RobertAcct

My wife and I were under contract to build a house in Southgate. We liked the large lots and the nice garages. We did not think that the neighborhood was very pretty. It did not have any extras (park, pool, community center ...). The neighborhood was very plain. We ended up buying a house in Sunrise Lakes. I believe that Southgate is a nice neighborhood but it will not be an upper echelon neighborhood. You cannot beat that tax rate thought, if price is your number one factor in a house.

I just had one of the big box stores and the big appliance store come out to my house to give quotes on having my cabinets refaced. $24,000 for refacing with real hardwood doors from the big box store and $19,000 for refacing with fake materials from the big appliance store. I almost passed out when they gave me these quotes. I have a total of 50 doors and drawers. That is a medium sized kitchen. The funny thing is I also got a quote from the big box store to completely replace my cabinets with new ones and some nice upgrades. The quote was $16,000 with real hardwood doors and real wood on any exposed surfaces. I thought refacing was supposed to be the cheaper option.