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Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
Here's a call for help. My family and some cousins have gathered for a funeral so we're all in one spot. All travelled back from overseas.
However we have planned for ages (before the scamdemic and building permits takes ages to get) to rebuild our old houses and to collective pool our resources to do so.
Well, our building permits are out and got the go ahead to get things rolling. But I didn't expect a relative to suddenly pass and so, thought because of covid, I didn't think they would do anything yet until things have calmed down (another half year before they come back).
Now, I firmly believe the scumbags will tank the global economy, after when the GOP takes back the house and senate, or if they get very desperate to get rid of Putin, point being, yes, no one can tell the future but I honestly have to plan for them to get so desperate they pull off something nasty to tank things.
So, I have to convince my NPC cousins and family to halt their reconstruction ideas because if they start, what if everything comes to a standstill and everyone is holding a bag of shit: prices of building materials go through the roof, builders leave, materials can't be delivered etc ... not a good place to be.
WITHOUT, giving them the low down on what's really happening like the great reset green new deal, what convincing data point that I can I show NPCs to say that there's may be a massive crash and they need to hold off for now?
I don't want to get into the WEF and vaccines because that really would open up another can of worms, and I don't have time for that yet.
@Home depot a 6' 2x4 price per stick ($3.50) a year ago and compare to today ($8.00) Wood is a commodity so will Eventually come down in price after this Biden BS. That's could be more than double what your family was planning (maybe) and that's just wood, other materials, plumbing, electric, roofing, concrete & labor has also gone way up. Maybe that will convince them to hold off for awhile. We have been remodeling a house and we are just finishing up, thank goodness most was done before Biden, so now it's just small finishing items. Even back then we were using items from the REbuilding center.
Here’s the thing- if you hold off on what seems like a very important long term family project, it could get stalled for other matters, as well. Someone could get hit by a bus or idk, weather events, anything really. Look at your smaller world rather than the bigger world right now. This seems like an outstanding project. Look at the pluses and minuses for the whole project(s.) Is this going to be really beneficial in the long run? I don’t think housing is ever going to be cheap. Wouldn’t it be nice to have that security of having a family homestead you control for the most part? Don’t let the world stand in your way. Lumber is down, plumbing parts are cheap, so is electrical for the most part. You run into a lot of money with tile, countertops, roofing materials, some flooring but the biggest costs come from hiring contractors. If this is diy, you’ve got this! It’s really necessary to hire qualified pros for big electrical and plumbing projects but so many demos and renos can be done (with some online tutorials) yourself.
You have to go with your gut as well as what is best for all of you. Pray on it if you do that. You’re experiencing a stressful time so put it on hold a little while but I would not scrap it. I’ve done a ton of work on my own to my 45 year old house, even lately with prices being higher. They don’t seem unreasonably high compared to food and gas though. Idk where you live but I think it’s a fantastic idea. Hang in there.
I have "Heard" that lumber prices are down a bit. Do you have dry secure storage? Are you familiar with dollar cost averaging? you might consider building a stockpile of building materials slowly so that you can accomplish some reasonable amount of work without getting yourself in a jam.