Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

We bought our farmhouse with 10 acres in 1993 for 135K. Including a barn and 4 outbuildings. In 1996 we bought the adjoining 10 acres for 67K with a shop and 40x60 pole barn. Shortly after we lucked out and had a cell company approach us and they put a tower on that property.. We sunk prolly 100K into house renovations which was basically a total redo of the house. We were talking with our lawyer a few weeks ago and he figures close to 1 mil value now.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Depending on where in NY . My taxes are around 8k a year on my Wappingers home my moms are 16k . 10 for school and 6 for the town and the homerices are skyrocketing every year . I dont think 400k and 800k are low maybe to someone from NYC or Westchester county where capes bring 1 to 2 million

We have a home in upstate NY, it's hard to believe how high the taxes are here, it's shameful!

Especially for such a crappy state to live in!!

SR

 

[JimR]

We have a home in upstate NY, it's hard to believe how high the taxes are here, it's shameful!

Especially for such a crappy state to live in!!

SR

You country folks have to support that huge sinking shathole called NYC. We have the same ridiculous high taxes in my town in Mass. We have no industrial base at all to offset taxes. We have our own power company which has reasonable rates. If you wanted to install a solar field to help pay for your taxes, forget it. They will not pay for you for your excess output. Our taxes back in 76 were around $700. Add a zero to it today. We built our house in 75/76 on our 3 acre lot for $33K. It was a 3 bedroom 1 bath ranch. In 92 we had a 2 story 3 car garage built that is fully finished inside. That cost us around $36K with insulated doors and thermopane windows. Then we took the roof off the house and added on a complete 2nd floor. I was the contractor/worker for the house project. I fired the contractor we hired to do both jobs. That was the best move that I ever made. That project ran us about $45 - 50K total. We added 3 bedrooms, laundry room and 2 bathrooms and a small deck extended off the master bedroom. I worked myself crazy building a lot of this while working full time. It was well worth it in the end. Today it could easily sell for over $500K.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Took 1st place in the stock truck class 1920-79 model years would say 15+ trucks of all makes
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hard to keep up with all these truck pix! i saw the tan one... said, my, that looks nice... reminds me of 396's.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Is it really that pricey? That’s nuts.

some acerage up by my ranch is going for upwards of $20K per acre... unimproved! nothing under 100 ac less than $10K per!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

if anyone is looking for some sound advice on keeping up with matrimonial harmony

Tip of The Day:

Be Careful What You Say.....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

because u don't want your honey to be ur ex....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Took 1st place in the stock truck class 1920-79 model years would say 15+ trucks of all makes
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isn't that the paint job you did outside?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yes and yes. Average home price in Boise was $500,000 couple months ago. It really is nuts (to say it nicely) a lot of people moving here, yes mostly from California but other areas too, last year Idaho was the fastest growing state in the nation. Our roads system is overloaded, hospitals and emergency services can’t keep up. Takes a month or more to get an appointment with the local doctor. If you’re an average working person you can not afford to buy a home unless you already have a lot of money saved up. Glad we bought our home when we did, if we had to buy now our payments would be $3000 a month. Thinking about moving to California sense it’s empty now, lol.

i don't know how young families can afford homes these days. not many under 300K!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Idahoans are now fleeing to the Missouri /Arkansas Ozarks for freedom.
I'm constantly meeting folks fresh from Idaho who say it's been ruined by all the left coast culture crud moving in.

i think there is at least one from the PNW that fled to MO on these threads....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

When I first moved to Brewster in 1977 I paid $36,000 for a 2 bedroom house, and my total taxes were $660/year ... and the schools were good and the snow got plowed!

Now, my 3 bedroom house is assessed at over $500,000 and my RE taxes are over $11,000/year and the school is 75% non-english speaking!

Bought my upstate land (off the grid) for $300/acre in 1985. A recent property up there went for 10X that amount (vacant land, off the grid, minimum 50 acres).

The world is getting insane, and I have difficulty fathoming were all the money comes from.

same story down here. all those texmex kids ruining large portion of RE market here as too many non speaking English in school and school then habla espanol....

 

[SS396driver]

isn't that the paint job you did outside?

Basically. I did make some makeshift spray booths

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

When you moved there it was in the sticks. Paid 159k sold it in 1991 for 201k bought my next on in wappingers for 110k . Now the Wappinger home is close to 400k . It's just crazy the place I live in has gone up tremendously in the last few years . Keeping this one and going to sell the Wappingers house one day and buy some property where it dont snow or maybe just a month of cold . The house in Valhalla sold in 2010 for 495k and they tore it down a built a McMansion on the property

prob will then be even farther S than us! place down the street, 2 hse... sold in 3 days! asking price. will be a tear down. bot it now to get a good price.... $350K a liveable home... just for the land! will build in 5 yrs i hear. place kiddie corner to me... remodel, pool, etc... listed twice now, 500K ish now back off the market. no buyers. and is in close, too! a +

 

[xraydaniel]

Almost pulled in a 12lb freshwater drum but this smally will suffice for the day.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You guys talking about the house included? My timber plot is currently about $7k per acre. My house lot is about $2,000,000 per acre

that big # foots n tics more or less same here... maybe bit shy

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Actually, the big difference was "it was not Westchester". Now, no one seems to care too much!

Actually, Putnam used to be part of Dutchess County, but they cut it off because it was the "poor" section. Hard to believe the first County North of Westchester (which used to be the richest County in the Country) was the "poor County".

The roads were paved, and most houses were built when I got here, but the prices had not yet taken off. When I bought in Putnam, the prices were about 1/3 of what the same house would be in Westchester. It made no sense to me, and I guess I turned out to be right! (I grew up in Westchester but could not afford a house there).

I urged my Father to buy land in Putnam when I bought my house, but he would not do it, insisting it would never be worth anything. Big mistake!

I could have quadrupled my money in 3 years after buying the house, and if I sold it and purchased in Middletown, I could have done the same thing all over again. It was like a wave traveling mostly North.

few things appreciate like RE!

but i still appreciate a good cold

 

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[Kodiak Kid]

Post photos when you can. Enjoy the crabbing.

I will definitely try to get some good photos for you guys.