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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No time! I commute and work long hours to afford this house. I barely have energy to sleep let along caring for a house. [/quote]

This is the part that I don’t understand.  Wouldn’t it be better to sell the large house that is holding you prisoner and buy something smaller closer to your office?  You are in a race to nowhere.[/quote]

Exactly. And if you can afford a large expensive house, you can better afford a  medium sized less expensive house that you can afford lawn care and maintenance for. Money and laziness are no excuse. [/quote]

No worries, I am not doing law care in a small house either. It’s a waste of brain cells. No one is getting out of a historical low mortgage rate to please their average wit neighbors who have no hobbies other than criticizing some grass 😬[/quote]

So a fancy way of admitting your laziness. [/quote]

I can't speak for the PP, but the idea that you're lazy if you don't keep your lawn immaculate is dumb. You don't know what's going on in their life. If they've got some kids, a dying parent, a full time job, and sit on the board of several organizations, that's not lazy. Something's got to give, and lawn maintenance is easily the least important of these. Stay mad. [/quote]

I’m not one of the PP’s who is mad or thinks it affects neighborhood home values. I just find it fascinating from a behavioral perspective. If that happened to me I would downsize/move to something low maintenance.

But my lawn service is $80/month, plus twice a year yard cleanups at $500 each. It’s just not that expensive at all. Under $2k a year. People who are down to their last $2k are too financially stretched to live in a big expensive house. It doesn’t “make me mad” - it’s just really bad financial decision making. 
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First, I don't really see this with people just moving in...but you see it a ton with the people that bought 50 years ago when the house was cheap, but could never afford to buy their house today.

Second, you just mentioned one small piece of homeownership....lawn maintenance.  Repaving a driveway is at least $10k depending on the driveway...I have painted the wood siding of my 1927 house three times in 20 years at a cost of around $7k a pop (on average...lower 20 years ago, higher now), had roof and gutters replaced, etc.[/quote]

I don't really judge the people who bought 50 years ago (and you can tell who they are by the lawn gnomes and just assorted old-people decor.) I give them grace.
But where I live, when those old people die and they flip the house and sell it for four times as much, there are a lot of young families who just DGAF. Weeds everywhere and not a hint of landscaping unless the builder threw something in. Generally it's either a cultural thing or they are eco-warriors who think they are being green.[/quote]

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