cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI’m shocked at how much more affordable castles are than I expectedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1406arrow-down1imageI’m shocked at how much more affordable castles are than I expectedlemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square78linkfedilinkfile-text
Honestly I’m supposed to be looking for a new place, but now I’m just looking at castles like, yeah I could make this work.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down1·2 days agoMy expectation would be that financing is difficult to acquire, and the upkeep and renovation to make/keep it habitable ends up being a money hole. So if anything, it’s just like buying a normal home in the US.
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up79·2 days agoAlso OOP is hugely downplaying the amount of responsibility and rules you have to follow with most of these.
minus-squaregedfromgont@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·2 days agoThey sound a lot like this guy
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day ago“You see that chicken? It’s made from chicken! Kill it, you get free chicken!” “This here’s wool, it grows on sheep. Cut it off, sell it, it fuckin grows back again! You cannot lose!!!”
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoPay for it in cash, hire enough staff to maintain it like a true manor lord. Yet another nice thing that’s reserved only for the rich…
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoHonestly this one is a wealth transfer method because it doesn’t bring in shit and the upkeep is a bitch
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoThat’s why you pay people to do the upkeep. Cause you’re probably already rich if you bought a castle. And it can bring shit in if you use the land to generate revenue. Paying people to work it for you, of course. Cause that’s what manor lords do…
My expectation would be that financing is difficult to acquire, and the upkeep and renovation to make/keep it habitable ends up being a money hole. So if anything, it’s just like buying a normal home in the US.
Also OOP is hugely downplaying the amount of responsibility and rules you have to follow with most of these.
They sound a lot like this guy
“You see that chicken? It’s made from chicken! Kill it, you get free chicken!”
“This here’s wool, it grows on sheep. Cut it off, sell it, it fuckin grows back again! You cannot lose!!!”
Pay for it in cash, hire enough staff to maintain it like a true manor lord.
Yet another nice thing that’s reserved only for the rich…
Honestly this one is a wealth transfer method because it doesn’t bring in shit and the upkeep is a bitch
That’s why you pay people to do the upkeep. Cause you’re probably already rich if you bought a castle.
And it can bring shit in if you use the land to generate revenue. Paying people to work it for you, of course. Cause that’s what manor lords do…