New-Used Home

My sister graduated from U of M last year and recently got a job at the DMC a few months ago. Now, she is looking to buy a new home, well new to her, but used. Sylvia has been going to the realtor, looking at homes not priced higher than $15,000. Most of the homes she has looked at are in Lincoln Park. A lot of them need much work, but every time I go with her, I am just imagining what I could add and remove.

I’ll say to myself, “I can make this room into my office, I can nock down this wall to make the room bigger, put new insulation, drywall, windows with a lattice design, tile, etc.

Whenever I begin to look for a home, I would rather get a used home to make changes the way I want. I can probably build a house from scratch, but a new construction might be more expensive than just remodeling an existing home. I would like to purchase a colonial home in Detroit. New homes to me seem bland with no taste. If you have ever seen the interior and exterior of homes like in the Boston Edison District, you’ll know what I am talking about.