I know that many of those who post here live in these MI/Dominion housing developments.
What is your opinion of them?
What is your opinion of them?
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Mmmm....beige.
I live in a 100 year old home. I don't much care for the flimsy new 'track house' developments.
I live in a 100 year old home. I don't much care for the flimsy new 'track house' developments.
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buckeyegrad
Don't Immanentize the Eschaton
Hate the-!
No originality and no personality. Those who live in the- have been fully assi-ilated into suburbia. A ho-e/house should be a reflection of the owners' personality and tastes. Those MI/Do-inion ho-es don't provide it at all.
Plus, I hate seeing those develop-ents go up, gobbling up far- land and woods, when there are plenty of areas in the city that need bulldozed and rebuilt.
Of course, I live in a condo develop-ent, so -aybe I don't have -uch room to talk....
No originality and no personality. Those who live in the- have been fully assi-ilated into suburbia. A ho-e/house should be a reflection of the owners' personality and tastes. Those MI/Do-inion ho-es don't provide it at all.
Plus, I hate seeing those develop-ents go up, gobbling up far- land and woods, when there are plenty of areas in the city that need bulldozed and rebuilt.
Of course, I live in a condo develop-ent, so -aybe I don't have -uch room to talk....
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I dont like them... I can't really talk though, I live in a cookie Cutter develpoment, from the 1940's....
At any rate, its all about the location like anything else... I just get nervous about brand new neighborhoods, I have friends who have bought new and their neighborhoods have gone donw the shitter in just a couple years, and others who have stayed nice, and they made good money selling their houses... (And they didn't spend much different to start)
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My favorite part is the chimneys with siding on them.
I totally agree, they look ridiculous.
I agree as well. I know some areas on the East side of C-bus that should be bulldozed.
What luck are these people going to have when they want to sell these houses?
There will be 10,000 other homes on the market that look and feel just like theirs.
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exhawg
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I'm not a fan, but I've always lived in the country until recently so I like space. The biggest problem with the newer developments is that they are shrinking the lots so much that you don't have any room to park cars. One of my buddies bought one of those houses and he has a 2 car garage, but he doesn't have room for any other cars without blocking everyone in. If he would ever have the need to have more than 2 cars he wouldn't have anyplace to park the third car. His driveway is only 2 car lengths long with no turnaround.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
I don't live in one but I used to work for a company where I would work in these developments with the homeowners and builder.... Lenar, Centex, Bruce Williams, US Homes. The developements down here average around 700-750 homes and have 4-5 styles you can choose from. You drive down the street and can't tell if you're coming or going. I can't stand them.
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What really bothers me is that they build these spacious 1800-2400 square foot homes and plant them in the middle of a lot that has five feet of yard on each side of the house.
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the problem here in Columbus is, that you either live in one of those or an old run down neighborhood... there's no in between.
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No... you either live in one of those, an old run down nighborhood OR you pony up the cash, invest in a decent property and live in a nice old neighborhood or a custom build new one.
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No... you either live in one of those, an old run down nighborhood OR you pony up the cash, invest in a decent property and live in a nice old neighborhood or a custom build new one.
Well Muirfield, Tartan Fields, and New Albany aren't options for me
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Buck Nasty
You'll have nothing and like it
It all comes down to the old saying "Location location location" I don't know much about the east side, but I know lots of people who started out in these types of neighborhoods and nobody has ever had any trouble selling their homes. There are always tons of young people looking to get started in a home like that.
Don't get me wrong. I am not a big fan of these developments, but they have worked tremendously well for me. My wife and I started in a small MI starter home for 90k and have been able to upgrade twice using only equity from our homes. We sold both of our homes in less than 2 weeks and got our asking price. We have been in our current place for about 6 years, and if we sold it now we would walk away with over 100k more than we put into it. If you invest wisely in location it can work in your favor, we will just have to see what happens to the housing market over the next couple years.
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