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Just for the record, surveys of kitchen remodelers show that quartz has edged out granite as the preferred countertop material in upscale homes and remodels. Probably because too many people have put $900 granite in rentals.
If you want a fancy custom kitchen, you're going to have to pay for it. Don't expect someone else to.
True, but if you're moving into a home that costs nearly $700,000, you should not expect a kitchen with moderate quality laminate countertops and aging white/beige appliances.
Even if I didn't want fancy, I should at least expect countertops, cabinetry and appliances that are not 20+ years old.
Your buying in an expensive area. There are parts of the country that are even more expensive. Some places in the usa, $1 million will buy you an uninhabitable tear down.
If you expect a $700,000 house to have updated kitchen, find a $700,000 house that has an updated kitchen. Dont complain about the house you picked not having that. LOL. The house is what it is. Nothing can change that.
Just for the record, surveys of kitchen remodelers show that quartz has edged out granite as the preferred countertop material in upscale homes and remodels. Probably because too many people have put $900 granite in rentals.
Your buying in an expensive area. There are parts of the country that are even more expensive. Some places in the usa, $1 million will buy you an uninhabitable tear down.
If you expect a $700,000 house to have updated kitchen, find a $700,000 house that has an updated kitchen. Dont complain about the house you picked not having that. LOL. The house is what it is. Nothing can change that.
I wasn't looking, just comparing. The town in Connecticut was not one of the super expensive Fairfield County towns, either, as both House A and House B would probably be in the $3 million+ range if they were in Greenwich, CT. This town is more of a large blue collar town with some nice sections in it (i.e., where House A was located)
Geothermal? You gotta be kidding me. Tell Al Gore and he'll buy it.
No, Geothermal in the north is a great option. We had it once and we wish we had it now. They usually come with an incentive rate from the electric company. This is key. Ours was called "Good Sense".
I saw House B and kept thinking, "is that it?" Again, it's a nice home and well maintained, but I think it's way overpriced for the town and for the lack of a neighborhood.
I know where House A is located, but have not been inside. The cul-de-sac is maybe 10-12 very nice homes in the price range for upper 500s to upper 700s. And, the streets around there are also full of a lot of large nice homes.
No, Geothermal in the north is a great option. We had it once and we wish we had it now. They usually come with an incentive rate from the electric company. This is key. Ours was called "Good Sense".
Not in our area.
I considered a new to me house with geothermal. Their utility bills were higher than mine for about the same square footage....same utility company. I heat and cook with natural gas. HW is natural gas tankless system. Electric everything else. My house, being an antique, is naturally not as well insulated as this house I looked at which was built in 2001.
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