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As someone who is currently shopping for a second home in UNY around this price range, I would like to point out that a $1m price tag on a home doesn't make it affluent. Among the listings in this thread is a home listed at nearly $600/sq. ft. It is a home with 8 foot ceilings, old fashioned wood trim everywhere, cheap-looking siding, and a design sensibility that I can only describe as "brown on brown." it is a 1972 home, with potentially all the attendant problems of a 50-year-old home. It is listed at $2m!! I would never live there. You couldn't pay me to live there. And this type of home is so commonplace in upstate NY that it frustrates me to look. Even the ones that have been updated have been updated to what is still a very old-fashioned look, for the most part, or worse yet, the dreaded greige make over. I have found only a few homes that I would live in (considering not only the home itself, but location, nearby amenities, etc). So it puts me in the position of waiting for one of them to go on the market, which may never happen. Again, no matter the price, if the home is functionally obsolete from a design perspective, it is not affluent.
Where are you looking Upstate? Some homes at a lower price tag may be a better fit.
Homes like that may be a matter of where the property is located(i.e.-waterfront). So, that likely plays a part in it as well.
As someone who is currently shopping for a second home in UNY around this price range, I would like to point out that a $1m price tag on a home doesn't make it affluent. Among the listings in this thread is a home listed at nearly $600/sq. ft. It is a home with 8 foot ceilings, old fashioned wood trim everywhere, cheap-looking siding, and a design sensibility that I can only describe as "brown on brown." it is a 1972 home, with potentially all the attendant problems of a 50-year-old home. It is listed at $2m!! I would never live there. You couldn't pay me to live there. And this type of home is so commonplace in upstate NY that it frustrates me to look. Even the ones that have been updated have been updated to what is still a very old-fashioned look, for the most part, or worse yet, the dreaded greige make over. I have found only a few homes that I would live in (considering not only the home itself, but location, nearby amenities, etc). So it puts me in the position of waiting for one of them to go on the market, which may never happen. Again, no matter the price, if the home is functionally obsolete from a design perspective, it is not affluent.
Why wouldn't you just build a new home, exactly the way you like it?
Why wouldn't you just build a new home, exactly the way you like it?
Thank you for your suggestion. I've built new homes many times. I think I am just tired of dealing with builders and it's not a hobby I wish to pursue anymore. Additionally, I have scanned the builders in upstate NY. Like everywhere, most new construction is cookie cutter and it's just not what I'm looking for. If you know of any custom or semi-custom builders who actually build for the lot instead of putting up drab rectangular houses from their catalog, please share your knowledge. One of them might be worth pursuing.
Thank you for your suggestion. I've built new homes many times. I think I am just tired of dealing with builders and it's not a hobby I wish to pursue anymore. Additionally, I have scanned the builders in upstate NY. Like everywhere, most new construction is cookie cutter and it's just not what I'm looking for. If you know of any custom or semi-custom builders who actually build for the lot instead of putting up drab rectangular houses from their catalog, please share your knowledge. One of them might be worth pursuing.
Best Regards,
JimK2
Sure, there are those that pound out boring white vinyl ranches and track houses. I am just finishing up my custom house, and yes, it definitely WAS built to my lot. I see HUGE new CUSTOM homes being built all over the west side of Rochester. The East side is far more affluent so obviously there are plenty there as well. Here's the Rochester Home Builders site, but many custom builders won't be listed. https://findthehomepros.com/
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Additionally, I have scanned the builders in upstate NY. Like everywhere, most new construction is cookie cutter and it's just not what I'm looking for. If you know of any custom or semi-custom builders who actually build for the lot instead of putting up drab rectangular houses from their catalog, please share your knowledge. One of them might be worth pursuing.
