This is one of the reasons why I have zero interest in wasting my hard earned money propping up the insane housing bubble in western cities.
Building a simple house is a 5000 year old technology.
I know that since we brought a small piece of land outside the city - brought the raw material and paid some local laborer to help us put our family home together.
It cost us a grand total of 10,000 dollars. The only difference was - we did it in india where there are no nonsense housing regulation.
Getting internet was supposed to be hard, but we were allowed to just use the telephone pole to get copper internet ( instead of fibre ).
From a business perspective - no wonder it temping to offshore - when putting a roof over your head eats so much into your income.
Building a simple house is a 5000 year old technology.
I know that since we brought a small piece of land outside the city - brought the raw material and paid some local laborer to help us put our family home together.
It cost us a grand total of 10,000 dollars. The only difference was - we did it in india where there are no nonsense housing regulation.
Getting internet was supposed to be hard, but we were allowed to just use the telephone pole to get copper internet ( instead of fibre ).
From a business perspective - no wonder it temping to offshore - when putting a roof over your head eats so much into your income.