Submitted by stache_twista t3_z7wzbj in washingtondc
ballsohaahd t1_iya7m5s wrote
Reply to comment by VulcanMind1 in D.C. lawmakers pitch a plan for ‘Green New Deal for Housing’ by stache_twista
Better than some made up numbers lmfao. How would a 1.5 mil mansion just be divided by 4 into 4 units at 375k?! Please explain, Makes absolutely no sense.
You need 4 full kitchens, 4 sets of full bathrooms, 4 master bed rooms. 4 living rooms next to the kitchens at an absolute minimum. That’s the Bare minimum for 4 1BR condos. The bedrooms need big windows to crawl out of for emergency, so a basement room usually can’t count as a legit room. The original house will have at most 2 full bathrooms, one master bedroom, one kitchen, and massive renovations to just separate the units.
You need to spend a ton of money to retrofit even a big house. They’re not designed to be easily converted into anything leastwise 4 separate units, and it could even be cheaper to tear it down and build from scratch.
Also there are no 1000 sq feet 1 BR condos, most are 700-800 sq feet and if theyre a newer building ain’t anywhere near as cheap as 375k. So these ‘affordable’ 1 BR condos would end up easily costing 500K+, which is much less affordable than existing 1 BR condos available.
dc_co t1_iyab9a3 wrote
Yep have a 20+ year old 812/sqft condo and it would resell for $550k with a $450/hoa.
Statements like the one above yours says a mcmansion is $1.5m/4000 sqft. That's $375 a square foot. Prices in the district are over $500.
https://www.redfin.com/city/12839/DC/Washington-DC/housing-market
ballsohaahd t1_iyae46q wrote
Haha yea stuff is real expensive now. Love these actual accurate numbers too 😉🙃
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