Amazing value properties in the US - what's the catch?

TJM said:
You have to remember that most large American settlements are nothing but suburbs and retail parks/strip malls, with no traditional town centre or community to speak of. These properties are cheap because no sane person would move there.
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traditional town centre? ahhh yes, the bunch of betshops and chipshops, church and greggs/nero, all closing around 5pm (yes, just as you finish work!) that people call a high street in most out-of-london places.

community? no comment on that one.

The retail parks/strip malls with supermarekts are most open 24/7 and stores open until 9-10pm are super-convenient, and they are within reasonable distance (i.e. 15mins by car) wherever you live. You just go to one place and get all the stuff you need. You also get actual, real discounts as they shift merchandise quite a lot and need to empty shelves for the next batches, compared to the british 'highstreet' shops that have the same inventory for years on shelves at 'massive' discounts that are on just previously jacked-up prices.

Green suburbs, massive yards, garages and big houses for the same price of a 2-bed flat in London? madness!! who would want that!!

unfortunately for OP you need a green card to live and work in usa. Even if you want to buy a holiday property you need about 40-50% deposit.
 
Old Man said:
Better to go find a place in BC Canada! I lived there awhile back and you can get very nice houses on Victoria Island for £45k ... Weather in BC is very much like California, so very nice indeed. Downside is unemployment, but if you have something set up, then it's the way to go.
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Sorry what?!!

Victoria island is near the Arctic Circle.
 
There is nothing wrong with wood construction, not normal in UK apparently means crap to some people. Ever seen the barns people love to convert, often hundreds of years old and made of wood?

Wood is a strong, durable material, with proper maintainance there is really nothing to prevent a brick or wood house lasting well beyond anyones lifespace.

As with essentially every single thing in life, its in the quality of manufacture. You can build a brick or wood house that can last 200 years easily, and you can build a house made from either that will fall down in a year, and most of the rest fit inbetween there somewhere.

Anyway, Florida sucks, hot with huge humidity, no thanks. Probably a high crime area, hurricanes, old people, republicans
 
TJM said:
You have to remember that most large American settlements are nothing but suburbs and retail parks/strip malls, with no traditional town centre or community to speak of. These properties are cheap because no sane person would move there.
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I guess I must be insane because I live in a town that is much like you describe (mostly suburbs with no town centre) :) Not without its faults but purely as a place to live it has some redeeming features (extremely low crime, quiet, clean air etc).
 
drunkenmaster said:
There is nothing wrong with wood construction, not normal in UK apparently means crap to some people. Ever seen the barns people love to convert, often hundreds of years old and made of wood?

Wood is a strong, durable material, with proper maintainance there is really nothing to prevent a brick or wood house lasting well beyond anyones lifespace.

As with essentially every single thing in life, its in the quality of manufacture. You can build a brick or wood house that can last 200 years easily, and you can build a house made from either that will fall down in a year, and most of the rest fit inbetween there somewhere.

Anyway, Florida sucks, hot with huge humidity, no thanks. Probably a high crime area, hurricanes, old people, republicans
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The oldest wooden houses I saw in Switzerland were from the 1700's :)
 
JBod said:
But what is the internet connectivity like? Obviously the biggest selling point of any house now.
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US infrastructure sucks... I'm in Silicon Valley and I'm lucky to get 5Mbps on my home connection with Comcast. T-Mobile don't even have a full coverage 3G network of the bay area for some bands.

Back home was much better for internets :)

Although at work I regularly see 800Mbps down / 200Mbps up :p
 
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