If you live in Seattle, you'd understand that an 800,000 "median" home was built in 1940, during war restrictions. so no gables -- just a box. It will have a basement! but that basement will have a concrete floor and concrete begins to smell like the cigarettes and cat feces and human funk absorbed into it over 80 years. The house will smell like mold, the rooms will bet tiny. Did I mention 800,000?
Now, oddly a new 1200 sqft townhome might "only" cost 800,000 as well. No yard, and shitty neighbors probably, but at least it doesn't smell like the dead. And by townhome, I mean 4 or more of them built sharing walls on one property, so no backyard. You split the front yard 4 ways kind of, with fences.
Vancouver apartments/condos built pre-2005 are kinda dumppy and run down, you can still find some nice ones but not nice enough to justify paying 500k for.
You can't really find a safe, clean, post 2005, 1BR apartment for under 400K or generally under 1500 in rent.
What is so important about it being built post 2005?
If you live in Seattle, you'd understand that an 800,000 "median" home was built in 1940, during war restrictions. so no gables -- just a box. It will have a basement! but that basement will have a concrete floor and concrete begins to smell like the cigarettes and cat feces and human funk absorbed into it over 80 years. The house will smell like mold, the rooms will bet tiny. Did I mention 800,000?
Now, oddly a new 1200 sqft townhome might "only" cost 800,000 as well. No yard, and shitty neighbors probably, but at least it doesn't smell like the dead. And by townhome, I mean 4 or more of them built sharing walls on one property, so no backyard. You split the front yard 4 ways kind of, with fences.
Vancouver apartments/condos built pre-2005 are kinda dumppy and run down, you can still find some nice ones but not nice enough to justify paying 500k for.