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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I have recently had an estimate made for materials to construct a 1200 square ft home and it was a little over 135k. Add in labor and its looking like $175-200k. Compare that to the $800k starter homes in the area and you see a huge disconnect.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Tell us more once it's completed. And don't forget to add the land.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (8 children)

    Keep moving your goal posts, straw man. The rest of us are actually making progress.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    That's not how fallacies work....

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    You attacked me for not knowing the price for construction materials, implying that my statement of the cost of homes being close to the $138K in the OP was way off. Then I showed i knew what I was talking about, and your argument became land price and hidden costs of construction. Thats exactly what a straw man does. You move the goalposts and create a new argument instead of addressing how you got called out on your bullshit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    That's just moving the goalposts. A straw man is when one misrepresents their opponent's argument as something weaker.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago

    A quote is never what you end up paying, there's always changes, delays, "unexpected problems", etc. I built a house 2 years ago, if you don't budget for at least 20% above the quote you will have serious problems.

    Then you compared the cost of materials with a finished house on a plot of land, I guess the mistake there is quite obvious, no?

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