Stop Building New Homes In Stansbury Park ! Why?

With so many homes on the market in Stansbury Park, why do they keep building new ones ? Thats the question asked by a FSBO lady when I called her the other day to see if I could be of help.

It's a legitimate question and one that Berna & I have asked ourselves and each other more than once over the last few months. Usually we ask because we've lost an existing home sale to one of the premier builders in Stansbury, or because we can't get a commitment from a home buyer until they have looked at every model home in the area. Basically like the FSBO lady, it's because were frustrated, and that frustration would end if there weren't so many New Homes on the market. In other words, to parrot our teen age daughter as she argues for a cell phone, "but I have needs".

What about the builders ? Well they have needs too. Land payments, overhead, lot release schedules, construction loans maturing and on & on. But of coarse were small and Ivory Homes, Fieldstone and Richmond American are big, so our "needs" trump theirs. (at least in our mind). Have you noticed that not many people have an ounce of sympathy for builders or their needs?

But what about the needs of the community ? What about the need to keep our neighborhoods vital, and vibrant, and productive. Revisit an article I did last year about what New Construction meant to our area in terms of payroll, taxes and fees. I remember being amazed at the impact the construction of a single house could have on an area.

Now I want you to look at the importance of New Home Building with me from a different perspective, the perspective of the "needs" of your neighbors. Where they work, and what happens If we stop building new houses.

Stansbury Park:     14% of all employed males work in the construction Industry, 4% in the finance or insurance business.. Nine % of employed females are in a finance related field.

Tooele City:            14% of males are in construction, 4% females are in finance.

Grantsville:             14% males in construction, 7% females in finance.

Erda:                       10% males in construction, 6% females in finance.

The bottom line is, my needs nor the FSBO ladies needs ( nor my teen age daughters) come anywhere near those of over 2000 of our neighbors.

I know this doesn't answer the question of why new homes are being built in Stansbury Park, but maybe it helps you realize, WE DONT WANT THEM TO STOP !!!

Thanks for being here
Chris & Berna
435-840-5029