What ever happened to the 1100 SF Starter Ranch? (Brookhaven, Rochester: mobile home, neighborhoods)

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

Sound Beach, Rocky Point, Centereach, and Ronkonkoma dont have significant "minority population". In fact they are pretty darn nice areas to live in, so it's good that some one can get a starter home in a decent area.

Damn straight

Rocky Point is painfully white (and not uptight).

As for the rest of the Island.

250k is the new 350k for Suffolk
350k is the new 450k for Nassau

crooks

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

I agree with this completely, I think a lot of people are still just totally unrealistic about what a "starter home" should be. Maybe not a huge selection under $300k yet in Nassau, but definitely under $350k and I'd assume much cheaper in Suffolk. My generation is the one that is currently the market for these homes and I see it all the time. Everybody wants big and brand new to match the Lexus or BMW (that they can't afford payments on) once they move up from their $2,000/month 1BR in Long Beach, Williamsburg or Forest Hills. If you've got the means and the job security, the next year or two should be creating tons of opportunities for people who would have had no chance at affording LI even 10 months ago.

I dunno if you or somebody else said it, but there definitely isn't the room to build large scale housing developments in Nassau anymore....but is that a blessing or a curse? I say it's a positive, as that type of housing is already plentiful and cheaper than new. I'm looking at MLSLI.com right now and these houses are literally everywhere. They're not new ranches, but there is no shortage of prewar colonials on 40x100 or so lots. Yes, there are definitely some advantages to having everything new, but most of these older homes (in Nassau) that have actually been lived in have been updated out the wazoo. "Needs work" does not mean cosmetics to me, none of them look like they're about to collapse into their foundations.....and buying older means you reap the benefits of significantly lower taxes. Just get a professional inspection done and you're good to go, I'm sure plenty of these old homes will outlast most stuff built this year anyway!

I'd personally much rather be cozy in North Bellmore....


....than carpetbaggin' in North Carolina.

Me too...great little house.

I just wished we were buiding more of em, the 1100 SF ranch can quickly become the 2200 SF Hi ranch as family needs/income change

That house would be about 250 in Rocky Point.

We got started in something that size...and never regretted it for a minute. We love it out here by the beach.

Thats a hell of a buy for Nassau.
Great post...spot on.

crooks

[rocafeller05]

Crooks, you find me that house in the mid $200's and I will throw you a finders fee! lol.

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Rocs


I think we could see that starter ranch for mid 2s in Brookhaven and Riverhead.

crooks

[AlexisT]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

Rochester, being one of the "Big Five' Cities in terms of NYS DOE and receiving state aid, must be impacted more by state taxes as opposed to school taxes?

The City of Rochester, yes, but when people say "Rochester" they're frequently including the suburbs, which have their own school districts. I'm pretty sure the previous poster was doing that because he mentioned Henrietta which is a separate town.

(spent 2 years at the U of R)

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

Crooks, you find me that house in the mid $200's and I will throw you a finders fee! lol.

http://www.mlsli.com/unidetailsredo....start=4&rpp=10

Done

crooks

[Elke Mariotti]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

http://www.mlsli.com/unidetailsredo....start=4&rpp=10

Done

crooks

Don't know the exact area, but looks like a nice house!

Subject to Bank approval = Short Sale!

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Elke Mariotti

Don't know the exact area, but looks like a nice house!

Subject to Bank approval = Short Sale!

Walk to beach too

crooks

[dman72]

Nice. I like what I see about Rocky Point, but adding another 30-40 minutes to both my wifes and my commute...I don't think I can go back to that..I used to commute 55 minutes each way. There's a reason why that same house where I live is $50K more.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by dman72

Nice. I like what I see about Rocky Point, but adding another 30-40 minutes to both my wifes and my commute...I don't think I can go back to that..I used to commute 55 minutes each way. There's a reason why that same house where I live is $50K more.

Where are you?

Rocky Point is exit 63?

crooks

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

Where are you?

Rocky Point is exit 63?

crooks

Right off exit 58. My in laws live closer than Rocky Point up 83 and it can take more than a half an hour to get there from where I live, so Rocky Point is at least another 15-20 minutes.