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Old 05-01-2015, 07:26 PM
 
Location: Valley of the Sun
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How much cooler is a Phoenix basement during the summers here than the rest of the house?
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Old 05-03-2015, 01:49 PM
 
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Just FYI the Maracay Homes in Layton Lakes I spoke about earlier released their prices. $470k-$510k are the base prices and grand opening in 3 weeks. While this location is a few miles East of my preferred areas, it is still a nice location, right next to Haley Elementary and less than 2 miles from the 202 and 1.5 million square feet of shopping. These are the kinds of houses I like and what I have - a large single story with only single story houses around, on larger lots. Not 2 story zero lot line stuff you see so much today. I think these are the same plans as in montelena, just a better location IMO.
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Old 05-11-2015, 02:43 PM
 
Location: McKinney
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We like to open our windows on our home much of the year for fresh air and enjoy quiet. Open the windows of a newer built house constructed on a micro lot creates the potential problem all over again of hearing your neighbors clearly, their tv or music, even if it's on low, etc. Plus if one enjoys spending time on the backyard patio, the issue potentially always exists. And hopefully one also won't have a neighbor with a loud barking dog randomly that they leave outside 24/7. Roll the dice and hope for quiet neighbors I suppose is the only hope.
True, we live in Queen Creek when we open our windows its quiet although our house was built in like 2013 but the neighbors dog does bark 24/7. I feel sorry for the poor baby...
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Old 05-11-2015, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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That is my biggest complaint with AZ realty. I'm from Michigan and lot size is never an issue there, no matter what size house you have. That, and no front porches. So we have no front porch and a tiny backyard. I guess the developers just want us to waste away inside all day long.
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Old 05-11-2015, 02:53 PM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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My notion of a yard in no way resembles what it did before I moved to Arizona. I'm just glad it's private with walls around it (and that my children were young in places with green grass and tree forts).
My thoughts exactly. Except that I now have young kids. I always wonder how I'm going to build them a tree house.
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Old 05-11-2015, 03:35 PM
 
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My thoughts exactly. Except that I now have young kids. I always wonder how I'm going to build them a tree house.
You can always spend more money and get a bigger yard. It's not like they do not exist.
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Old 05-11-2015, 03:39 PM
 
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After an extensive weekend of looking at new homes throughout the valley, I have came to the conclusion that the back yard is dying. We looked at houses in all price ranges and the biggest back yard still wasn't "pool size". I understand this saves money for the builders, but why would you spend $300k on a house that is almost as big as your lot? If buyers demanded it, things would change. Do people not want backyards anymore?
Apparently not, I would never buy a home like that, I prefer some privacy
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Old 05-11-2015, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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You can always spend more money and get a bigger yard. It's not like they do not exist.
Of course they exist, I just meant they are rare. Especially in newer builds. And thank you for your wise 2 cents.
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Old 05-11-2015, 04:41 PM
 
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Of course they exist, I just meant they are rare. Especially in newer builds. And thank you for your wise 2 cents.
Well you made it sound like the builders are just not making them available, like they are forcing the smaller lots on the general buying public. Builders build on big lots and they build more affordable homes on smaller lots, it is up to the public to decide whether the bigger lot is worth the money. What you meant was there is very little in your price range in the area you want to live. I am surrounded by big lots and already posted several examples where they can be found
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Old 08-16-2015, 09:15 AM
 
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I found a house on about 10000 sq ft lot. It's made of concrete block. The grass and fruit trees (citrus, fig, peach, pear, apple) are watered by flood irrigation from SRP at a cost of about $30 per year. I'm next to one of the light rail stations that's opening in Mesa and about a mile from Riverview. It cost me $160000. I've seen some poor people around but live to tell the tale.
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