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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 46 minutes ago

I don't think Saints Row fans would go that far

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Apart from the eyecancer-inducing color scheme - I cannot see any dishwasher.

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 2 points 48 minutes ago

Well then it's definitely a deal breaker 😂

(Are dishwashers that common in the states? I've lived in 16 houses and never had one, when friends get them installed it's a celebration, they're dishwasher owning kind of people now, fancy)

[-] ZMoney@lemmy.world 0 points 43 minutes ago

They're only useful for parties imo. Otherwise you put your spatula (or whatever) in the dishwasher and have to wait all week for the dishwasher to fill up with all the other dirty dishes just so you can have your clean spatula back. But yes in the US they are in every kitchen.

[-] mtpender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

In the Australian housing market, that would go for $1.5mil easy.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Swap the metal surfaces out for bronze / gold-color-aluminium maybe

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago

So I've spent the last month looking for Houses. Nothing special, nothing extravagant. I came from a 1700sqft ranch with 3 bed, 2 full bath and a car port, small town, sold for about 215, and I got 135 take home after everything was paid off.

I had to expand my budget to 350 up here just to sniff houses that aren't in absolute disrepair on the inside and would require 50+ in reno, are 1.5 bth, or someone watched a couple episodes of Flippers and did a shittier job of "updating" the inside by putting the same cheap shitty grey vinyl flooring in several rooms.

There was 1 house I really liked, good area, open floor plan and a great basement. Downside was all the first floor carpet needed to be tore up especially since there were large stains in one of the bedrooms and it was poorly installed so was already buckled and loose, and there were cheap vinyl tiles in the foyer and kitchen that showed their wear and had to be removed. Just under 1700sq ft listed at 340 and went over asking the day it hit the market.

Another house, looked move in ready. 1500sq ft, with a half finished basement. Went to look at it...the house is claustrophobic, and the carpet needs to be pulled up also because of the terrible condition. The owners "finished" the basement by putting large vinyl tiles down themselves...which have already buckled and are about an inch off the ground in several places. They have a back patio which is about big enough for a Weber kettle grill and a camp chair. They're asking 336, claimed they already had an offer when I was looking at it but I noped outta that shit. That was a week ago and it's still on the market so either they were using BS tactics or the "offer" was for what the house was actually worth and they refused it. It's also the smallest house in a large neighborhood.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

the same cheap shitty grey vinyl flooring

I have never in my life hated a house product more than this shit - and I grew up in the '70s surrounded by the fake wood paneling and the nasty shag carpets. I don't even understand what that flooring is trying to emulate. No real wood is light gray and comes in 6" x 3' planks.

I've been renovating a house since last year that has that shit in the living room and I've intentionally left it uncovered the whole time in the hopes of fucking it up so bad that I'm forced to replace it, but unfortunately it is extremely durable.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 points 18 minutes ago

This one particularly hurt. The house was listed at 350 a couple months ago, the price was reduced 10k, then went off the market, then yesterday was relisted at like 330 and claims "brand new flooring in 3 rooms". Someone consciously chose this to be installed, thinking it would help sell their already overpriced house.

Like, the salesperson needs to say "this flooring is popular among houses that stay listed for over 3 months and have their prices reduced around 25k"

[-] TinyShonk@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Why did your house sell for 215?

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

Because that's what houses in that area were going for on the high end. Cost of living where I am now is redonk

[-] bamfic@lemmy.world 20 points 11 hours ago

Who's gonna buy it? Prince?

[-] refalo@programming.dev 5 points 9 hours ago

you might need a time machine for that

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Who? The former artist formerly known as?

The cabinets aren't so bad, paint isn't difficult. But the floors and countertops. Oof.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago

See I'm the opposite. The cabinets are an absolute eyesore, but the floor looks awesome. I would love to have a floor like that

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 hours ago

It just looks like the snuffleupagus had diarrhea around the place...

[-] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 hours ago

Him or a Vikings fan.

[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 15 points 12 hours ago

This is PhotoShopped, but...

If it were real, the problem isn't the purple. It's the white.

[-] Hoimo@ani.social 5 points 7 hours ago

Oh shit, I forgot I had flux turned on, so I was like "that's an old fashioned brown, but not too garish". There's a lot of blue in that brown...

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

I would like my house in dark mode please

[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 67 points 16 hours ago

LOL fuck flippers. Making living expensive for everyone else.

[-] blady_blah@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

No one did this for a flip. This reads as someone who really likes purple. That floor and countertop cost extra and someone flipping wouldn't have spent the money on that. A flip would be boring brown or gray with the cheapest materials and crappy workmanship.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

Also their 'renovations' usually just need to be taken out or repaired to normal by the buyer as they rarely use proper licensed tradesmen, or check to see if what they're doing is even sound for the building. I've seen a center brick fireplace, clearly holding up the roof, just ripped out and plastered over.

[-] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

This made my European building standard brain spasm… how could one… that’s outright negligence…

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 9 points 12 hours ago
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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

I stand by that I fucking love that kitchen. Add a ton of modernist architecture that makes you think and a yard I’m allowed to grow food and replace the grass with mint and I’m in.

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

FYI, modernist architecture is mostly stuff from the 60's.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago

Oh I know, that was the era of some architects having fun with it and trying bold things as opposed to the modern style of conformist mini mansions

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

am i high or are those cabinets just like really short? or does this kitchen have like 10ft high ceilings.

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 93 points 21 hours ago

Only two people in this demographic:

[-] hactar42@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

A 71 Hemi Cuda is my dream car, but there is no way I'd have that kitchen

[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

You have to be plumb crazy to own a real cuda, and that kitchen is a plumb crazy qualifier. Come back when you're ready to fully commit to the complete cuda club experience. Maybe one day...

[-] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

yeah this goes hard, can't lie

[-] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 19 hours ago

15k on what exactly? They just painted the wooden doors of the old units purple.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 12 points 17 hours ago

Seems legit to me. Pretty much any kitchen reno is hard to keep under $10k. It adds up soo fast

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm in the middle of building new cabinets for my kitchen and I was freaking out over what the wood I'm using costs (about $25 for each 8'x1' plank) until I priced even the shittiest prebuilt cabinets at Lowe's. Holy fuck those things are expensive, and they're just shitty pressboard.

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[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 17 points 17 hours ago

I know several people who would pick this house just for the kitchen..

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[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

When did Pimp my Ride start doing houses?

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

410 days ago, + or - 6 days

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 47 points 21 hours ago

My question isn't their taste, but their budget. How the hell did that kitchen cost $15,000? Even if they had to replace everything I couldn't see it being more than $5k.

Is the floor also marble?

[-] Steve@startrek.website 17 points 16 hours ago

You are living in the past.

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[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 55 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

15k is a very normal price to flip an entire kitchen. Not even counting the appliances. Just the flooring and cabinets.

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[-] Filibuster_Rhymes@lemm.ee 24 points 20 hours ago

2-3k to paint existing cabinets, new hardware 4-5k epoxy floor and countertops 4-5k new appliances 3-4k left for drywall, paint, lighting, trim, framing, hvac, plumbing, electrical.

She could have gotten more for less but not by much when you are hiring it all out. Doesn't even look like she touched the tile backsplash, which would be 1-2k more.

I remodel kitchens in the midwest, and we would charge a lot more than that for this size kitchen. She clearly didn't spend for a designer, though.

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[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 32 points 21 hours ago

Lol when was the last time you priced out a kitchen remodel? 5k would maybe get you the cabinets

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[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 39 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Man, I love me some purple/violet, but this just ain't it

Although I don't hate the floor. With something complimentary going on it would actually look good imo

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I LOVE the floor tbh but yeah maybe just like purple highlights on the cabinets instead of the entire thing. It's giving me circa 2005 decorating my sims 2 home.

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[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I think we all know the problem here. Need a custom purple range and different hardware on the cabinets, would've sold in 3 days easy

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

You never go full purple...

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