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That was just one example of the many new requirements that make houses more expensive. Solar panels will now be required on all new homes. Also fire sprinkler
by seiferteric 7y ago
That was just one example of the many new requirements that make houses more expensive. Solar panels will now be required on all new homes. Also fire sprinkler systems are required, adding somewhere between $5k-$10k in costs. Each new regulation might seem okay on its own, but all of these things add up.
- hnuser77 7y agoSpeaking of building regulations and solar, I stayed in a house that was completely powered by solar and wired with DC for lights and electronics. You can't just add an AC outlet in the kitchen for a coffee grinder, though. If you have even one AC outlet, you have to wire the entire house to code -- useless and unused AC outlets every few feet along the hallways, AC outlet in the bathroom even though the inverter can't handle most of the things (e.g. hair dryers) that would be plugged in in a bathroom.
- exabrial 7y agoWhat poor person is using a coffee grinder is sort of my original point.
- CydeWeys 7y agoHuh? Whole bean coffee doesn't cost any more and some grinders are quite cheap? The vast majority of poor people have smartphones, and those are much more expensive.
- CalRobert 7y agoCoffee grinders are ten bucks and beans last longer if they're not ground. Also, everyone has the things that they choose to splurge on, even a poor person. When I was dirt broke in college I still bought 2 ply tp because dammit life is too short to deal with anything less. I don't regret it.
- shkkmo 7y agoThose are much better examples that the electrical outlet in the garage.
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoSolar is probably a bad example because it's likely to be net profitable.
- seiferteric 7y agoNo, it makes the upfront cost of a house more expensive, it is a fine example.
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoBasically nobody buys a house outright, so they're not paying the upfront cost anyway, they're taking out a loan. Taking out a larger loan so that you have a larger loan payment when the increase is less than the amount the panels save you in buying electricity from the power company doesn't cost you anything, it turns a profit. Being forced to pay for a parking space even when you don't own a car costs you rather a lot.