Proud to be a Scrapper?

Originally Posted by hills

Congrats on the new home.

They say everything is bigger in Texas !

IDK .... maybe it's just different worlds but that seems awfully big to an Easterner. The first thing that comes to mind is how could i ever afford to heat it here in the winter. The second is the costs of ownership. Just the cost of re-shingling the roof would be around 30-40 K. in this area.

Every location is different. Is there any way you could break it up into one main living area and an apartment -or- apartments ? Rentals don't always go smoothly, but they are income producers when they're done right. They might even pay your mortgage for you. That's one of the strategies for owning a big place in this part of the country.

In the PA suburbs a house that size is about average sized. Maybe on the small side even. New houses around me mostly start at like 3000sqft and some of the really really nice neighborhoods have houses in the 6000-10,000sqft range. What is nice is the lot size! Around me most places are developments so it's a ton of mcmansions 10ft apart..... I was lucky to find a neighborhood with 1+ acre lots that was in my price range cause having land is getting harder and more expensive everyday

Edit: actually the drone shot and angle and the large lot might have made the house there seem smaller. It does look pretty big .... So even more congrats!