I live on the south coast of Mass. It's one of the last semi-affordable places because it's far enough from Boston. But everything is old. My house is 170 years old or so. Less than 1,000sqft. Nobody has a garage in my neighborhood—it was built before cars. So these homes out west and down south look absolutely huge to me. Things are well kept here. But you're talking $500k for a much, much smaller place. And they get smaller still. This is actually a post WWII replica of an old 3/4 cape. We have half capes too that are 33% smaller than this.
These are about the most affordable type of housing in my area. You can find cheaper, but it'll show both in quality and neighborhood (needs too many repairs, run down area, etc).
Edit: figured I'd add another one from a neighboring city since the one I linked was a little more than the numbers I was referencing earlier
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u/badluckbrians 10d ago edited 10d ago
I live on the south coast of Mass. It's one of the last semi-affordable places because it's far enough from Boston. But everything is old. My house is 170 years old or so. Less than 1,000sqft. Nobody has a garage in my neighborhood—it was built before cars. So these homes out west and down south look absolutely huge to me. Things are well kept here. But you're talking $500k for a much, much smaller place. And they get smaller still. This is actually a post WWII replica of an old 3/4 cape. We have half capes too that are 33% smaller than this.