Loving the cool glassware rolling around. Sad none of my local breweries really do cool glasses like that, except TH but they are usually very limited.
This might make me super weird but does any one else get a kick out of seeing small glimpses of everyone's house? I'm super jealous of some of you all's marble counter tops.
I've seen more marble and granite countertops than i care to think about via beer pron. So many jellies.
I've had rich retirees in my city argue against nice housing developments because Formica is a sign of sub-standard housing.
No granite here either. I'm usually too in awe of the beer that I didn't know about that I don't notice the glimpses. But I'll keep shooting my #VBA photos in different locations around my house to feed your fetish.
You know what, I actually kind of get it. Particularly in certain areas, such as communities that specifically draw wealthier retirees, I can understand where they're coming from in a "protect neighborhood property values" way. No different than people "protecting trade value" of their local beer releases, only unlike beer where everyone says "it's just beer", no one says "it's just the value of a piece of real estate" like it's no big deal. *Disclaimer: I'm not saying I would ever do this myself, just that I understand where someone might be coming from to feel it's necessary.
You're well on your way to a line of thinking that will annoy/frustrate/infuriate city planners for years to come. In 30 years, you'll be well suited to living on the coasts of Florida. Lol. In this instance, folks had million dollar homes and a national home builder (DR Horton) was going to build homes in the 300,000 dollar range. Here's the thing, in almost all cases what you have on the inside of your home has no bearing on what your property value is.
Not my line of thinking, just saying from a certain perspective I understand it. And that's definitely not true, upgraded features like granite countertops definitely figure into how much a house sells for; it might not affect neighborhood values as much, but as accessible as information on comps are these days, it would still play a bit of a role. Above and beyond the actual "value" though is the ability for the house to be sold, a house with upgraded features, even if not for more money, will sell faster than one without. At the end of the day, this guy was really more objecting to having "low end" housing in his "high end" neighborhood, but it's a little harder to get away with saying "I don't want to live near poor people" than "I don't want homes built with substandard materials"..... Again, not agreeing with the guy or his views, I just can get my head around where he's coming from that it doesn't sound so off-the-wall to me.
I understand protection of property values, except, it's a really complicated topic and so many concepts go into appraising property. Some folks think that if I build a 200,000 dollar home next to their 800,000 dollar home, then I will automatically bring their property value, except, that it's comparing apples to oranges. Anyways...Beer!
We're having our first house built right now, the upgrades are going to the basement, roof, and garage. All standard for the interior.
We had our house built ten years ago. Never again! I'm a DIY'er and built with zero upgrades. That way I could upgrade on my own schedule. I almost have it where I want it with the exception of those lowly counter tops.
Holy shit! I came home to my LIF box from @Elkevjoe, and it's fantastic!! pr0n in a few minutes once I regain my composure
