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[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago

Building a dream house also means an ungodly amount of debt for the mortgage. The matching kit is a better financial decision.

[-] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 3 months ago

That depends what your dream is.

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Also depends on local law. I live alone, always wanted a mini house, but they are illegal in most municipalities here because there is a minimum size for a house. So if I really want a mini house, it has to be in a mini house approved neighbourhood, along with other mini houses. Like a mobile house park but for mini houses. They can't be built anywhere; they have to be specifically approved.

After all, we can't build a small house among bigger ones. Think about the neighbours' property value!

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

What's the minimum where you live?

[-] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not an expert but from what I can find online, houses under 700 square foot (65 sq/m) are not covered by the local construction code so most municipalities don't want anything smaller. It's also forbidden to build a house with a single bedroom smaller than 320 sq/ft (30 sq/m), or a house smaller than 275 sq/ft (25 sq/m). According to old number, the average house here is about 1950 sq/ft (180 sq/m).

But ultimately it's the municipality's choice so it can vary depending on the region where you want to build it. I dreamed of having a small house to keep as much land as possible, but after looking into what's possible where, it would be much simpler to just buy something already built that is grandfathered with the land.

[-] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Having a couple of dogs.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 months ago

And location. It's much cheaper to build in the boonies than in a suburb.

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

Generally speaking a home as an investment is a much better purchase especially considering at its very least you live there

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Joke's on them - your dog isn't going to have to fight through a resume filter to enter a 700 person candidate pool for one of 2 available human jobs at McDonald's, which they'll have to get to walking through the scorching 50 degree wasteland because cars cost 2 million dollars.

[-] CTDummy@piefed.social 13 points 3 months ago

I really should get matching coats for myself and my dog. And a dog.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 3 months ago

I plunged myself into financial ruin for 32 GB of DDR5

[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

The similarity is that both people are happy with their thing/s. And that's okay.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Me: I'm 350 hours into Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and have already bought Kingmaker for when I complete it.

Both were on sale on GOG for almost nothing, I couldn't NOT get them!

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

Aren't you playing them in the wrong order then?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Yeah, but I was already far into my Wrath playthrough when Kingmaker went on sale 🤷

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Let's see the coats. That sounds like a blast, especially for your doggo buddy.

[-] lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I wasn’t filled with existential dread of the next day for once and actually went to bed at a reasonable time

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 3 points 3 months ago

Demographic crash seems almost inevitable at this rate lol!

A world where most people is old, and are either poor or working until they fall dead on the job, pensions systems can't work when there are more old people than young people.

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