Comments on: DIY Solution for Affordable Housing http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/ News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:32:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bigdollordog http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55947 bigdollordog Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:11:16 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55947 cool bus, that reminds me of a friend of mine, (story time) he went home with two attractive young sisters he met here around the seattle area, on the way there he askes, where do you 2 girls live anyway, they said, oh in a bus down by the river, he laughed so hard, then after they rounded the next corner and down a hill there it was an old school bus complete with chimney pipe on the roof, what was weird was they did not think it was strange or wierd, to live in a bus down by the river, they thought it was cool, so why not live in a bus? cant be that bad if they think its cool eh?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55947','bigdollordog',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55947','bigdollordog','cool bus, that reminds me of a friend of mine, (story time) he went home with two attractive young sisters he met here around the seattle area, on the way there he askes, where do you 2 girls live anyway, they said, oh in a bus down by the river, he laughed so hard, then after they rounded the next corner and down a hill there it was an old school bus complete with chimney pipe on the roof, what was weird was they did not think it was strange or wierd, to live in a bus down by the river, they thought it was cool, so why not live in a bus? cant be that bad if they think its cool eh?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> cool bus, that reminds me of a friend of mine, (story time) he went home with two attractive young sisters he met here around the seattle area, on the way there he askes, where do you 2 girls live anyway, they said, oh in a bus down by the river, he laughed so hard, then after they rounded the next corner and down a hill there it was an old school bus complete with chimney pipe on the roof, what was weird was they did not think it was strange or wierd, to live in a bus down by the river, they thought it was cool, so why not live in a bus? cant be that bad if they think its cool eh?
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]]> By: Can’t get a foothold in the housing market? Buy a bus. | Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55944 Can’t get a foothold in the housing market? Buy a bus. | Redfin Seattle Sweet Digs Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:18:11 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55944 [...] Seattle Bubble, the story of a gentleman who skunked the housing market in favor of building his own residence — in a [...]
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]]> By: Tom http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55890 Tom Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:27:30 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55890 Ya. I ride Weedin Pl under I-5 daily. There were about 6 'mobile homes' under there recently. Most were gone yesterday for some reason. I wish they wouldn't dump their trash on the curb. The cars filled with trash is a little different story. That is <a href="http://www.king5.com/localnews/investigators/stories/NW_111306INVcar_ranchers.32b17858.html" rel="nofollow"> car ranching</a>.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55890','Tom',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55890','Tom','Ya. I ride Weedin Pl under I-5 daily. There were about 6 \'mobile homes\' under there recently. Most were gone yesterday for some reason. I wish they wouldn\'t dump their trash on the curb.\r\n\r\nThe cars filled with trash is a little different story. That is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.king5.com\/localnews\/investigators\/stories\/NW_111306INVcar_ranchers.32b17858.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> car ranching<\/a>.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Ya. I ride Weedin Pl under I-5 daily. There were about 6 ‘mobile homes’ under there recently. Most were gone yesterday for some reason. I wish they wouldn’t dump their trash on the curb.

The cars filled with trash is a little different story. That is car ranching.

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]]> By: Dan http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55889 Dan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:07:48 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55889 With a school bus, you can live in the exclusive Green Lake neighborhood underneath the I-5 overpass on Weedin. I used to live near there, and I would say the population underneath the overpass at night was at least 10 or 20. There were all manner of vans, RV's, buses and trucks - mostly filled with trash for some reason. The city lets you park there for two weeks before towing. I think townhomes within 100ft of the highway were selling for $500k.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55889','Dan',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55889','Dan','With a school bus, you can live in the exclusive Green Lake neighborhood underneath the I-5 overpass on Weedin. I used to live near there, and I would say the population underneath the overpass at night was at least 10 or 20. There were all manner of vans, RV\'s, buses and trucks - mostly filled with trash for some reason. The city lets you park there for two weeks before towing. I think townhomes within 100ft of the highway were selling for $500k.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> With a school bus, you can live in the exclusive Green Lake neighborhood underneath the I-5 overpass on Weedin. I used to live near there, and I would say the population underneath the overpass at night was at least 10 or 20. There were all manner of vans, RV’s, buses and trucks – mostly filled with trash for some reason. The city lets you park there for two weeks before towing. I think townhomes within 100ft of the highway were selling for $500k.
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]]> By: Scotsman http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55887 Scotsman Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:39:22 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55887 Looks like fun, especially after the kids are gone. Were i single, I'd be living on a boat. There are lots of alternatives to half million dollar Ballard boxes. A more interesting question to me is "what would your work and general life situation/choices be if you didn't need to make $3-4,000 a month just to pay for a roof over your head?"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55887','Scotsman',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55887','Scotsman','Looks like fun, especially after the kids are gone. Were i single, I\'d be living on a boat. There are lots of alternatives to half million dollar Ballard boxes.\r\n\r\nA more interesting question to me is \"what would your work and general life situation\/choices be if you didn\'t need to make $3-4,000 a month just to pay for a roof over your head?\"',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Looks like fun, especially after the kids are gone. Were i single, I’d be living on a boat. There are lots of alternatives to half million dollar Ballard boxes.

A more interesting question to me is “what would your work and general life situation/choices be if you didn’t need to make $3-4,000 a month just to pay for a roof over your head?”

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]]> By: softwarengineer http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55885 softwarengineer Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:19:30 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55885 FINALLY A HOME "LUNCH BOX JOE" CAN AFFORD Thanx Tim for the laugh :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55885','softwarengineer',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55885','softwarengineer','FINALLY A HOME \"LUNCH BOX JOE\" CAN AFFORD\r\n\r\nThanx Tim for the laugh :-)',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> FINALLY A HOME “LUNCH BOX JOE” CAN AFFORD

Thanx Tim for the laugh :-)

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]]> By: Jonny http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55876 Jonny Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:07:01 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55876 Don't buy what you cannot afford. It's as simple as that for me.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55876','Jonny',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55876','Jonny','Don\'t buy what you cannot afford. It\'s as simple as that for me.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Don’t buy what you cannot afford. It’s as simple as that for me.
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]]> By: Ron Sims: Realtor Mouthpiece? | Seattle Bubble — News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area. http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55875 Ron Sims: Realtor Mouthpiece? | Seattle Bubble — News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:03:29 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55875 [...] Spotted by commenter “K” on Twitter. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55875','Ron Sims: Realtor Mouthpiece? | Seattle Bubble — News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area.',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55875','Ron Sims: Realtor Mouthpiece? | Seattle Bubble — News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area.','[...] Spotted by commenter “K” on Twitter. [...]',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Spotted by commenter “K” on Twitter. [...]
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]]> By: Fripp http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55874 Fripp Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:12:02 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55874 Not just this time next year, but by "early next year." I think we can safely assume he means by the end of March...he must be expecting quite the rebound in what are traditionally the worst real estate months of the year.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55874','Fripp',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55874','Fripp','Not just this time next year, but by \"early next year.\" I think we can safely assume he means by the end of March...he must be expecting quite the rebound in what are traditionally the worst real estate months of the year.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Not just this time next year, but by “early next year.” I think we can safely assume he means by the end of March…he must be expecting quite the rebound in what are traditionally the worst real estate months of the year.
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]]> By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55873 The Tim Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:05:52 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55873 Re: shipping containers - Oh yeah, it's a totally serious movement, and some people are doing some pretty cool stuff with them. Re: Ron Sims - Nice find, K. I wonder what he'll be saying this time next year? Just in case it gets deleted or something, I'm going to copy it here: <blockquote>By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay buying a home. - <a href="http://twitter.com/ronsims/statuses/910331253" rel="nofollow"><em>King County Executive Ron Sims, September 4, 2008</em></a></blockquote><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55873','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55873','The Tim','Re: shipping containers - Oh yeah, it\'s a totally serious movement, and some people are doing some pretty cool stuff with them.\r\n\r\nRe: Ron Sims - Nice find, K. I wonder what he\'ll be saying this time next year?\r\n\r\nJust in case it gets deleted or something, I\'m going to copy it here:\r\n<blockquote>By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay buying a home.\r\n\r\n- <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ronsims\/statuses\/910331253\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>King County Executive Ron Sims, September 4, 2008<\/em><\/a><\/blockquote>',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Re: shipping containers – Oh yeah, it’s a totally serious movement, and some people are doing some pretty cool stuff with them.

Re: Ron Sims – Nice find, K. I wonder what he’ll be saying this time next year?

Just in case it gets deleted or something, I’m going to copy it here:

By early next year, many will come to regret their decision to delay buying a home.

- King County Executive Ron Sims, September 4, 2008

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]]> By: jon http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55872 jon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:02:21 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55872 "Markor // Sep 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm Another option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. " That's funny. Turns out there are a lot of projects like that. Here's one: http://www.wisebread.com/welcome-to-container-city-how-shipping-containers-are-recycled-into-green-dwellings<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55872','jon',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55872','jon','\"Markor \/\/ Sep 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm\r\n\r\nAnother option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. \"\r\n\r\nThat\'s funny. Turns out there are a lot of projects like that. Here\'s one:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.wisebread.com\/welcome-to-container-city-how-shipping-containers-are-recycled-into-green-dwellings',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> “Markor // Sep 5, 2008 at 12:46 pm

Another option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. ”

That’s funny. Turns out there are a lot of projects like that. Here’s one:

http://www.wisebread.com/welcome-to-container-city-how-shipping-containers-are-recycled-into-green-dwellings

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]]> By: K http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55871 K Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:00:36 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55871 http://twitter.com/ronsims/statuses/910331253<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55871','K',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55871','K','http:\/\/twitter.com\/ronsims\/statuses\/910331253',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> http://twitter.com/ronsims/statuses/910331253
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]]> By: Jenny http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55869 Jenny Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:49:01 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55869 Here's another example of a bus reno, except this one was done just for fun: http://steampunkworkshop.com/bus1.shtml. It's a nice example of what's possible with a little imagination.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55869','Jenny',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55869','Jenny','Here\'s another example of a bus reno, except this one was done just for fun: http:\/\/steampunkworkshop.com\/bus1.shtml. It\'s a nice example of what\'s possible with a little imagination.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Here’s another example of a bus reno, except this one was done just for fun: http://steampunkworkshop.com/bus1.shtml. It’s a nice example of what’s possible with a little imagination.
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]]> By: Markor http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/09/05/diy-solution-for-affordable-housing/#comment-55867 Markor Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:46:27 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/?p=2598#comment-55867 Another option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. There's about 3 million of them in the NYC area alone, as it's too expensive to ship them back to China empty.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('55867','Markor',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('55867','Markor','Another option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. There\'s about 3 million of them in the NYC area alone, as it\'s too expensive to ship them back to China empty.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Another option is to make a shelter out of used shipping containers. There’s about 3 million of them in the NYC area alone, as it’s too expensive to ship them back to China empty.
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