Housing Bubble 2: Return of the Ugly

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They're not vacant, they're just waiting for better matket conditions (lemmy.world)

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm starting to think the play is to buy undeveloped land and just bite the bullet on the cost of building a house/a road to the nearest govt maintained road.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Unless you're physically building it yourself, it's still gonna get corners cut at every stage.

Also, don't underestimate the drainage and erosion control engineering required for a home and a road. Those cookie cutter neighborhoods have regional drainage and detention. Your undeveloped land won't.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure with some research you could find a company willing to follow your specifications and instructions, but obviously that comes with cost.

To your second point, thanks for the heads up. There's plenty more research that I need to do before I worry about drainage, but I'll keep the thought in mind.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Septic and Drainage should come before any kind of detailed architecture. It'll save you 30 grand in Engineering revisions if you don't have to re-do the drainage plans.

Also, never let an architect be in charge of a project. It's like having the font designer be in charge of office software.