I understand that some support a real roof and some cannot. I just think it is weird that they have the posts and stuck with the weird look and inferior mobile home insulation in snow country.
So, this place just hit Zillow. It is 29% smaller than the last house, doesn't have a 480-square-foot outbuilding and there isn't mention of a 120-square-foot shed. There isn't a rickety carport, but I could walk there!
It also seems move-in ready, if not exciting:
$167,0002 bd1 ba780 sqft 400 N 4th Ave, Show Low, AZ 85901
So, including the outbuilding and shed, this has half of the available interior space.
Huh. I linked the tiny house in Show Low again instead of the one in Taylor. Fixed!
Compared to the previous house in Show Low this one 22% bigger with a 20% higher asking price--a slightly better value, but they list VA financing as an option, so in theory it meets their high standards, while the other house is cash only!
My sister pointed out that the Zestimate is only $161.80 per square foot, but somehow the other, which again is cash only and doesn't have interior pictures or many photos of the outside, is somehow $183.91 per square foot.
My sister then linked a house that is 1,000 square feet larger and they are asking almost $100,000 more. That sounds like a much better value, but both are on corners, and it is on much busier streets.
It is also $60,000 more than the last guy said I could afford. Zillow says the monthly cost of the smaller one would be $739 and that sounds like a stretch.
The listing says that there is room to add a garage or ???.
My sister says it would be totally worthwhile to build a garage. Of course a 20x20 garage with a 4x12 roof like the house wouldn't have any space for an attic.
Pity.
My sister also mentioned adding a master suite. Yesterday I joked about adding a 151-square-foot bathroom onto the 3-bedroom, 1-bath house in Taylor.
That would make it 1,250 square feet.