AppleCori
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We're going from taxes of almost $8k to $1k per year - automatic raise! LOL
We have thought about downsizing, just for the tax savings!
We're going from taxes of almost $8k to $1k per year - automatic raise! LOL
We have thought about downsizing, just for the tax savings!
Well we're moving into a home with the same square footage as the one we have now in Chicago. It's just that the costs are so much less in other states than in Illinois. Oh yes and no basements there due to high water level so glad to have this storage "room" that has the best windows in the house. LOL
In Texas most people don’t have basements, either because the limestone is so close to the surface (and digging it out is expensive) or the clay soil isn’t conducive to basements.
Yeah, if we ever build on our property a basement wont really be an option because the rock is so close to the surface. Our church doesn't have a basement for that same reason. Apparently took a ton of time and money just to make a divot in the ground for the sanctuary to slope down to the pulpit and communion table.
Our taxes are $1200. I can't believe how much Princess pays in Chicago burbs for a small two bedroom house. Heck her house was not bought in good condition. A small house that needs work can be bought for as little as $50-60k here. She paid double that and has needed constant fixes. I hope she moves up here one day. For so many reasons. It's very safe but the cost of living is so nice. It could happen. She is not happy with SO and has asked if she could move in with us. We said of course and she would have built in free babysitting except for the three months we travel. You don't need to make a fortune here to afford your own place...she can do hairdressing and is also a chef.
My daughter pays more than that and her house is probably not more than 1000 sq. feet. Her Dad helps her a lot because he doesn't want her to move. She truly helps him a lot and he isn't well. . If not for his help, she would have had no choice but to move somewhere else..
Do they have many basements? Most people in Iowa have them, as far as I know.
Yes, the high water table is a concern in parts of Texas, also.
OMG—Illinois is so highly taxed—yet the state is broke?
Hubby had to write off a bill that the state of Illinois wouldn’t pay, so he is not happy with that state at all. Plus, last time we went to Chicago, he must have missed paying one of their dozen or more toll roads, somehow, and had to pay a fine.
In the older part of our house it is a slab. In the addition we added a basement for storage for my business. If I could go back in time I wouldn't have done that. For the majority of the winter my sump pump gets a workout. I'm always terrified of power failures even though we've got a battery back up and a generator. We've had two floods that turned the basement into an inground pool so I'd rather avoid that again. LOL.
Your house reminds me of mine. Very nice. Homey. Cute but nice.
The last thing I want now is a big house. Kids are grown and gone.