, a real estate broker and Realtor with Windermere in Seattle, Washington, tells Business Insider."When you're going into a planned community, you're almost certainly going to have some HOA fee that can be $400 or $500 a month, or even more," she says. A couple paints green dye onto drought affected grass at a home in Santa Fe Springs, California.Even if you had a yard in the city, chances are it was much smaller than what it would be in the suburbs.
And other services will get more expensive."If you're paying for a cleaning service, that's going to be more expensive in the suburbs," adds Watterson. A bigger home means a higher cleaning bill.When you have more space, chances are you'll be more tempted to fill it. Having more means that you're using more power, water, and gas, and bills can add up much quicker in a single-family house than they do in a small apartment.
. With a house, your costs could be much higher when you have more square footage and bedrooms to heat. Let's face it: You might have fewer public transportation options in the suburbs — especially those surrounding smaller cities.
Is the person an idiot who wrote this, or is just business insider that horrible of a site?