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i say swears online posted:just plowed like 100k on a two-story deck in their backyard how on earth did building a deck cost more than building a house, does it transform into a butler or something
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indigi posted:how on earth did building a deck cost more than building a house, does it transform into a butler or something it's austin so materials and labor are through the roof. however our group was shocked when we were told it doesn't come with a pool he doesn't even have people over
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i say swears online posted:don't be loving stupid. i survive on 25k/year in austin. my friends making 100k+ all own their own homes and have infinite money. one making 150k flies to park city once a month in winter and then new zealand in summer. they treat bourbon like an investment vehicle and have all lost mid-five figs on crypto My rent is 41k/yr for a 2bd < 1k sq ft apartment my wife and I share. For people leasing similar units in the same place today, they are charging more than 5000/mo lmao. I have no idea how anyone affords an apartment in the bay area if they aren't making very good money, and even then it's loving stupid.
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Morbus posted:My rent is 41k/yr for a 2bd < 1k sq ft apartment my wife and I share. For people leasing similar units in the same place today, they are charging more than 5000/mo lmao. We are paying 21 a year for a 1bed in Seattle which is obscene and most places are charging way more than that. I don't understand it
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indigi posted:why are you still in contact with them lol We are not anymore
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Morbus posted:My rent is 41k/yr for a 2bd < 1k sq ft apartment my wife and I share. For people leasing similar units in the same place today, they are charging more than 5000/mo lmao. at least you're in the bay area, which makes the base minimum of sense. i'm at 1000/month for a 12x12 room in texas, 15 miles from downtown
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:When I did the roof and siding for my house back in 2017 (~1800 sq ft) it was $30K for plain old lovely vinyl siding. oh I am definitely planning on leaving the ratty lovely vinyl siding up untill it completely decays. I did get a new roof and gutters tho and my windows are coming in at the end of the month. It's going to be real fun boarding them up again in the deas of winter lol
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i say swears online posted:at least you're in the bay area, which makes the base minimum of sense. i'm at 1000/month for a 12x12 room in texas, 15 miles from downtown Bay Area COL has been downright dystopian for years and I’m shocked anyone without rent control or Prop 13 protection still puts up with it there. Yeah, there’s tons of tech jobs there including many not available anywhere else, but surely a lion’s share of them are wfh now?
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indigi posted:how on earth did building a deck cost more than building a house, does it transform into a butler or something Friend of mine got a front deck that barely wraps around one corner, but required two historic preservation committee sign-offs. Well over 100k Housing is very stupid
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ProperGanderPusher posted:Bay Area COL has been downright dystopian for years and I’m shocked anyone without rent control or Prop 13 protection still puts up with it there. Yeah, there’s tons of tech jobs there including many not available anywhere else, but surely a lion’s share of them are wfh now? Every person I know who moved to the peninsula in the last 10 years either makes enormous amounts of money in tech and thinks it is okay, or does not and thinks it sucks.
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you just need to work hard and u will be over 100k in no time! ( over 100k in debt from medical debt and school debt)
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I think I would just learn to build a loving deck it’s like a two person job done by regular people what the gently caress
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it’s the lumber these days. Jesus lumber is still expensive.
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just make a steel or concrete deck, both of which from family that worked in construction are not that hard to work with if you don't fumble safety.
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Celexi posted:you just need to work hard and u will be over 100k in no time! ( over 100k in debt from medical debt and school debt) i always forget that everyone in my generation took out $80,000 in debt by the age of 22.
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Looked up the housing prices on the street we were first renting on when we moved to NZ and just lmao: We were renting a 1.5 bedroom unit, 70m^2 (~750 ft^2), which was part of a somewhat crappy block of 11 I'd guess were built in the 60s while every other house on the street is a massive mansion. I remember there was a family of four living across from us in a similar sized unit who I'd guess were only paying to live in such a tiny place because it was in a good school zone that they could never afford anything larger in.
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i am harry posted:I think I would just learn to build a loving deck it’s like a two person job done by regular people what the gently caress yeah totally what could go wrong
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Kreeblah posted:https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2023/02/09/not-making-100-k-housing-markets-out-reach/11218849002/ Why we need to cut taxes so people can afford things like homes versus having the government take it all.
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Rip Testes posted:Why we need to cut taxes so people can afford things like homes versus having the government take it all. yeah anyone making over 100k needs 2 pay no tax
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actionjackson posted:yeah totally what could go wrong couple loose boards, some repainting, a bit of a weird angle...its not loving magic its a god damned wooden platform raised a foot off the ground
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Building a deck is legitimately not a complex project. I helped a friend build a large deck on his parent's house when we were basically kids and it's still standing 20 years later. We didn't even have youtube videos, just a lovely DIY book and early 2000s internet.
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I've been on a deck made from that plastic lumber made from recycled grocery bags and it's pretty decent. use that instead of lumber to save on costs imo. and yeah if you can spackle a hole in drywall and put together a desk from Ikea without looking at the instructions you are more than qualified to build a deck, it barely requires construction let alone engineering (a two story deck may require some engineering but that's a really stupid idea, why would you do that)
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indigi posted:I've been on a deck made from that plastic lumber made from recycled grocery bags and it's pretty decent. use that instead of lumber to save on costs imo. and yeah if you can spackle a hole in drywall and put together a desk from Ikea without looking at the instructions you are more than qualified to build a deck, it barely requires construction let alone engineering (a two story deck may require some engineering but that's a really stupid idea, why would you do that) yeah that poo poo rules. i think my friend did stone bottom and pecan or some poo poo for the walls/upper deck. insane keeping up with the joneses bullshit
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indigi posted:I've been on a deck made from that plastic lumber made from recycled grocery bags and it's pretty decent. use that instead of lumber to save on costs imo. and yeah if you can spackle a hole in drywall and put together a desk from Ikea without looking at the instructions you are more than qualified to build a deck, it barely requires construction let alone engineering (a two story deck may require some engineering but that's a really stupid idea, why would you do that) Classic goon posting. Totally wrong and aggressively overconfident Composite decking is like 10x the cost of lumber lol. You don’t ever have to paint it, it doesn’t warp, and it lasts forever but lol at saving on costs w it up front. plenty of locales do require engineering input to obtain a permit depending on seismic activity, soil conditions, etc. Everything else you posted is so dumb I’m not even sure you know what a deck is That said I encourage all goons to try to build their own decks and post the results 
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Paradoxish posted:Building a deck is legitimately not a complex project. I helped a friend build a large deck on his parent's house when we were basically kids and it's still standing 20 years later. We didn't even have youtube videos, just a lovely DIY book and early 2000s internet. Ya what could possible go wrong 
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Paradoxish posted:Building a deck is legitimately not a complex project. I helped a friend build a large deck on his parent's house when we were basically kids and it's still standing 20 years later. We didn't even have youtube videos, just a lovely DIY book and early 2000s internet. Hmm. Sounds like you didn't get the architectural plans submitted by a licensed architect to the city and then a permit. You now have to tear down the deck or the city will tear it down and put a lien on you In all seriousness this is why you can build fun poo poo in the country. We slapped a mudroom on our house growing up, just built by hand in a couple days. Neighbor in his 70s wanted a garage so he got out a shovel and chainsaw and went to work. Then later my dad and I built a 20 foot tall tower on two posts, free standing in soft soil and figured well there's some trees nearby to jump onto if things go bad. Didn't even measure, just said eh this hole looks good enough, this distance seems nice, and moved on mastershakeman has issued a correction as of 14:24 on Feb 11, 2023 |
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i say swears online posted:it's austin so materials and labor are through the roof. however our group was shocked when we were told it doesn't come with a pool Texas as a whole has really weird dynamic soil that moves a lot, almost all the houses get built on pretensioned concrete slabs to deal w this. A good chunk of that cost for the deck went towards engineering/architecture design and the foundation. not to say it’s not a ton of money but it’s quite a bit more involved than building a deck in, say, Kansas
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the city is not protecting you from yourself by making you get a building permit for your deck. the city is protecting your renter or the next owner from you.
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Greg12 posted:the city is not protecting you from yourself by making you get a building permit for your deck. the city is protecting your renter or the next owner from you. That, and updating the assessed value of the house for moar property taxes  Oh ya and the fees for obtaining the permits and having the inspections performed are a decent revenue source. I don’t really think the municipalities of today give a poo poo about the safety of its citizens, but maybe that’s too cynical.
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lol if your city's building inspection fees cover more than inspectah deck's time spent working on your project. if they're putting park impact fees on home improvement projects, call Howard Jarvis. taxing wealth is good btw
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Greg12 posted:taxing wealth is good btw 
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mastershakeman posted:Hmm. Sounds like you didn't get the architectural plans submitted by a licensed architect to the city and then a permit. You now have to tear down the deck or the city will tear it down and put a lien on you They live in a decently-sized city in CT and the only things the city required were a permit application, an inspection of the footings, and then an inspection after the deck was completed.
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BIG-DICK-BUTT-gently caress posted:Ya what could possible go wrong those are all 10ft above the ground I’m just talking one in my back yard…gotta figure out how to disassemble this fucker first though  it’s almost 100 years old, built completely with that good “old” wood. gotta be at least a thousand in reclaimable lumber i am harry has issued a correction as of 16:40 on Feb 11, 2023 |
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indigi posted:I've been on a deck made from that plastic lumber made from recycled grocery bags and it's pretty decent. use that instead of lumber to save on costs imo. and yeah if you can spackle a hole in drywall and put together a desk from Ikea without looking at the instructions you are more than qualified to build a deck, it barely requires construction let alone engineering (a two story deck may require some engineering but that's a really stupid idea, why would you do that) My neighbor built a deck made out of that, about 20’ x 10’, and it was over $10k and cost twice as much as lumber would have.
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