New Vs. Pre Owned A Different Perspective

[rustyp]

No bias here and this subject has lots of mileage but usually ends up with a financial analysis. This is a different point of view:

Decision Time - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDlt0v-XK9Q)

I will edit this to get to the chase scene - go towards the 3/4 point of the video. The $64000 question how much is time and stress worth as a senior ?

[Stu from NYC]

Our decision was easy, we wanted north of 466A

[dewilson58]

Our decision was easy, we wanted the new car smell.

[Malsua]

The house I grew up in was built in 1865.
My mom moved to a different house built in 1857 and I spent a year there after college and visited there for 25 years before she moved to TV.
The house my wife and I have lived in the past 25 years was built in 1949 although we did 2 additions to this one.

The first TV house we bought was built in 1992, the second 1998. Two built after I was born, I must be moving up :).

Every house has quirks and issues and you make it your own. Pretty soon that new house is 3 years old, are you going to turn the lease in for a new one?

I'd much rather move into a shed and enjoy my retirement than to wait a year just because it's new. New is nice I suppose, but it's just things. Things come and go, get older and break.

[tophcfa]

Our decision was easy, we wanted to live close to lots of Championship golf, have mature landscaping, and no bond.