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11-04-2009, 08:08 AM
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Builders cutting costs
New home production builders are trying to keep costs down. Here are some of their techniques: 17-foot double garage vs. more convenient 20-foot, smaller central air units, fixed windows, and 24-inch on center framing vs. 16-inch.
First-time home buyers should benefit from this.
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Lyle Real Estate Homes, LLC Maricopa Homes | Casa Grande Homes | Maricopa AZ Homes for Sale 
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11-04-2009, 10:45 AM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
17 foot 2 car garage??? To get out of the car do you have to climb out the sunroof? No way to open the doors. A 20 foot garage is very tight with 2 cars.
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Randy Watson Texas Real Estate Agent Mission Realty-San Antonio Real Estate San Antonio Real Estate
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11-05-2009, 07:19 AM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
The builders are depending on the buyer to pay for the 'upgrade' to a 20-foot garage. Base price features are now just more basic.
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Lyle Real Estate Homes, LLC Maricopa Homes | Casa Grande Homes | Maricopa AZ Homes for Sale
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11-05-2009, 10:09 AM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
I haven't seen any of these cutbacks with my builder but our market has not been affected like the rest of the US. Garages are very important to buyers here in Anchorage, especially when it snows.
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Ryan Tollefsen Prudential Jack White Vista Real Estate Anchorage Real Estate | Anchorage Homes For Sale | Eagle River Real Estate
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11-06-2009, 01:53 PM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
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Our builders are going to more basics to keep prices down and many of these really don't hurt the quality of the home but are just unnecessary frills anyway. There are lots of innovations that will also keep prices down without hurting quality. In Ga and Arizona we don't want to cut air conditioning sizes.... they will just run all the time and drive power bills up.
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11-06-2009, 02:07 PM
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Throw in one Delorean with every home sold and the 17ft garage is no longer a problem.
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11-06-2009, 02:40 PM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
What is sad is that some of these changes like the stud placement is something that you will never notice. The smaller garage of course - but it will take a hot summer day to realize you have a small AC unit.
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11-07-2009, 07:33 AM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
Actually Allison, the increased distance between studs allows for added insulation adding to the R-value. The house won't blow away and could be more efficient.
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Lyle Real Estate Homes, LLC Maricopa Homes | Casa Grande Homes | Maricopa AZ Homes for Sale
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11-07-2009, 12:03 PM
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We had a builder try the 24 inch stud spacing on interior walls with 2x4's. The builder went cheap on other things too, the houses aren't holding up and long hallway walls do wobble when you shut bedroom doors.
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Randy Watson Texas Real Estate Agent Mission Realty-San Antonio Real Estate San Antonio Real Estate
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11-08-2009, 07:54 AM
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Re: Builders cutting costs
Builders here are starting to frame on 20-inch centers, but not 24-inch.
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Lyle Real Estate Homes, LLC Maricopa Homes | Casa Grande Homes | Maricopa AZ Homes for Sale
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