Buying a house vs remodeling

[mrsshoegal]

Well long lost me,lol. I have been without a doubt MIA. Live has been busy my mother diverted a major medical issue which really stunned all of us and we all lost august while she was hospitalized the good is for me a new job title(big raise) , new puppy, a good marriage and now we are talking buying a new house or remodeling.  I get excited to buy

Comments

[noa_le]

I have no remodeling experience but I wanted to say its so good to see you here!!!! Missed you :)

[seattle_jilln]

My friends are doing a giant ($300K) remodel in wallingford right now. Instead of renting a place, they bought a duplex, and are living in half of it right now and will rent it when they move back into the house. So they'll have a rental property. Even my friend who just did a 1-2 week kitchen remodel moved out of the house during it. I'd want to move out if you're not going to have a kitchen for a while. That seems hard to just live with.

[bakerpeabody]

Good to see you on here! I was watching the Sex and the City movie the other day and thought of you.

[misserin827]

We did a serious remodel of our house in Bothell, and did the majority of the big stuff before moving in. But with that said we weren't adding on so it wasn't a huge time frame. I think it would probably be worth it to stay somewhere for a while if you are expanding, especially with a kitchen.

[littlecindy]

No advice. We are in the same boat. 1955 house in a great neighborhood in the city proper and we want more space!