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[quote=Anonymous]I think the lesson for newbies reading this thread should take away is that appliances are not the same thing as the house structure itself.  And neither has anything to do with the location of the house.  When you walk into a prospective house, have at your disposal the cost to replace each of the critical appliances.  That way, if you notice that an appliance looks older, you can work into your calculations the cost of replacing it.  You can even take photos of the labels on the appliances that will give you info on their age.  (You can get this info by walking through any Lowes or Home Depot and jotting down the prices of the appliances you'd like.) If you've never owned a SFH, gather some information from local friends who have paid for landscaping services to estimate what it will cost to buy and grow a landscape and how long that will take.  The same is true for fencing.  Most people have no idea whatsoever how much each little plant costs, or that many of those die and need to be replaced with something else.  Having a yard leveled or terraced, or having draining put into a flat yard are all very expensive endeavors but these are very rarely provided in new construction prices.  [/quote]

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