dang that is spendy!

 

Yea we have a massive housing crisis at the moment. theres literally houses going on the market and recording over 100 offers in a weekend and selling for twice its council valuations. Think its a combination of cheap money available and alot of people have returned home from overseas and are cashed up with nowhere to live.

What views haha. of your neighbours walls? they r smashing up houses so close together now that you could shake hands with your neighbour through the window. think the minimum distance between properties now is like 1.2m.

If your talking sea views youd need 2 - 3 mil minimum in the city and the house would be in average condition.

yep with a house thats about 10 years old. I have a new house thats under a year old but im almost an hour out of the city in a small town and i still paid just under a million for it. Its just a plain 200sqm house with no land no room for a shed or nothing lol.


We see houses pop up on facebook in texas which are like 3 times flasher than an average house here for half the price lol. need to move country!

 

If you have to be in town then ya that sucks. There's so much un-established land there looking at google lol. That just means you need to move next to one of those volcano's, should be cheaper no haha.

I wonder if one of the Hobbiton houses has a lift lol.

 

Yea land in the middle of nowhere or in tiny little towns is cheap as but theres no work haha. a friend of mine bought like 50 acres about an hour out of taupo for like $700k nzd. downside is the nearest town has like 30 residents and the nearest city is an hours drive away to get groceries lol. But he runs a digger contracting business so can afford to be all the way out there

 

Sounds like he just needs a Cessna for the weekly run into town for food and supplies. lol

 

Anyone tow with a van? I don't really have a need for another vehicle for anything but towing to the track so I set the budget very low, I don't care how it looks or how comfortable it is so long as its reliable and there are a lot of cheap v8 workvans around, some of which already have racks for tools and what not. Being able to bust out a cot to sleep in sounds nice too and it would probably be easier to shove a motorcycle into it if that's your thing.

 

I wanted a van, but decided I didn't want to do engine work on it.

 

Definitely. Winters are normally slow for housing, but COVID effects have made it even worse.

A year ago, it looked like the world was ending and the economy was going to crash, so homebuilders pulled way back on new construction. Between no one wanting to move during COVID (invite strangers into your house for showings every day? no thanks) and little new construction hitting the market, there aren't many houses to go around.

Will be interesting to see if this swings the opposite direction as homebuilders go wild on new construction to meet demand. Many of my friends in the trades have stopped bidding on new projects because their backlog is so long already. A lot of money pouring into construction right now.

 

The problem now is fiber. Covid fueled runs on DIY projects and as such the mills have been trying to make as much on grade 2x4 as possible. That's leaving gaps everywhere else in the market and every week is a new record for lumber pricing due to continued demand.

 

The big one is when the govt/ banks pull their protection on mortgages and foreclosures. Thats when the market will be flooded with mortgagee sales

 

those of your poors like me with steel and wood deck trailers - do you do anything to treat the wood to protect it?

 

I just planned to use the same sealant you would use on a deck, etc. The guy I'm getting it from suggested Rhino lining, but seems like that might keep the wood from drying if it gets wet....? I'd rather just seal the wood, I think.

 

2016 F150 3.5 Ecoboost with Firestone Ride-Rite air bags. Pulls great.

 

that may have been for the bottom. gonna try cabot at the top and a rubberized undercoating at the bottom

 

If it's out in some real sun (desert, south) you'll cabot/thompson every year but they'll still...eventually....begin to rot. Mine lasted a good 6-7 years on my old open trailer. If it's steel it's rust, if it's wood it's rot, if it's aluminum it bends too easily lol.