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    I am having this problem right now! Have started looking across state lines, as it's definitely cheaper, but finding something within an hour's drive of where we currently are and without lot fees or HOA's have been hard. Poor realtor I'm using is probably at his wits' end. Even affordable lots to build on end up being in HOA neighborhoods/communities!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    Ha. A person couldn't get a rundown hovel around here for $300,000. I think homes in that size were average 50 years ago, but now it's probably twice or more that size.
    I know. Things in the Midwest are reasonably priced. Here are a couple in my (hideous) home town, new builds of 1,000 sq ft for $303,000 and 1200 sq ft for $297,000. Both with attached double garages.

    The problem is that you have to live in a boring suburb and your house is situated in the middle of a cornfield. but since everyone thinks it is a “nice place “maybe one can fool oneself into thinking it’s a good deal. And of course these are cheap cracker boxes that will fall apart in 20 years but…

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    Here is the thing, in many areas there are great small houses. This is a small one about one block from where we used to live (in a similar home) in Indianapolis. Large yard front and back, garage, remodeled. Good older neighborhood, close to bus route, about 15 minutes downtown. Quiet with little through traffic. If the laundry was upstairs, I would love the house but they hardly ever put it upstairs due to lack of space.

    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5.../1260126_zpid/

    You could pretty it up with a new front porch (it has new windows), landscaping, patio in back for very little money. The basement could be painted to make it more aesthetically pleasing. NO HOA.

    If you dont want any remodeling or a really pretty house with a 2 car garage, here is one really close to the above one. Appears fully remodeled. No HOA and good location.

    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...1246315_zpid/?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sweetana3 View Post
    Here is the thing, in many areas there are great small houses. This is a small one about one block from where we used to live (in a similar home) in Indianapolis. Large yard front and back, garage, remodeled. Good older neighborhood, close to bus route, about 15 minutes downtown. Quiet with little through traffic. If the laundry was upstairs, I would love the house but they hardly ever put it upstairs due to lack of space.

    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5.../1260126_zpid/

    You could pretty it up with a new front porch (it has new windows), landscaping, patio in back for very little money. The basement could be painted to make it more aesthetically pleasing. NO HOA.

    If you dont want any remodeling or a really pretty house with a 2 car garage, here is one really close to the above one. Appears fully remodeled. No HOA and good location.

    https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...1246315_zpid/?
    these houses are beautiful and they’re all over the Midwest, there are millions of them.

    that first one is so cute with arched doorways and built-in cabinets in the dining room and original yellow bathroom tile. I love it. The second one seems to have had a sensitive renovation with sophisticated but simple color choices, and good for that developer! He didn’t put down the typical gray flooring. I can’t believe that I am still seeing acres of that awful floor material years after it’s out of date.

    I love houses of this era so yeah I take one in a heartbeat. For me, I don’t think I would mind laundry in the basement. Although I now live with laundry on the first floor and boy is it sweet. But I will also say that the trade-off with houses of this era is that you don’t get an attached garage. While I think an attached garage spoils the look of the house, I find our attached garage an absolute godsend. We keep our big freezer in it right around the corner from the kitchen and also I put all garden vegetables in the garage so that any flies they attract don’t come into the house.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    these houses are beautiful and they’re all over the Midwest, there are millions of them.

    that first one is so cute with arched doorways and built-in cabinets in the dining room and original yellow bathroom tile. I love it. The second one seems to have had a sensitive renovation with sophisticated but simple color choices, and good for that developer! He didn’t put down the typical gray flooring. I can’t believe that I am still seeing acres of that awful floor material years after it’s out of date.

    I love houses of this era so yeah I take one in a heartbeat. For me, I don’t think I would mind laundry in the basement. Although I now live with laundry on the first floor and boy is it sweet. But I will also say that the trade-off with houses of this era is that you don’t get an attached garage. Well, I think an attached garage spoils the look of the house, I find our attached garage and absolute godsend. we keep our big freezer in it right around the corner from the kitchen and also I put all garden vegetables in the garage so that any flies they attract don’t come into the house.
    I love that 1926 house. With my knees, I would need first floor laundry. But boy, do I love that house.

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