If you had a lot of money would you spend a million dollars on a home ?

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I was just looking through a thread about how many celebrities have paid millions of dollars for their homes.It brought back memories of when we bought our first house. My husband had just gotten out of the Navy and got a job. We were living at my parents house. One day I saw a man hanging a for sale sign on a house accross the street from my parents. I ran over and told him I would buy the house. He laughed and said "You didn't even ask how much it was selling for " So I asked him and he said $7,800. " I said I'll take it. He laughed and told me to make a lower offer. So I offered him $7,500. He then asked if I wanted to look inside. I said "Not really,I know the house isn't in good shape because it was rented for years to a family. Anyway, we bought the house and with the help of friends and family they remodeled all the house and we moved in and lived there until about 2 yrs ago. We had wonderful years in that house even though it wasn't expensive. So I really don't think how much you pay for a house only love can make it a home. How do you feel about the cost of a house and if it makes a house a home?
 

I've seen many beautiful homes in my day, both in pictures, and in person, and not all, but many look unlived in, sterile, cold, and boring, and in fact, a good number of them look cheap and some even look gaudy.

I also find that a majority of large homes today all look the same, hence the term McMansions, in that they lack character and/or any uniqueness about them.

Myself, I gravitate towards a quaint home, where all is finished, all is warm and cozy, where when opens the front door, it feels like a home. I like a home to feel inviting, with a heavenly aroma of mouthwatering delight wafting in the air, where a few coats and hats can be seen hanging from hooks off to the side, and the rooms embrace you, not dwarf and drown you.

I like to hear the laughs and cheers of little voices, and see babies playing and crawling, I like a kitchen table that awaits it's next round of servings and conversation, where a coffee pot sits atop the stove waiting to be poured, and where love awaits. A welcome love where people feel they belong and where guests are always well received.

To me, that is a home.

No thanks to any fancy-schmancy for me, and definitely no thanks to outsiders such as butlers, chauffeurs, house maids, cleaning staff, and grounds keepers/gardeners.
 
Our 1200 sq ft two bedroom condo is cluttered with lots of stuff - our stuff. Long ago, my wife and I decided this is where we live and we will make it our own. I converted the dining room to her sewing room by building floor to ceiling enclosed cabinets on the three walls of that room. We didn't need a dining room because if we meet others for dinner, we will do so at a restaurant, which we don't do very often anyway.

Our bedroom/den is divided in two by my bookshelf, so that my wife has her half and I have mine for our hobbies other than her sewing. Our living room is divided in two by our large screen TV on a cabinet. Behind it is my music room and in front of it are two recliners.

We are pretty much homebodies at this point in our lives, and all our hobbies are right here where we each have an area in which we can leave a project so that it is where we left off when we get back to it.

To us, this makes it our home. We could have afforded a house, and a large one at that if we wanted a big mortgage to keep us in debt for most of our working lives. We didn't want that, and what we did buy, we paid off way early and still live there today. It is home to us.

Tony
 
In many areas of NY and California a million dollars fetches something only slightly better than an upgraded 1950s tract house.

We all have our own preferences when it comes to decorating and what makes a house feel welcoming. I personally love the look of open space, mostly blank walls, clear mantles, and modern furniture.

Although I detested the cluttered "country" look from the late 80s and through the 90s, some of my closest friends embraced it then and continue to do so.

To each our own.
 
Yes. Yes. And Yes. If I could I surely would. A person's environment can help a person's health. Large homes in quiet elegant neighborhoods with nice neighbors and elegant grounds and gardens are worth the price, but it depends on the individual. Some of us are minimalists and others not. But I so wouldn't mind spending lots of time in my own herb garden and watching the wildlife in quiet woodlands behind the back yard.
 
StarSong said:
In many areas of NY and California a million dollars fetches something only slightly better than an upgraded 1950s tract house.

We all have our own preferences when it comes to decorating and what makes a house feel welcoming. I personally love the look of open space, mostly blank walls, clear mantles, and modern furniture.

Although I detested the cluttered "country" look from the late 80s and through the 90s, some of my closest friends embraced it then and continue to do so.

To each our own.
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I have been to California a few times. I have seen the prices on homes to be astonishing.
 
No, I have a design (invention) for a molecular water distillation method which could be used globally to provide clean water to all humanity, cheaply. I would use all my money to enact that!
Houses are "things" and things are of no importance. I'm thankful for my clean, happy little home but I'd probably be just as happy sleeping under the stars.
 
Gaer said:
No, I have a design (invention) for a molecular water distillation method which could be used globally to provide clean water to all humanity, cheaply. I would use all my money to enact that!
Houses are "things" and things are of no importance. I'm thankful for my clean, happy little home but I'd probably be just as happy sleeping under the stars.
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There aren't many of us left in this world, Gaer! :love:
 
I’m happy with what we have so no I wouldn’t want a million $$$ home ,we have quite a few 2 story homes close to us (thankfully not next to us ) some even have lifts installed

We are 1/2 km from the sea front so all the home on the sea front and Golf course are 2 story / million $ homes as well as a mix of 2 story near us (All fairly new homes )

No thank you to huge homes ....way to much cleaning for me ,as it is my home has 4 bedrooms 2 bath seperate lounge / combined family / dining / kitchen / we have a plan if and when the cleaning gets on top of us we can get subsidised assistance to stay in our own home
 
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I would never have believed that homes in little old Adelaide would ever reach a million dollars
Our elite suburbs like North Adelaide and Springfield which overlooks Adelaide yes but never Adelaide
Glancing through the Real Estate pages a million dollars is fast becoming the 'norm'
Even out in the 'burbs' homes can fetch staggeringly high money
We have lived in our home in a regional area in the Adelaide Hills for nearly 10 years
I doubt we could afford to buy it nowadays :confused:
 
peramangkelder said:
I would never have believed that homes in little old Adelaide would ever reach a million dollars
Our elite suburbs like North Adelaide and Springfield which overlooks Adelaide yes but never Adelaide
Glancing through the Real Estate pages a million dollars is fast becoming the 'norm'
Even out in the 'burbs' homes can fetch staggeringly high money
We have lived in our home in a regional area in the Adelaide Hills for nearly 10 years
I doubt we could afford to buy it nowadays :confused:
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That's us where we live.

Average home price where we reside... $737,834
 
Funny.My daughter just sent this to me yesterday. This is the house we bought in 1977 for $99,500. We did a 500 sq. ft addition,making it a 3 bedroom instead of 2. Sold it for $225,000 three years later.We LOVED this house,but had two more kids while we lived there and just flat outgrew it. So we moved 4 houses down the street. I can`t even imagine paying this price for it today.....It is on the market for 2,869,400.00.....
 

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I'm happy with the little place I have. It's on an acre, and a third. Years ago, I wanted at least that much land. Now, I could live on a lot less. So would I upgrade to a palace, if I had the cash? I'm trying to think how that would improve my life. And really, I don't think wandering around from the east wing to the west wing makes my life better. But I'm an odd duck. I could never understand why people bought expensive cars, when a cheap one gets your butt down the same road.
 
Half a million is basic here. Houses sell almost immediately.

Just out of curiosity I looked at a couple of FB listings in other cities. A new condo on ground floor started at $1 million plus condo fees.

Since I looked at those, FB keeps showing me places - they‘re all a million plus. They picked the wrong candidate.
 
peramangkelder said:
I would never have believed that homes in little old Adelaide would ever reach a million dollars
Our elite suburbs like North Adelaide and Springfield which overlooks Adelaide yes but never Adelaide
Glancing through the Real Estate pages a million dollars is fast becoming the 'norm'
Even out in the 'burbs' homes can fetch staggeringly high money
We have lived in our home in a regional area in the Adelaide Hills for nearly 10 years
I doubt we could afford to buy it nowadays :confused:
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We had lunch out with friends yesterday and walked past a home that’s just sold in a Adelaide suburb for 3.5 million $$$

The home is in Victoria Ave ( Kings Park ) just off Cross road , I’m sure you’d know where I mean @peramangkelder
 
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Kadee46 said:
We had lunch out with friends yesterday and walked past a home that’s just sold in a Adelaide suburb for 3.5 million $$$

The home is in Victoria Ave ( Kings Park ) just off Cross road , I’m sure you’d know where I mean @peramangkelder
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Gosh yes @Kadee46 there are some beautiful homes in Kings Park and you know when I lived
out that way just for the 'helluvit' I would drive down Victoria Avenue and dream 🤩
'A Cat may look at a King' as the proverb goes ;)
 
peramangkelder said:
Gosh yes @Kadee46 there are some beautiful homes in Kings Park and you know when I lived
out that way just for the 'helluvit' I would drive down Victoria Avenue and dream 🤩
'A Cat may look at a King' as the proverb goes ;)
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OMG how do the residents even allow the public transport bus to go down “their” street it’s a wonder that haven’t got a gate at each end .......yes some very expensive / grand homes in Victoria Ave
 
A million dollar home can be anything from a mansion, to an average middle income house....depending upon the locale. Here, in the Midwest, a million dollars would buy a person quite an "estate", while in some of the crowded major cities, a million dollars is needed to buy a "row house" in a crowded neighborhood.
 

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