When we bought an older home meaning 12 years old we also realized that we saved a good deal over a new home. And we budgeted a good amount of money to get marble surfaces and new wood floors as well as painting the entire house inside and out the colors we wanted. We've lived here 12 years now and the roof is only 20 years old still good, and we are just getting around to repainting the outside again for a few thousand dollars It will look like new. So keep in mind to look at the dollar per square foot to make sure you get in a good discount versus new and then hopefully you'll have some extra money that the wife wants to spend
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