Buying a house ****ing sucks.

[George Liquor]

My wife and I are trying to buy a house. We've looked at several. Seven so far to be exact. We have put in offers on five. The last one we offered 5,000 dollars over their asking price. We still don't have a house.

What. The. ****?

This is truly an awful experience. Has anyone else ever had to deal with this kind of nightmare?

[displacedinMN]

Originally Posted by Shaid

This is really common honestly at least around here. Shit, even happened to my dad back in the 80s. He did get them to reduce it by calling them up and saying that if they thought it was worth that much he'd sell it to them right now. Didn't reduce it by much, I think they just wanted to shut him up. He's a guy that was on a first name basis with the Senators, etc. in the state.

I complained about mine too. Have a meeting sometime in the next few weeks.

[oldman]

Originally Posted by BDj23

Tongie was all either methlab tier houses or 300k+. We haven't really looked in Bonner either.

I meant to say with Tongie addresses. It's been several years since we bought, but we are thinking of downsizing but I don't see much advantage in doing so, cost-wise. We bought our 4br, 3 ba, 3200 sq.ft. place for $207K with 5 1/2 acres and paved roads. I could easily get $400K for it today but where would we go? I have thought about buying land and just putting up a modular home.

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by oldman

I meant to say with Tongie addresses. It's been several years since we bought, but we are thinking of downsizing but I don't see much advantage in doing so, cost-wise. We bought our 4br, 3 ba, 3200 sq.ft. place for $207K with 5 1/2 acres and paved roads. I could easily get $400K for it today but where would we go? I have thought about buying land and just putting up a modular home.

There was a modular home out by Baldwin in the middle of nowhere on almost 9 acres I wanted to look at for under 200k. But the wife said no

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by BryanBusby

Have you considered Raymore if you want to stay on the Missouri side? A bit out of the way, but would get more bang for the buck vs Leawood and Cass County taxes are a little more lax.

Yeah, that’s just too far out. We are renting in Lenexa currently and it’s too far out as it is. We want to be reasonably close to the city but still be in the burbs. Ideally we’d be closer to the city, but then affordability vs needs/wants becomes an issue. Plus, I work in OP and my wife works in south KC, so PV/Leawood keeps the commutes reasonable.

I think the only community on the MO side that really fits what we are looking for would be Parkville. I grew up north of the river and my folks still live up there. Unfortunately, there goes the nice commute.

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by Third Eye

Yeah, that’s just too far out. We are renting in Lenexa currently and it’s too far out as it is. We want to be reasonably close to the city but still be in the burbs. Ideally we’d be closer to the city, but then affordability vs needs/wants becomes an issue. Plus, I work in OP and my wife works in south KC, so PV/Leawood keeps the commutes reasonable.

I think the only community on the MO side that really fits what we are looking for would be Parkville. I grew up north of the river and my folks still live up there. Unfortunately, there goes the nice commute.

Leawood suckssssssss and I'd be concerned with buying in PV.

If my wife and I were in that situation, my wife and I would probably choose one job to live by. The one with the short commute would do more house work and the longer commute would get more choice on house features. I'd take a longer commute to make my wife do all the yardwork tbh

[oldman]

Something around Lawrence is going to be pretty high, just because Lawrence. K-10 is a racetrack for all the commuters. I don't know where you both work, but Ottawa is an option if Lawrence is a must.
The problem living in the country we've found is you don't have things like cable (meaning expensive internet and TV), good cell service, and you have to plan ahead for a grocery store/fast food run. You adjust, though.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by BryanBusby

Leawood suckssssssss and I'd be concerned with buying in PV.

If my wife and I were in that situation, my wife and I would probably choose one job to live by. The one with the short commute would do more house work and the longer commute would get more choice on house features. I'd take a longer commute to make my wife do all the yardwork tbh

This is a great conversation to have as we are about a year out from buying. I grew up making fun of Leawood folk, and JoCo in general. Then I moved out of KC for 20 years and just moved back, so I don’t really know a lot about KC anymore, and particularly not from an adult perspective. So why the concerns about PV and Leawood? Is it just a taxes thing?

School district is one of our biggest factors and based on balancing our wants/needs with school quality, it sounds like we want to be in the Shawnee Mission East school district. It’s the only highly rated district on the KS side that is not a Blue Valley school and south of 435. So that is a motivating factor for PV/north Leawood.

[BryanBusby]

Originally Posted by Third Eye

This is a great conversation to have as we are about a year out from buying. I grew up making fun of Leawood folk, and JoCo in general. Then I moved out of KC for 20 years and just moved back, so I don’t really know a lot about KC anymore, and particularly not from an adult perspective. So why the concerns about PV and Leawood? Is it just a taxes thing?

School district is one of our biggest factors and based on balancing our wants/needs with school quality, it sounds like we want to be in the Shawnee Mission East school district. It’s the only highly rated district on the KS side that is not a Blue Valley school and south of 435. So that is a motivating factor for PV/north Leawood.

I can see that point of view.

I just flat out do not like Leawood. The people are mostly jerks, everything looks awfully plain, HoA's are butt and the cops are dicks apparently.

As for PV, I'd just be concerned about all teardowns and rebuilding. Tax wise, it actually seemed like LS was worse when my wife and I were looking at places a year ago. Maybe I'm wrong on that, but **** did they seem outrageous.

[Coyote]

Originally Posted by Third Eye

This is a great conversation to have as we are about a year out from buying. I grew up making fun of Leawood folk, and JoCo in general. Then I moved out of KC for 20 years and just moved back, so I don’t really know a lot about KC anymore, and particularly not from an adult perspective. So why the concerns about PV and Leawood? Is it just a taxes thing?

School district is one of our biggest factors and based on balancing our wants/needs with school quality, it sounds like we want to be in the Shawnee Mission East school district. It’s the only highly rated district on the KS side that is not a Blue Valley school and south of 435. So that is a motivating factor for PV/north Leawood.

Maybe Nall Hills? Seems to fit many of your location needs and great access to major roads with neighborhood stability vs. price point. I’m not in kc area but have relatives there. http://nallhills.org

[Coyote]

Meant to mention schools . Sorry. It’s in Sm South (Raiders) map for high school. Next to Blue Valley North for next HS boundary.I m not in kc area but have relatives there. http://nallhills.org

[Discuss Thrower]

Consider writing love letters to the sellers if your agent lets you know it's not an obvious flipper or investment property. Not a fan of the concept myself seeing as it treads into violating Fair Housing laws but it supposedly works.

[displacedinMN]

During the last sell boom, people were walking up to houses and offering money to the owners to sell

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by BDj23

My wife and I are trying to buy a house. We've looked at several. Seven so far to be exact. We have put in offers on five. The last one we offered 5,000 dollars over their asking price. We still don't have a house.

What. The. ****?

This is truly an awful experience. Has anyone else ever had to deal with this kind of nightmare?

Sounds like I need to sell my rentals. Good to hear the market is good!

[oldman]

Originally Posted by Third Eye

School district is one of our biggest factors and based on balancing our wants/needs with school quality, it sounds like we want to be in the Shawnee Mission East school district. It’s the only highly rated district on the KS side that is not a Blue Valley school and south of 435. So that is a motivating factor for PV/north Leawood.

The SM school district isn't what it used to be. Desoto school district is better, but you have to live in western Shawnee or Lenexa. https://www.niche.com/k12/search/bes...icts/s/kansas/

[George Liquor]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Consider writing love letters to the sellers if your agent lets you know it's not an obvious flipper or investment property. Not a fan of the concept myself seeing as it treads into violating Fair Housing laws but it supposedly works.

Tried it