Apartment Complex Living in the Future

I noticed While in Queensland where there is non stop multi story appartments being built , they are now using what I call standup walls ( don’t know the proper name of them ) they are pre made huge slabs of concrete
One such being constructed right now is 71 stories

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Maybe they are better to keep the buildings stable and prevent cracking ( due to the soil being very sandy that have trouble with buildings sinking on one side ) making them unliveable
 

MACKTEXAS said:
My home is worth several times over what I paid for it, but that means nothing to me, because I'm not planning to sell it. Although my heirs will benefit from the increased value when they sell it, that also means little to me, since they are cousins (not my children) who already have far more money than I do, and would have no interest in living in my home.

The reason I don't sell it and move to an apartment is because I don't qualify for assistance, and an apartment that rents for $3000 today might be $6000 in a few years.
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Same here. Mine is worth a lot more than several times but I still dont plan on moving to a smaller place.
I have a two story but theres plenty of space on the first floor. First floor is pretty handicap accessible if needed.
Doorways are wide and theres no steps. The husband and his walker managed just fine.

I cant see me living in an apartment. Or a condo.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
My home is worth several times over what I paid for it, but that means nothing to me, because I'm not planning to sell it. Although my heirs will benefit from the increased value when they sell it, that also means little to me, since they are cousins (not my children) who already have far more money than I do, and would have no interest in living in my home.

The reason I don't sell it and move to an apartment is because I don't qualify for assistance, and an apartment that rents for $3000 today might be $6000 in a few years.
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Ditto with our home value, along with the fact that we don't plan to sell. The downside is that property taxes have risen, homeowners insurance costs have risen and so have maintenance costs.
 

That Lady in PA said:
Those apartments would not be built if people did not want to live in them.

Ticky-tacky, stamped out of a mold, apartment housing is no different than a ticky-tacky, stamped out of a mold, housing development, like Aunt Bea pictured.
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When I see cookie cutter houses like that all lined up in a row, I think...nobody better get drunk and come home at night. They might have a hard time figuring out which house is theirs. :LOL:
 
debodun said:
Do you think the day will come when no one will own their own house? Places like this are spouting up all over here (and this is a fairly rural area). Everyone will live in a ticky-tacky, stamped out of a mold, apartment housing. No individuality!

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Some people in my family used to have homes and now they have apts. of or condos. I've never had a house either but wish I did! I'd love to have a nice little house in the country with some little dogs and cats and win the lottery too that's as far out as the other!
 
debodun said:
Do you think the day will come when no one will own their own house? Places like this are spouting up all over here (and this is a fairly rural area). Everyone will live in a ticky-tacky, stamped out of a mold, apartment housing. No individuality!

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That may look good to me when I get where I don't want to upkeep a house and yard.
The problem is they're pretty now but will they be trashed in ten years? Or three?
 
OneEyedDiva said:
When I see cookie cutter houses like that all lined up in a row, I think...nobody better get drunk and come home at night
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That happened to a friend of ours. He lived in a large mobile home park, right in the middle of a long row of mobile homes that all looked the same, was hard of hearing and lived by himself; got up one morning and saw his front door had been kicked in and there was a drunk guy who lived just the next row over passed out on his couch.
 
seadoug said:
Ditto with our home value, along with the fact that we don't plan to sell. The downside is that property taxes have risen, homeowners insurance costs have risen and so have maintenance costs.
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Those taxes, insurance and maintenance costs with a multi-family complex will be passed on in raised rents. You just can't avoid them.
officerripley said:
Another downside is that the older you get, the more you have to pay someone else to do work you're no longer able to.
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^^^^ THIS!
 
It used to be like that when I was a boy Deb, all or
most of the houses in the villages, were owned by
local coal mine and only workers there got a house
for a very small rent, they also owned the local grocer
shop and a local bar, so the workers gave their wages
back to the mine owners.

Mike.
 

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