Building up or not goes hand in hand with temperature. Since heat rises, houses and apartment structures build up more in the northern, colder, areas. In the south houses and even apartment complexes will be single story to increase surface area to cool them.
I live pretty much smack dab in the middle of the US and in my nearly 60 years have ever lived in a two story, outside of apartment. I was just realizing in nearly 20 homes over that time not one was two stories. None of my extended family live in a 2 story house neither. I know they exist, because I plan on moving to a small town as soon as I can and most of the homes are 2 stories, but also over 100 years old. I think 2 stories are rarer in the Midwest if it's a more modernly buildt home. Now, with that said, we have a lot of split level homes here.
@@NunyaBiznuss I grew up in SE Michigan and we had a single story home, but there were also story and a half and two story homes in my neighborhood. All my other residences since with the exception of apartments, have either been two story townhomes (Michigan, Northern California), or split levels and two stories (eastern and western Washington state).
@@janfitzgerald3615i don't doubt it. I live in Kansas. We have more homes with basements than a second floor. Not seeing many newer 2 story homes is probably due to tornadoes. Better to be below ground than higher up.
The front room is usually the living room, that other sitting area is usually considered the family room, where you just hang out. You have the formal dining room and the other one is considered the breakfast area for everyday meals. But of course, people can do whatever they want in their homes and rename their rooms to whatever fit their family need.
The room next to front door is the living room and at the back next to kitchen is a family room. Usually, the living room is just for show unless you have guests or a big family.
different parts of the country have different types of houses. to the point that if you have lived here you can often guess where a picture is just from seeing a combination of the houses and trees. even different neighborhoods have different types of houses if different immigrants settled there.
You see fewer two story houses where land is cheap. In that case, you might as well just build sidewise instead of up. You also see more two-story houses in subdivisions. In the south, we rarely have basements because of moisture and high water table. We also rarely have livable attics, maybe because the heat issue. These things are going to be regional and also depend on the neighborhood.
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Two story homes are quite common in the Pacific NW. The beautiful home you just checked out would easily be 800,000 to 1,000,000 or more in Oregon. And they are everywhere so someone(s) are able to afford them!
Texas ground moves under their houses and it is hard for them to keep their floors from cracking without sinking deep anchors and keeping the ground around the foundations wet. So no 2 stories. In the Midwest and north you commonly find 2 story houses. Mine is in Missouri. However, you also find many large ranch houses everywhere here which mean no stairs as you age.
That house is a fairly recent McMansion. Rather upscale, but a builders spec house, with extensive interior woodwork, but middling quality doors and windows.
His basement does seem really big but I guess I’m used to seeing basements have an extra bedroom and bathroom in them. His was just wide open. Like an entertainment area.
I agree. Even if the house was located in the midwest where it could sell for 300-500k the people that live there don't make as much as the people living near the coasts, so price balances out.
@@courtney4173 Actually given the higher wages paid in the Metro Detroit area, where a $75,000 annual income is fairly common, and this house would still be about $475,000 it would very much be a middle class home. Even more so if you saw his first video before he put $80,000 into fixing it up. In its previous condition you could have bought it for around $300,000.
@@courtney4173 LOL yourself! The crime rate OUTSIDE the city of Detroit is next to nothing. Violent crime in Detroit is 196.5 per 1,000 people while the violent crime in Macomb County (on the border with the city) where I live is just 2.95 per 1,000 people. The reason we have a good life is a legacy of Henry Ford's wages in 1905. Auto workers, administrative staff, and engineers are some of the highest paid in the country with one of the lowest costs of living.
I grew up in WI.. midwest.. Out of 5 homes, all were 2 stories.. my son lives in austin.. ALL houses were 2 story, mainly because they are family neighborhoods, as are almost ALL Midwest city homes are for families, so most are 3 bedroom homes with bedrooms and full bath upstairs, and kitchen, dining, living room first floor with a half bath. Laundry either in basement or in an entrance area from garage that doubles as a mud room. Now we're retired and live in the new retirement community, and we're happy with open concept single story, so older folks don't have to go upstairs. BUT the family neighborhood right adjacent to us is 80 percent 2 stories because it's a family community. This guy is living in a family neighborhood.. that's why the bedrooms upstairs. There's room in basement, attic for play areas for kids, and yard for kids.
To be fair, lots of 2 story houses in Texas too, including the areas they visited. I live in a 2 story and so do all of my family members that live in various parts of Texas.
Ranch style homes are much more common in southern latitudes, especially where there are large populations of senior citizens or the lots are spacious. Multistory, some with basements, will be quite common in most other regions. Especially when you have smaller land plots to be able to add more living area.
I would enjoy seeing the next one with you three. But I have to admit that I'm happy watching Archie watch you guys. About one story vs two, in California there is so much room, and the lots are spaced so far apart, there is no need to add stairs to floor plans there. As you get into the areas closer to the mountains or in San Francisco there are lots of multi story homes.
A little history for you all. Most people didn't live outside of major cities until the end of WWII. When they did move out in the "country" whole communities sprung up using basically the same house style. To this day you can see how whole neighborhoods are basically the same house type with some being different. Why? Because it was easier and cheaper to build on mass. I was going to say to see more 2 story homes you really have to travel up from Virginia to Maine and west to parts of upper-state New York, some out to the West Coast. The other parts of the country use single-level homes due cost in both building and heating/cooling of the 2-level homes. Finally, environmental issues such as tornados, hurricanes, and floods make the insurance to replace homes less likely to be built, outside the traditional farmhouse. Now to finish, I do not know who this man is, but I did notice that he had a Connecticut plate, I also (now) see that he lives in Southern Connecticut. As a resident of the same state. I can tell you that home is worth well over a million dollars. The walk-up attic is rare in newer homes. I highly doubt he could put a living space up there due to fire code restrictions. The basement was massive, I am surprised that a steel beam was not used to support the home. But whatever. I hope that helps
I live in Richmond, Virginia. We have more 2 story houses than ranch style. The newer subdivisions are 3 story. I live in a 2 story townhome but it’s actually the 2&3 stories because there is a one story apartment under 2 townhouses. My parents live in a 3 bedroom ranch style house which is technically one floor but the finished the basement (Sheetrock, paint, carpet, pot lights) & made my dad a man cave, my mom a bedroom sized walk-in closet & a storage space (they also have a large garage where my dad has a mini-hardware store 😂)
Also to depending on whether or not you are in tornado country there tends to be more single story homes in these areas just so that the tops don’t get blown away , course if tornado is strong enough won’t matter either way
My wife and I started out with a one bedroom apartment. Give it time it will come. This is a house for a man and woman with three kids, two cars and a dog. You could get this house outside of Dallas for $625,000. @20 % down..with a job.
Two story houses in suburbia are more common in the east coast and colder areas where conserving heat in the winter is a thing. California has the ranch style which is more popular in older houses and overall style wise in any new construction for single family. The two story in the south is a thing but depends on budget and temperature extremes. Also, earthquake regulations, zoning, and pricing have made condos, apartments, or townhouses a newer thing in California and west coast in general. So….Lots of factors, including style
If I was flipping houses again I also check for the cheapest price and look for any foundation issues or attic issues that might have potentially mold mildew. You know things that could need big ticket money replacement, because that changes what you are going to ask for when redoing houses most of the time it’s just someone died and they family got left the house and people just don’t want the house so it sits there for years. One house was sitting there on market for 10 years. And we buy it and fixed it up. All it needed was some love and a finished the basement. The 5 inch dust rabbits on the ceiling fan said it all
I've seen videos of Jersey. Looks like a wonderful place to live. ......Dallas, Texas But I've been told Jersey is the most expensive place to live in the world.
Depends where in the west you are. In the Pacific Northwest, except for some of the homes built in the 50s and 60s (ranch style homes specifically) the enormous majority of homes built in the last 50 years are two or three story. Even in the suburbs. And in-city single family homes and townhomes are now generally newly built with three stories and a roof deck.
That is an amazing and very large house even by American standards. my home, while not as elegant, has similar features. I’m a single (divorced) woman and I live in the family home we shared. 2400 sq feet. I have an office, formal dining room as well as a dinette next to the kitchen, and full basement which is partially finished. Lots of storage for my shit. a craft room upstairs. Large front yard with a nice pillared porch, a small back yard that backs up to green space. I have a patio that runs the length of the house with a natural gas for pit. Three car garage (I have one car lol). I absolutely love my home. It’s a lot for just me but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
I'm in the southeast with a typical suburban house... it's two stories with a full finished basement, about 4700 sq ft (436 sq m) of living space. A 2 or 2.5 car garage and attics are pretty standard.
Part of the reason this house looks nice is that he doesn't have kids to clutter up the rooms and the dog is tiny, he's really good at decorating, and the house is updated. This is a typical American house, but in a very expensive state. This is not a million dollar mansion nor strictly an upper-class house. It is, however, not a typical house that any normal Millennial can afford nowaday, which belies the idea of it being a typical house, still it is _traditionally_ not an upper-class house. It is a typical Gen X house and many millennials grew up in a house like this (with more toy clutter). A house like this would be $700k in a less expensive state. In Connecticut, it would be listed as $1mil but bought at $990k. Actual mansions there start in the $1.2mil, but could easily increase to $2mil. With updates and increasing lot value of the neighborhood, he might be able to sell the house at $1.5mil - $1.7 mil which would be a very nice profit.
@@michaeltipton5500 In the Metro Detroit area this house would go for about $500,000. There are literally thousands of similar homes in more than a dozen suburbs exactly like it, such as Sterling Heights, Troy, Utica, Novi, Farmington Hills, Bloomfield, or Commerce Township.
Most houses are single story, when you have the room. Around here it's mostly older homes and a fewer new ones. The older two stories are from when families had a lot of kids or several generations lived together.
I want to say that 2 story houses could be found in neighborhoods all over most of the ciuntry. Usually in older neighborhoods but some new communities are building only 2 story houses to take up a smaller footprint. 1 story homes could be smaller or as large as 2 stories in square footage. Usually in the drier, hotter environments there are no basements.
Texas has a lot "ranch style housing", which are mostly flat elongated. There are multi story homes in other style there especially historic or track housing neighborhoods but in Texas ranch style housing dominate in a lot cities and suburbs. different parts of the country have different type of architecture and even with the same architecture the styles may vary because of the different regions. So something like St Louis, Seattle, Boston, New Orleans will look radically different.
Keep in mind that in areas tgat are very sandy soil, like Texas, Florida, and California especially near the coast lands, there are high water tables there, so the don't usually dig basements or build many two story houses.
Don't feel bad , my girlfriend and I live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment that is only 1200square feet . We are 56 and have lived here in the US our whole lives except for visiting other countries or being stationed overseas with the military and we couldn't afford his house even before he started fixing it up . Here in Texas you have to get away from the city center to see multi story homes . Also n some areas that get at least 1 or more tordado per year on average , you might not want a taller house . The winds on the outer edges of a tornado can rip a house to shreds even if the tornado itself misses it . The higher the structure the more wind force can hit it . Not all houses here have basements either .
I don’t redo houses with my parents anymore. But we were able to get some houses for $80,000 and flip them for $250,000 so I decent amount of money after realtor fees. You could get a house here with a great backyard for a playing area for Archie.
I live in Houston. Those types of houses are out in the burbs and not really something you see in areas that a tourist might visit. You would have to go out to the neighborhoods.
This house is upper middle class. I am in the Phoenix metro area, and our home is 4,180 square foot two story, 4-bedroom a loft and game room. It's as large as the house in that video. But depending on location, that house is probably 1.2 million, whereas mine is 800k. It all depends on location. Texas is still one of the cheapest home prices for the square footage you get.
We have houses like this in Florida. Especially near the coast. My home is 2-story as well and open floor plan …but we also have a lot of 1-story ranch style homes too. Depends on the area of the country.
It depends on where you are in the country. In the St Louis MO metro area where I live it's definitely upper middle-class. I would estimate the value, in my market, to be 500K-$750K. A 30 year fixed at 3% is $3100.00 a month.
If you are talking about Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas/Missouri, you won't see a lot of two story homes. Homes here tend to be ranches (single story) because of the high winds/tornado issues.
This guy makes some money. That house, depending upon where it is, could be worth a million bucks. With another $150,000+ in renovations and furnishings. Probably $30,000 in landscaping. Oh, lets not forget the BMW.
The style of houses depends a lot on the area of the country you are in. Here in the Midwest I would say the more common are the two story. Out west and in the south where you pay a lot more cool homes per year single stories are more efficient. The climate and weather conditions play a big part. In the middle of the country basements are important due to storms especially tornadoes, in Florida single story cement or cement block homes are more sturdy during hurricane season. Up north homes with alternative heating sources, fireplaces, wood stoves and wood furnaces are more common. Bedrooms upstairs there make sense too because heat rises. The one thing that has never made sense to me though are all the homes in California built up a the sides of mountains. With earthquakes, landslides and wildfires doesn’t seem to wise🫨
I've got a 2-story and am looking to sell and get a single story, as my cousin once told me when you build or buy a house get one for an 85 year old man. When you get that age you don't want to climb stairs, especially if you've have had knee surgery.
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He has no swings or even a tree house for his kids in the backyard. Therefore he must be single. He sounds like he's from New Zealand. The house is a million dollars with 3500 sq ft. The house is in South Connecticut. I live outside of Dallas and I have a three story house. No basement . This home would be far less in Texas.
This house is in a very wealthy section of Connecticut. The town is Greenwich which is on the New York State border. Not typical home in all of Connecticut for sure. I live toward the center of the state and houses like this would probably go for half the price of that one.
I will never understand why contractors build basements like that, but don't finish them. If you were to get a basement like that, I'd say use it as a recreation room and as Archie gets older, he could grow with it and one day he'd be the coolest kid and everyone would want to hang at your house. He'd have a nice room where he could hang with his friends, but you could still keep an eye on everyone. I think as a parent, you want to be the parent who's house everyone comes to. You get to know what everyone is up to!
Look at Archie staring at James and smiling....what a happy baby!
in Texas, CA, and Florida, you will find a lot of single story homes that were built in the 50s and 60s. This style is called a Ranch.
Archie is always looking for a smile from mom and dad. So cute!
Building up or not goes hand in hand with temperature. Since heat rises, houses and apartment structures build up more in the northern, colder, areas. In the south houses and even apartment complexes will be single story to increase surface area to cool them.
I’m sorry but I can’t pay attention to the video with Archie sitting there in awe of you both! So adorable!
My favorite part of the video was watching Archie gaze adoringly at Millie!
I was just going to say the same❤️
Or when he was staring at James. Clearly he is not hurting for nurturing.
He is so cute!😊
Single stories are usually in warm states. Lots of 2 stories in the Midwest.
I live in a two story which is relatively rare in California, and boy does the upstairs get hot in the summer, but this is one of the warmer climates.
Pacific Northwest and New England also have lots of two story homes as well.
I live pretty much smack dab in the middle of the US and in my nearly 60 years have ever lived in a two story, outside of apartment.
I was just realizing in nearly 20 homes over that time not one was two stories.
None of my extended family live in a 2 story house neither.
I know they exist, because I plan on moving to a small town as soon as I can and most of the homes are 2 stories, but also over 100 years old.
I think 2 stories are rarer in the Midwest if it's a more modernly buildt home.
Now, with that said, we have a lot of split level homes here.
@@NunyaBiznuss I grew up in SE Michigan and we had a single story home, but there were also story and a half and two story homes in my neighborhood. All my other residences since with the exception of apartments, have either been two story townhomes (Michigan, Northern California), or split levels and two stories (eastern and western Washington state).
@@janfitzgerald3615i don't doubt it. I live in Kansas. We have more homes with basements than a second floor. Not seeing many newer 2 story homes is probably due to tornadoes. Better to be below ground than higher up.
The second dining table next to the kitchen could be considered a breakfast nook though it is a fairly large one
The area with the smaller table is the Breakfast Nook.
The front room is usually the living room, that other sitting area is usually considered the family room, where you just hang out. You have the formal dining room and the other one is considered the breakfast area for everyday meals. But of course, people can do whatever they want in their homes and rename their rooms to whatever fit their family need.
The room next to front door is the living room and at the back next to kitchen is a family room. Usually, the living room is just for show unless you have guests or a big family.
2 story houses are common in the north east, I grew up in a 3 story home.
That really was a very tasteful, beautiful home. He's done an outstanding job with paint colors and decor.
2 and 3 story homes are also common in the Northwest.
Also basements.
different parts of the country have different types of houses. to the point that if you have lived here you can often guess where a picture is just from seeing a combination of the houses and trees. even different neighborhoods have different types of houses if different immigrants settled there.
Archie is growing up so fast and sure loves his Mommy and Daddy.
You see fewer two story houses where land is cheap. In that case, you might as well just build sidewise instead of up. You also see more two-story houses in subdivisions. In the south, we rarely have basements because of moisture and high water table. We also rarely have livable attics, maybe because the heat issue. These things are going to be regional and also depend on the neighborhood.
Archie is adorable. He's the cutest little distraction I've ever seen. Smiling 🌝
Archie is beyond adorable!! He loves his Mommy and Daddy…and they obviously adore their precious little boy…❤️❤️❤️
I LOVE ALL OF YOU BEESLEYS!!
GOD BLESS YOU…🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Two story homes are quite common in the Pacific NW. The beautiful home you just checked out would easily be 800,000 to 1,000,000 or more in Oregon. And they are everywhere so someone(s) are able to afford them!
Texas is more known for ranch style houses which are almost always one story but big in length. The Midwest you’ll see more two story houses.
I love the way Archie keeps looking at you two! ❤
Texas ground moves under their houses and it is hard for them to keep their floors from cracking without sinking deep anchors and keeping the ground around the foundations wet. So no 2 stories. In the Midwest and north you commonly find 2 story houses. Mine is in Missouri. However, you also find many large ranch houses everywhere here which mean no stairs as you age.
Archie is so sweet. Love how he looks at mom and dad.
A finished basement adds so much space. If you have a walkout basement. Even better
That house is a fairly recent McMansion. Rather upscale, but a builders spec house, with extensive interior woodwork, but middling quality doors and windows.
I just loved how Archie was looking at both of his parents. He even was trying to talk. Maybe he has a future on RUclips ❤
His basement does seem really big but I guess I’m used to seeing basements have an extra bedroom and bathroom in them. His was just wide open. Like an entertainment area.
He looks just like Dad ❤❤❤❤ beautiful baby beautiful family
Most houses that you find like this is in the suburbs built after 1990. Prices depends on what state, city you live near.
The best thing about the video is the neighbor's dog who made itself at home at his house and he allows it. It's very cute😂
The little Frenchie is his dog, when he said the neighbor's dog it was the Labradoodle behind the fence.
I would say this is a high-end middle class house.
definitely not average middle class, this is surely a step up
I agree. Even if the house was located in the midwest where it could sell for 300-500k the people that live there don't make as much as the people living near the coasts, so price balances out.
@@courtney4173 Actually given the higher wages paid in the Metro Detroit area, where a $75,000 annual income is fairly common, and this house would still be about $475,000 it would very much be a middle class home. Even more so if you saw his first video before he put $80,000 into fixing it up. In its previous condition you could have bought it for around $300,000.
@@gregorybiestek3431 I am not surprised that houses near Detroit sell for cheaper based off of the crime rate of the area lol
@@courtney4173 LOL yourself! The crime rate OUTSIDE the city of Detroit is next to nothing. Violent crime in Detroit is 196.5 per 1,000 people while the violent crime in Macomb County (on the border with the city) where I live is just 2.95 per 1,000 people. The reason we have a good life is a legacy of Henry Ford's wages in 1905. Auto workers, administrative staff, and engineers are some of the highest paid in the country with one of the lowest costs of living.
1:47 omg! Look how cute and big Archie is!!!! What a doll! ❤
You didn't see many 2 story houses since you didn't go to the Midwest.
I grew up in WI.. midwest.. Out of 5 homes, all were 2 stories.. my son lives in austin.. ALL houses were 2 story, mainly because they are family neighborhoods, as are almost ALL Midwest city homes are for families, so most are 3 bedroom homes with bedrooms and full bath upstairs, and kitchen, dining, living room first floor with a half bath. Laundry either in basement or in an entrance area from garage that doubles as a mud room. Now we're retired and live in the new retirement community, and we're happy with open concept single story, so older folks don't have to go upstairs. BUT the family neighborhood right adjacent to us is 80 percent 2 stories because it's a family community. This guy is living in a family neighborhood.. that's why the bedrooms upstairs. There's room in basement, attic for play areas for kids, and yard for kids.
Or the southeast. I live in maryland and most all our houses are at least 2 stories of not 3. I grew up in a 3 story house.
To be fair, lots of 2 story houses in Texas too, including the areas they visited. I live in a 2 story and so do all of my family members that live in various parts of Texas.
Or the East Coast where there are probably more two-story houses than the Midwest
This house is in CT, 2 story houses are all over the US.
Ranch style homes are much more common in southern latitudes, especially where there are large populations of senior citizens or the lots are spacious.
Multistory, some with basements, will be quite common in most other regions. Especially when you have smaller land plots to be able to add more living area.
I would enjoy seeing the next one with you three. But I have to admit that I'm happy watching Archie watch you guys. About one story vs two, in California there is so much room, and the lots are spaced so far apart, there is no need to add stairs to floor plans there. As you get into the areas closer to the mountains or in San Francisco there are lots of multi story homes.
A little history for you all. Most people didn't live outside of major cities until the end of WWII. When they did move out in the "country" whole communities sprung up using basically the same house style. To this day you can see how whole neighborhoods are basically the same house type with some being different. Why? Because it was easier and cheaper to build on mass. I was going to say to see more 2 story homes you really have to travel up from Virginia to Maine and west to parts of upper-state New York, some out to the West Coast. The other parts of the country use single-level homes due cost in both building and heating/cooling of the 2-level homes. Finally, environmental issues such as tornados, hurricanes, and floods make the insurance to replace homes less likely to be built, outside the traditional farmhouse. Now to finish, I do not know who this man is, but I did notice that he had a Connecticut plate, I also (now) see that he lives in Southern Connecticut. As a resident of the same state. I can tell you that home is worth well over a million dollars. The walk-up attic is rare in newer homes. I highly doubt he could put a living space up there due to fire code restrictions. The basement was massive, I am surprised that a steel beam was not used to support the home. But whatever. I hope that helps
Two story houses are more common where winters are cold. Heat rises.
Different styles of houses across the US. So variety is common.
I live in Richmond, Virginia. We have more 2 story houses than ranch style. The newer subdivisions are 3 story. I live in a 2 story townhome but it’s actually the 2&3 stories because there is a one story apartment under 2 townhouses. My parents live in a 3 bedroom ranch style house which is technically one floor but the finished the basement (Sheetrock, paint, carpet, pot lights) & made my dad a man cave, my mom a bedroom sized walk-in closet & a storage space (they also have a large garage where my dad has a mini-hardware store 😂)
Also to depending on whether or not you are in tornado country there tends to be more single story homes in these areas just so that the tops don’t get blown away , course if tornado is strong enough won’t matter either way
9:09 Archie looking at James saying, "Dad!, Dad!". SOOOOOO CUTE!!! Don't miss it, James, it FLIES by.... 🥰
My wife and I started out with a one bedroom apartment. Give it time it will come. This is a house for a man and woman with three kids, two cars and a dog. You could get this house outside of Dallas for $625,000. @20 % down..with a job.
Two story houses in suburbia are more common in the east coast and colder areas where conserving heat in the winter is a thing. California has the ranch style which is more popular in older houses and overall style wise in any new construction for single family. The two story in the south is a thing but depends on budget and temperature extremes. Also, earthquake regulations, zoning, and pricing have made condos, apartments, or townhouses a newer thing in California and west coast in general. So….Lots of factors, including style
that house is in Connecticut which is a small but high dollar state. That house isn't really typical.
Archie is a DOLL. How very cute. Another great video. Thank you kindly for sharing.
Needs to finish his basement for sure. Make it into either an intertainm,ent area or just a sitting/tv room.
😁 I was wondering what would happen when the Beesley's saw the basement. The attic can be made to look awesome.
I will have to watch the video a couple more times. I was watching Archie could not keep from watching him what a guy 😉👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗
2 story houses are usually found in the outskirts of towns
In Texas and much of the U.S., the larger houses are usually located in the suburbs outside of the big cities.
You say its so open but to me i say cramped because of all the walled off areas.
Up here in the northeast you are most likely going to find the large 2 story houses.
Two story homes are normal in the northeast where Connecticut is.
Single stories are also called Ranch style. I've never heard them called Bungalows. Bungalows are usually beach houses.
I also have one of those steel I-beam supports in my basement. very useful to have as it allows for a wide first floor.
This style of house is pretty typical on the eastern side of the USA. Texas houses don't typically look like this, though they could.
If I was flipping houses again I also check for the cheapest price and look for any foundation issues or attic issues that might have potentially mold mildew. You know things that could need big ticket money replacement, because that changes what you are going to ask for when redoing houses most of the time it’s just someone died and they family got left the house and people just don’t want the house so it sits there for years. One house was sitting there on market for 10 years. And we buy it and fixed it up. All it needed was some love and a finished the basement. The 5 inch dust rabbits on the ceiling fan said it all
I've seen videos of Jersey. Looks like a wonderful place to live. ......Dallas, Texas But I've been told Jersey is the most expensive place to live in the world.
not garden-but yard. LOL! archie's a cute lil fella.
It’s a yarden.
I am surprised that y'all didn't see the two story homes in Cedar Park, TX.
Out west most houses are on lots big enough to stay single story, unless you're near the water or something like that.
Depends where in the west you are. In the Pacific Northwest, except for some of the homes built in the 50s and 60s (ranch style homes specifically) the enormous majority of homes built in the last 50 years are two or three story. Even in the suburbs. And in-city single family homes and townhomes are now generally newly built with three stories and a roof deck.
Do more of this guy’s house. He seems like a pretty cool kiwi.
The key is to live where the cost of living is reasonable. Taxes etc. Homes in Texas are cheaper than in New York as an example.
I looked at Texas, but the property tax rate in Texas honestly scared me off. It's twice what I pay where I am.
@@Anon54387 My property tax has been reduced 66 % by the state. No Income tax.
That is an amazing and very large house even by American standards. my home, while not as elegant, has similar features. I’m a single (divorced) woman and I live in the family home we shared. 2400 sq feet. I have an office, formal dining room as well as a dinette next to the kitchen, and full basement which is partially finished. Lots of storage for my shit. a craft room upstairs. Large front yard with a nice pillared porch, a small back yard that backs up to green space. I have a patio that runs the length of the house with a natural gas for pit. Three car garage (I have one car lol). I absolutely love my home. It’s a lot for just me but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
When we had a basement in Maine we used it for David's shop. He does woodwork. makes treasure chests cabinets things like that.
I'm in the southeast with a typical suburban house... it's two stories with a full finished basement, about 4700 sq ft (436 sq m) of living space. A 2 or 2.5 car garage and attics are pretty standard.
Part of the reason this house looks nice is that he doesn't have kids to clutter up the rooms and the dog is tiny, he's really good at decorating, and the house is updated. This is a typical American house, but in a very expensive state. This is not a million dollar mansion nor strictly an upper-class house. It is, however, not a typical house that any normal Millennial can afford nowaday, which belies the idea of it being a typical house, still it is _traditionally_ not an upper-class house. It is a typical Gen X house and many millennials grew up in a house like this (with more toy clutter). A house like this would be $700k in a less expensive state. In Connecticut, it would be listed as $1mil but bought at $990k. Actual mansions there start in the $1.2mil, but could easily increase to $2mil. With updates and increasing lot value of the neighborhood, he might be able to sell the house at $1.5mil - $1.7 mil which would be a very nice profit.
In Washington State this would start at a million and go up from there.
We need a follow up video after a few years of kids. :-)
@@michaeltipton5500 In the Metro Detroit area this house would go for about $500,000. There are literally thousands of similar homes in more than a dozen suburbs exactly like it, such as Sterling Heights, Troy, Utica, Novi, Farmington Hills, Bloomfield, or Commerce Township.
Most houses are single story, when you have the room. Around here it's mostly older homes and a fewer new ones. The older two stories are from when families had a lot of kids or several generations lived together.
stopped watching for awhile then came back and now u got a baby i your lap! funny how time flies and things change.
In Connecticut, I would peg this as a $2+ million home. Easy.
I want to say that 2 story houses could be found in neighborhoods all over most of the ciuntry. Usually in older neighborhoods but some new communities are building only 2 story houses to take up a smaller footprint. 1 story homes could be smaller or as large as 2 stories in square footage. Usually in the drier, hotter environments there are no basements.
Texas has a lot "ranch style housing", which are mostly flat elongated. There are multi story homes in other style there especially historic or track housing neighborhoods but in Texas ranch style housing dominate in a lot cities and suburbs. different parts of the country have different type of architecture and even with the same architecture the styles may vary because of the different regions. So something like St Louis, Seattle, Boston, New Orleans will look radically different.
It depends where you are in Texas. Some neighborhoods primarily have only 2 story houses.
Areas where there are lots of hurricanes tend to boast more one-story houses
Keep in mind that in areas tgat are very sandy soil, like Texas, Florida, and California especially near the coast lands, there are high water tables there, so the don't usually dig basements or build many two story houses.
You could fit my entire house, and most of my 2-acre lot of land into that guy's basement, LOL! --Dan
Don't feel bad , my girlfriend and I live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment that is only 1200square feet . We are 56 and have lived here in the US our whole lives except for visiting other countries or being stationed overseas with the military and we couldn't afford his house even before he started fixing it up . Here in Texas you have to get away from the city center to see multi story homes . Also n some areas that get at least 1 or more tordado per year on average , you might not want a taller house . The winds on the outer edges of a tornado can rip a house to shreds even if the tornado itself misses it . The higher the structure the more wind force can hit it . Not all houses here have basements either .
Archie's play room in the attic, build your studio and man cave in the basement where you can add a WC
I don’t redo houses with my parents anymore. But we were able to get some houses for $80,000 and flip them for $250,000 so I decent amount of money after realtor fees. You could get a house here with a great backyard for a playing area for Archie.
Most houses in the northeast part of the US are 2story because property lots are not big enough for ranch style houses
I live in Houston. Those types of houses are out in the burbs and not really something you see in areas that a tourist might visit. You would have to go out to the neighborhoods.
This house is upper middle class. I am in the Phoenix metro area, and our home is 4,180 square foot two story, 4-bedroom a loft and game room. It's as large as the house in that video. But depending on location, that house is probably 1.2 million, whereas mine is 800k. It all depends on location. Texas is still one of the cheapest home prices for the square footage you get.
We have houses like this in Florida. Especially near the coast. My home is 2-story as well and open floor plan …but we also have a lot of 1-story ranch style homes too. Depends on the area of the country.
That is a nice house. I haven't lived in one this nice since 1989.
there are often 2 story homes in the north, but single story homes in the south.
I live on 28 acres on a farm against the woods…have a huge creek on the property….heaven on earth
My husband and I turned our basement into an apartment that we rent out. It provides us with another source of income every month.
Keep in mind this is a high end house price wise He has a lot of money
I'm middle class, and this looks like my house.
Upper middle class I would guess.
@MichaelW969 No. Not really. It's not EXACTLY like this, but it's pretty damn close. I retired early (I'm 46). But. I'd say middle class.
It depends on where you are in the country. In the St Louis MO metro area where I live it's definitely upper middle-class. I would estimate the value, in my market, to be 500K-$750K. A 30 year fixed at 3% is $3100.00 a month.
I wouldn’t say high end. Definitely upper middle class.
If you are talking about Texas/Oklahoma/Kansas/Missouri, you won't see a lot of two story homes. Homes here tend to be ranches (single story) because of the high winds/tornado issues.
This guy makes some money. That house, depending upon where it is, could be worth a million bucks. With another $150,000+ in renovations and furnishings. Probably $30,000 in landscaping. Oh, lets not forget the BMW.
A bowl of sweets for luring children in.
The style of houses depends a lot on the area of the country you are in. Here in the Midwest I would say the more common are the two story. Out west and in the south where you pay a lot more cool homes per year single stories are more efficient. The climate and weather conditions play a big part. In the middle of the country basements are important due to storms especially tornadoes, in Florida single story cement or cement block homes are more sturdy during hurricane season. Up north homes with alternative heating sources, fireplaces, wood stoves and wood furnaces are more common. Bedrooms upstairs there make sense too because heat rises. The one thing that has never made sense to me though are all the homes in California built up a the sides of mountains. With earthquakes, landslides and wildfires doesn’t seem to wise🫨
I've got a 2-story and am looking to sell and get a single story, as my cousin once told me when you build or buy a house get one for an 85 year old man. When you get that age you don't want to climb stairs, especially if you've have had knee surgery.
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He has no swings or even a tree house for his kids in the backyard. Therefore he must be single. He sounds like he's from New Zealand. The house is a million dollars with 3500 sq ft. The house is in South Connecticut. I live outside of Dallas and I have a three story house. No basement . This home would be far less in Texas.
This house is in a very wealthy section of Connecticut. The town is Greenwich which is on the New York State border. Not typical home in all of Connecticut for sure. I live toward the center of the state and houses like this would probably go for half the price of that one.
Dropping all the vids today. Just ended terry blacks when this dropped perfect timing.
In & out tomorrow :D
The houses tend to change depending on the area of the country
This house is at least a million bucks. Your son is so cute.
I will never understand why contractors build basements like that, but don't finish them. If you were to get a basement like that, I'd say use it as a recreation room and as Archie gets older, he could grow with it and one day he'd be the coolest kid and everyone would want to hang at your house. He'd have a nice room where he could hang with his friends, but you could still keep an eye on everyone. I think as a parent, you want to be the parent who's house everyone comes to. You get to know what everyone is up to!