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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
I guess selling new - is take or leave it, great for the developer to be in that position.
When I get there I'll still give it my best to try if I go new.
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Trust the folks here who have already said there is no negotiation on the price of new homes. Some spec homes will have discounts attached - but the discounted prices are non-negotiable. (I supposed you could, however, try to wait for a further TV-initiated price reduction if the house doesn't get sold soon.) With the periodic discounts TV offers - it's standard prices minus the discount....no further negotiation. You can, however, diddle around with what options you select if you start a build. That can be a means of helping hold the price down a bit.
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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
.......(re: patio villas).......Now as far as re-sales to date we don't see the bargains.
New are 135-140K on standard lots.
Resales are 130-150K I know you can say they made improvements, but those were their ideas not ours I also don't think the value should be added at its cost, their has to be depreciation. If you paid $5,000 for an improvement you may now say it adds $2,000 not 5K for example
Furniture to us is of no value (even if you counted it what's that worth USED 2-5K)
Unless someone points out out what were missing it looks like new is our direction.
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Finding a resale that suits you might seem like a bit of a needle-in-a-haystack as it can require a good bit of time and patience to find "the right one". We made up a list of must-haves, nice-to-haves, and definitely-don't-wants and started from there. Luckily, we stumbled across one that fit 90% of the bill - that was close enough for us! Bought it - done deal. Yes, some of what an owner might perceive to add value can be subjective. But there ARE fairly priced resales out there to be had, including furnished ones. Again, the value of the furnishings will be subjective. All I know is we found our home furnished (which is one of the things we were looking for) and it was just the style and quality we were looking for. We looked at what it would have cost us to furnish it on our own versus strictly the depreciated value of those items. All of the furnishings were of nice quality (Southern Lifestyles) and had less than a year's use......for a whole lot less than what we would have had to pay to furnish the place ourselves. Same mindset for virtually all of the upgrades the original owners had done - what would it have cost us to do those same upgrades? (since we liked them) Add in the fact the home was on a non-standard priced lot...........we feel like we did well.
If you're really looking for a deal price-wise, consider searching for a foreclosure or a short-sale. And again, keep in mind that resales are always negotiable.
JMHO - - - -
Bill
