Seriously, that's a nice house. That's in a prime California area. That house has to be $500,000 or more in 1982. What does she do exactly?
shareI don't remember if it's explicitly stated. She did, however, just get divorced from the children's father. He probably let her keep the house, for the sake of the kids. Some divorces are rather civil.
shareShe is clearly not rich. She cannot seem to afford a maid or a babysitter.
shareIt looks more in the $200K range for the time period. It's upper middle class, but not really upper class. I've been in the LA area in the "rich neighborhoods", and that house, for the time, was just an average suburban home.
shareI don't remember if it's explicitly stated. She did, however, just get divorced from the children's father. He probably let her keep the house, for the sake of the kids. Some divorces are rather civil.
That house is "just an avarage suburban home"????
shareIt looks to me to be a two story home, probably without a basement, though, IIRC, the garage seems to be below the level of the home itself. I'd likely guess it might be 1500 square feet, possibly a touch more. Yeah, that's a pretty average, suburban home for a middle class family.
These days, (2021), it would be probably a million in California, or other expensive area. Most of the rural parts of the country (defined as small towns and cities, no larger than 5 or 6 hundred thousand population) it would be, maybe, two hundred thousand. At the time, likely a hundred thousand or less.
"Without a basement " ok, I did not think about it. It this something usual in the States?
I do not know what IRRC does mean.
Depends on the area. In the midwest and plains where I live almost everyone has a basement; if for no other reason that they serve as tornado shelters. The ground is amenable and they are desireable.
In Florida, they are very rare. The water table is high and digging, building, and almost most important, sealing it from water makes them very difficult to build and very expensive.
I can't testify to all of California, but I am told by friends that live there that they are not common.
IIRC means "If I Remember Correctly." which is what I should have typed in the previous post. Sorry about that.
No problem at all!! I am always glad to learn something new.
OK, thank you for the information.
They were separated, not divorced fwiw
shareWe can only speculate what she did. And whether or not she benefited from her ex, one thing's for sure - she worked.
Incidentally, if the house wasn't as pricey as the OP suggested, at the end of the day it is a damn fine house
Nah it’s out in the San Bernardino or San Fernando valley. In 82 that house would’ve run 150-200k. She’s probably divorced or widowed and has someone helping pay the mortgage.
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Which fits what I said above.
LOL at 500K. This was 1982. It was probably 150k or less. People haven't a clue how ridiculous the housing bubble really is. Suburban homes never used to be so expensive unless they were actual mansions.
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