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mopinko

(70,022 posts)
4. an old 747 is a pipe dream of mine.
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 12:18 PM
Sep 2012

but the train thing is cool, too. i think the supply of train cars might be about gone.

where? mopinko Sep 2012 #1
you mean, where to build? Flaxbee Sep 2012 #2
Depends on land prices, I guess. cbayer Sep 2012 #3
an old 747 is a pipe dream of mine. mopinko Sep 2012 #4
Did you see the article that was posted here previously about the planes? cbayer Sep 2012 #5
no. mopinko Sep 2012 #6
My parents built their 24' X 24' two story house which was unfinished inside for $2000 in the 50s. jwirr Sep 2012 #7
Since I am always shocked at the prices Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #8
I know -- $50k to remodel a kitchen, $30K per bathroom, or some ridiculous pricing Flaxbee Sep 2012 #9
Exclusive of land prices, $50.00 per square foot. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #10
If you're young and spry, offer to demolish a condemned home for a ridiculously low price dimbear Oct 2012 #11
esier to have the house moved TxRider Jan 2013 #12
Congratulations on an economical home, which also sounds very nice! n/t dimbear Jan 2013 #13
sounds very nice -- an idea situation, to find a house in good shape that can be moved... Flaxbee Jan 2013 #14
good job oldandhappy Jan 2013 #17
I'd do this if I found the perfect piece of land... and hated the house. Flaxbee Jan 2013 #15
I bought my 1152 sq. ft. home (includes the basement) for $24k 12 years ago. Kaleva Jan 2013 #16
why removing the maple trees? Flaxbee Jan 2013 #18
OMG!!!! My father actually used THAT book as his guide to build the family home in 1952-1953. Squinch Feb 2013 #19
probably an extremely soundly-built home with excellent materials... Flaxbee Feb 2013 #20
He did most of it himself. He got a guy in to do stonework, I know, and I think he Squinch Feb 2013 #21
My plan went kaput BobUp Dec 2013 #22
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