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1000 sq ft 2 bed 2 bath condo. Subsequently upgraded to a 1500 sq ft townhouse and now in an 1800 sq ft paired/twin/duplex. Love it, it's the perfect size for my son and me, and I don't see upsizing again unless I won Powerball or something.
Townhouse. I bought because I was sharing a apartment with 3 other friends. I bought it because it was dirt cheap and needed so much work nobody wanted it. I hated renting. I bought it and they moved in with me and were paying me rent.
New (1956) 1,000 sq. ft. 3 bedroom 1 and 1/2 baths single family home in what is now the expensive part of the Silicon Valley for $13,750 on a 0 down V.A. loan with P.I.T.I payment of $77 a month.
A long way from the 4 level contemporary home on 5 acres we own now, which would cost about $3,000,000 if it was even possible to find such a place in the Silicon Valley where we started out.
1200 SF one-level detached 3 BR/2BA CBS home in South Florida in the mid-80's was about $97,000. We loved it -- there was an avocado tree and a key lime tree in the backyard. We bought it because we had been transferred from a phenomenally high-priced New England suburb of New York, and the company that my husband was joining was paying moving costs and some closing costs. We had the house for about three years, then built a 4 BR/2.5 bath house in Boca Raton, on a lake with a pool. Two years later, we moved to the Atlanta area, and have been in the same house for almost 27 years, 5 BR/3.5 baths, 5,000+ sf.
1550 s.f., 3br/1.5ba SF 1928 Spanish Revival in late 1996 when we were about 35 years old. We wanted an old house with classic architecture, a great garden in an established in-town neighborhood.
The neighborhood went gangbusters as far as gentrifying. We renovated the kitchen and bathrooms, keeping or bringing back the original vintage style wherever we could and finished off the lower level with a den, guest room and bath so the house is now about 1800 s.f., 3br/3ba
Never say never but it looks like it is one of those first house is our last house story. We love our beautiful historic house, terraced garden, the neighbors, neighborhood and location in the city. We bought it for $179k, the average price for a house in the city that year, put in about $75k and is crazily worth a million today, but we aren't selling so, comme ci, comme ça.
My first house was about 224 sq. ft. and floated. It was a beautiful wooden sailboat and sailed well, although it always needed to be worked on. Wooden boats are like that.
In 1996 we bought a brand new 935 sq ft 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow. We bought it because we had the choice of 2 houses in our limited price range. We bought the bungalow because it had a huge basement. It was an excellent starter home. We lived there for 5 years.
My first house was about 224 sq. ft. and floated. It was a beautiful wooden sailboat and sailed well, although it always needed to be worked on. Wooden boats are like that.
Nice! We've had a couple of friends who lived on some beautiful boats here and it was always fun to visit them and take in the compact boat life in a beautiful crafted interior and fittings on deck.
1893 Victorian "farmhouse" (that's the style, not on an actual farm), 1600 square feet (now grown to 2200), we're still there after 30 years. $112,000. Here it is - the narrow green one, now surrounded by monster McMansions: (right click to view)
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