Yes. My neighbor has a bonus room, but that came stock with the house. This would be a remodel.

 

what would the intentions for that room be? Just like a man cave? or bedrooms? Any plans for a kitchen/bathroom in there? just trying to get a sense of what you're doing and the costs

 

In-law area. it would have a full-size bathroom as well, unless that's not allowed by zoning code. No kitchen. Bedroom mainly.

 

 

as cool of an idea as it sounds, yeah, I'm going to have to agree with the others and say buy a bigger house. You could mortgage that additional cost, rather than getting creative with trying to finance it. Unless, of course, you have 80k kicking around... I guess I shouldn't make assumptions

 

cul0, you're an old woman?!

I guess that kind of explains the being good at English and being and English teacher... Hmm....


mindblown.gif

 

i love jet li

 

80k is like a drop in the bucket for gatr the injunear... he makes that in a month...

 

Well, we don't NOT have it laying around. Just sayin'.

We're going to live in this house for a long time (until we die). We like it.

 

I DO work for the most expensive weapon system in the history of the world.

 

I mean honestly gatr... if you were to just sell a tiny bit of intel to the Russians, North Korea, China.... (start a bidding war) You'd have enough money to live like Boosted Jack!!


who are we kidding.. no one can live like him

 

I like my house too. Last night I thought about selling (I know again) and going to buy a brand new one... I would only get 80k profit maybe a little more. But I need to remember those houses that are models you have to pay for all those upgrades..

 

We made $120K profit when we moved from MD to Florida. That's a lot of scratch.

 

I'm not even joking about that.

 

Old but new to me...

 

 

i know

 

Just saying...


Items to consider:
1. plumbing for bathroom. If your garage has a sink in it, you're half way there. Adding a toilet and shower will be no big deal, since you already have the drains there. Getting extra hot/cold water lines out to the garage will be a problem. You can't just splice off the sink. If no sink, the service connection to the sanitary main will likely not be cheap.


2. is there a dedicated electrical panel in your garage? Any idea what amperage it's rated for? If there already is a sub panel in the garage, an upgrade wouldn't be all that bad.


3. like you mentioned, the duct work will need to be installed. That could likely be a big ticket item, as something would have to be designed specifically for your garage. I'd maybe look into the codes and try designing it yourself. It'll save you a ton of cash.


4. would the stairs be inside the garage, or outside? Just consider the lost square footage inside the garage, by having the stairs there. You'll also lose some square footage on the upper floor too. Not a huge loss, but if you only have 400 sqft, every foot counts.


5. Insulation shouldn't be all that bad, price wise. However, getting drywall up there might be a pain. you could either cut the wall open and bring it in via zoomboom, or try lugging it up the stairs otherwise, but, if you have to turn a corner, you'll be cursing night and day.


6. I assume you likely have to provide your municipality with engineered and stamped drawings for this. Generally, structural changes will require a stamping engineer and I don't believe you can do it yourself (unless it's different in FL).

 

If you're just looking to gain an in-law space, may I recommend:


$2k, spend the rest on a chem toilet and some Fabreeze.

 

how'd you get a picture of my house?

 

where's the deck?

 

that's before we built the deck. and before we painted it green/brown. true story.

 

Bastards. All of you.

 

Garage does not have a sink in it. We would need new plumbing. We do have an electrical fuse panel in our garage. The stairs would be inside. Yes, we would take a hit as far as space goes, but I'm not walking outside to go upstairs. As far as insulation and drywall, the entire top of the garage would need to be basically sawed in half and new joists, stringers, and walls put up.

 

I would not at all be surprised if this addition would cost upwards of $90K.

 

I keep searching for this car like a ravenous dog. I gotta staaaph.

 

Our first house we sold, we made 100k. I told the wife if I could make 100k profit I'll sell. But when we decided to sell, I forgot I said that.

 

Nice.

 

well i don't know about up there but down here. it's a seller's market..

so sell, wait for the crash again, and buy


#profit

 

Waiting for X-rays....

 

It's going to happen... I've thought about that too... Just go rent until the housing market crashes...

 

$100k+ profit on a house is not something to get too accustomed to...no? Unless you sit in it a while. If everyone made money like that it's all anyone would do.

 

How's the nurse situation looking?

 

Depends on your state.. Cali it's easy to do if you buy at the right time.

 

Yeah... definitely not the norm

 

No. We bought our townhouse in MD in 2004 and sold in June 2006, just when it was on its way down.

 

Not good. He was I need therapy now.

 

I have friends who bought 4 houses when the market tanked... They just sold them for a total profit of 515k.

 

my mom bought her house for $70k. its now worth $185k.
but we have lived in it for over 15 years

 

So that's like $15k appreciation and $100k under the mattress?