mins from office-can't get much better than that!!

 

Thanks!

I can't imagine how much I am going to spend-I know that we are going to end up spending at least a few grand on just blinds!!

 

Sweet house, that amazing you can get a new 3400 sq/ft house with some nice upgrades for just over $300k

 

Man, it must be nice living in Texas. Just over 3 would get me a nice condo

 

I know what you mean-my older sister is a fellow masshole and she is building her house in Bedford as we speak. It is dumbfounding how much she is paying and how much less she is getting than me.

God, I do LOVE Texas!!

 

Nice...I will own a house one day!!!

 

I just finally got real blinds in myhouse. I ordered them from stardecorating.com. They had an excellent price and reallygoodfollow through. I had two damaged by shipping and one made wrong. All were immediately replaced with no push back whatsoever.

Anyway, that is a nice house. There are some right outside my window being built just like that .... for 850k.

 

Congrats ATXCLS!!!

But to that. I can't even come close to something like that here. That is one thing I love about Texas....you can still get a sweet house a on real nice house.

 

I paid way more than that, and my house is about 1/2 the size and I think my neighbour is even closer.

Anyways, congrats. Looks like a VERY nice home

 

i paid 3/4 that and my house is 1/3 the size and my neighbor is just as close... but worse... its an apartment building

 

Congratulations !
This is in Austin ? sounds like no bobble there.
how big is the property ?

 

The housing market here in Austin has been behind the national average for a while now. We are only just entering the bubble now. All told, I will just under or right around $100/square foot. In a few years, taking into account the current market growth, I will be able to easily pull anywhere from $115-$120/square foot.

The property isn't all that big-can;t remember the exact specs. But, we do have a nice size back yard that is very treed (sp??).

And yes, we are in Austin-just outside the city. We are about 10 mins SW from downtown.

 

What area exactly?

 

I love Austin

 

CHRIST!!!!
A tad over $300K!!!!
I'm moving to Texas!!!

 

very nice congrats!

 

nice crib.

cant wait till we have the next meet there.

 

have to agree with the windy city man. i visited a friend in san antonio once and couldn't believe how much more impressive homes were there, and nearly half the price as around here.



congrats ATXCLS

 

It is about a mile westof the "Y" in Oak Hill on 71.

Thanks everyone-it really is amazing!!!

 

Man, I wish I could get a house like that in the Bay Area!

My parents house (which I live in) cost us $500K back in 2001 (5 bedroom, 3.5 bath, 2900 sq ft). It's now worth $900K

There is no way I could get a house like yours out here for $300K, congrats

 

wow thats a nice house. you'll never find something like that for 300k in socal. just wondering hows the property tax in TX?? i heard its a lot.

 

I don't know how it compares to anyone else, but it is low for Austin, about 2.5%.

The other great thing about Texas is that there is NO income tax!!

 

Y'all are all goning to have to road trip down to Austin now!! Can't wait till we will be able to have all y'all down!

 

wa wa wa wa what!??? They gotta get you some other way....i mean why wouldn't everybody be moving to TX? I assume you still have to pay federal..

 

cause it is WAY to hot in the summer...

oo and Hi i am the sister that is buy the house with him..

 

In NH, we don't have sales or income taxes (except for restaurant food and some other small items)......

They stick it to us with our property taxes....

 

I don't own any bullhorns to put on my TL.... They'd know I was a Yank in 2 seconds..

 

Yeah they still pay federal.

Paying state tax isn't all that bad. It's typically nominal and if you pay it before end of the calendar year you can write it off as a business expense on your federal taxes.

I definately wouldn't move to Texas because of no state income tax.

No income AND no sales tax however, that is tempting.

 

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