• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      Real talk. My mom spent that much on her first new car; my grandparents spent 1/3 on buying land and building a house. I got heat for 110m2.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I got a new one a couple years ago. Was like $25k. That wasn’t even with all the top of the line options either.

    • Omgpwnies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I kinda count that as house expense - if I didn’t have this house, I wouldn’t have had to replace the HVAC, windows, etc. so to me it just compounds on the purchase price of the property itself.

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Fun fact but professional cycling regulations have a minimum bike weight of 6.8kg (14.99 lbs) so professional riders have even lighter bikes.

          They actually don’t. Most pro bikes weigh closer to 20lbs. These guys descend mountains at 90 mph, sprint at 45 mph, they are not going to risk their lives over what amounts to a few sips of water. The 14.99 number is for dentists.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    Does a roof and windows count? Or, do those fall under the “house” heading? That was around $20k all done.
    Finishing the basement was around $15k, though that’s certainly under the house.
    Then there’s the septic tank we had to replace, that was about $10k.

    The cost of a home isn’t done with just the mortgage.

    • FlagstaffEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I would say the stipulation is everything directly related to a house.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    8·
    3 months ago

    Motorcycle. Rode Amtrak with a backpack full of $5700 in cash to go get it and ride it home.

    • FlagstaffEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      That’s all that it had cost? How’s it been?

      • Nougat@fedia.io
        2·
        3 months ago

        It was used, bought from a private party. Best purchase I have ever made. I haven’t had the “What bike should I get next?” thing since.

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    A new HVAC system cost me about 20k, but if that falls under “house” it would go to the 12k CNC machine.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    5·
    3 months ago

    The vacant lot next to my house.

    After that… probably my wife’s engagement ring. And very close after that, a number of dinners at fancy restaurants for large groups of people.

    Wait, no… the catering for the wedding cost more than the ring. That’s #2 after real estate.

  • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    3 months ago

    My sailboat, 20k. More than I’ve ever spent on a boat (or a car), but very worth it to us. It’s our cabin, retirement home, project, and happy place. Of course, we discovered after that the previous owner, bless his heart, hadn’t sealed a cable running through the deck properly and now the whole cabin top is rotten. So that will be a big job to fix. Luckily I can fix that myself, but my heart definitely sank when I discovered it.