An idea for developers

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designer300z said:
In Charles County there's a building limitation that says homes must be at least 1,650 sf or larger. Is there anything similar in St. Mary's?

Regardless, the land costs alone would make $100,000 homes more or less impossible, a developer would have to be building at a financial loss on the whole project.
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Does that include a garage?

Thats a pretty big minimum truthfully. My house would not qualify to be built today, nor would my parents.
 
aps45819

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daisycreek said:
why not develop a nice neighborhood with houses starting around 100,000?
Are you reading this county comissioners???????
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Politicians don't build homes
designer300z said:
Daisy, that would violate all the zoning regulations for minimum lot sizes, the county specifically forbids SFH on 1/8 acres.
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The 3 bdrm, 2 bath modular homes behind San Souci are on 1/8 acre lots. 6-7 years ago they were selling for around $90K and are now about $160K
 
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bcp said:
those that live in an area should have more say in its direction than those that wish to live in that area.

at least here they still require a minimum of 4 acres to build a home. That keeps some of the riff raft out. not all, but some.
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I have actually lived in sm all my life, the cost of housing here has been driven up due to the influx of "high salaried" workers so that a person making a "living" wage ie: working for the state or a private company can not afford to live here... I am not blasting those who have relocated here.. I would just like to be able to continue living where I was born and raised... and where MY job is located.
 
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aps45819 said:
Politicians don't build homes
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No they don't build homes but they do set policy for land use and bend over backwards to ease restrictions for anyone one who wants to build a "super walmart", or a fast food place... or boat house 5" from the river
 
DoWhat

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daisycreek said:
a person making a "living" wage ie: working for the state or a private company can not afford to live here...
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I make a living wage (I'm working and living).
Work for what you want.
If you can't afford it, work more hours.
 
camily

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bcp said:
you know, as much as I feel for those that cant afford the current price of a home, I sort of have to agree with those that dont want the 100k homes crammed into their communities.
let me explain.

Where I live was country, mostly farms back in 86, the main cross road was controlled by a 4 way stop, and at rush hour a traffic jam would be considered more than two cars getting to the intersection at the same time.
The closest store was 12 miles away in Bowie (Pointer Ridge), and any shopping that you wanted to do forced you into annapolis to the mall.
This is how we liked it. saturday morning could be spent sitting in front of the country store with a cup of coffee discussing the possibility of rain.

so what happened?
The powers that be decided that we needed some new communities, so they F,ed up a perfectly good farm and put a bunch of houses on the land. well, suddenly the schools are now overcrowded, and those people that came from the city type areas to live in the country type area just could not understand how we could live without the shopping within close distance,
so they built up edgewater and put in the shopping center at the corner of 214 and 2.
of course, once that was done there was road improvements needed, so they redid rt 2.. naturally, once rt 2 was widened, it was obvious that it could support more traffic, so they built more communities.
with the new communities came the need for more shopping, so more stores were built, and of course, once the new stores were built it was clear that the area could support more homes.

now, (remember that 4 way stop that never saw more than two cars at a time? its now a stop light and during rush hour it can back up a mile in all directions quickly.

so, I say, no more cheap crammed in homes that do nothing but take away the country feel of an area.

those that live in an area should have more say in its direction than those that wish to live in that area.

at least here they still require a minimum of 4 acres to build a home. That keeps some of the riff raft out. not all, but some.
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bcp lives there :lmao:
 
Dymphna

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daisycreek said:
the amish build nice modest homes for under 100k
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They don't have to run electricity, plumbing, phone lines or cable. No septic system. They dig the well themselves. The cost of labor is a couple of casseroles for lunch each day. And the land it is built on belonged to someone in the "community," probably an immediate family member. So the cost of land is minimal.
 
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Dymphna said:
They don't have to run electricity, plumbing, phone lines or cable. No septic system. They dig the well themselves. The cost of labor is a couple of casseroles for lunch each day. And the land it is built on belonged to someone in the "community," probably an immediate family member. So the cost of land is minimal.
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Don't forget there's no duct work either. Is there? :lmao:
 
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aps45819 said:
Politicians don't build homes


The 3 bdrm, 2 bath modular homes behind San Souci are on 1/8 acre lots. 6-7 years ago they were selling for around $90K and are now about $160K
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I just checked lot records in san souci. 1/8 acre would be .125 acres. the average lot in there is .15-.18, with the smaller lots being .14, all still over 1/8 acres. I'm going to check the zoning regs to see what the absolute smallest lot minimums are in SMC.
 
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DoWhat said:
When you finish college, are you going to make more money?
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yes, because I will be able to move up to a supervisory position. So at that time,I would be able to purchase a better home. My situation right now is that I live in a mobile home and it is on a leased private lot and my landlord is selling the property. I looked into a home that is a double wide on a half acre but I am having trouble finding a lender who will mortgage a double wide.


I looked into purchasing land but the lender would not mortgage it until I had a foundation under my mobile home on the lot.
 
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daisycreek said:
yes, because I will be able to move up to a supervisory position. So at that time,I would be able to purchase a better home. My situation right now is that I live in a mobile home and it is on a leased private lot and my landlord is selling the property. I looked into a home that is a double wide on a half acre but I am having trouble finding a lender who will mortgage a double wide.


I looked into purchasing land but the lender would not mortgage it until I had a foundation under my mobile home on the lot.
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You asked for it. That's all I gotta say.
*I mean what you are about to get, not your living conditions.
 
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