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pbj:
I move all the damn time. ALL the time. Stop being a sissy, you'll live.

ark_ader:
I really do not see the point of living in a house and paying a mortgage for a property that is over priced and (especially when the 2007 ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- hit the fan) puts you in a situation where you have to heat/cool/fix/furnish on a regular basis.

If you are pushing 50 and feel that the whole owning a home ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- is not your thing, then replace permanent with mobile. In all seriousness what do you really need? Bedroom, kitchen, crapper and someplace to chill out and watch TV. Normally people opt for a cheap apartment, but I think that is wasted money.

Buy some land where you would like to live in twenty years time (somewhere warm) and plop a tiny house on it. Lots of people are doing it, and getting out of the trap of paying over the top for something your kids or a distant family member will get when you wake up dead. If you don't like the place, add the wheels and go someplace else.

It is great if you are self employed like a writer or a technologist, but early retirement, something to keep your depression and anxiety away by designing your future home(stead). Might be the ticket.

Just an idea.

dkersten:
lol, I watch those tiny house shows and laugh at the idiots trying to go from 1500 sq ft to 200 sq ft. Especially when they have like 2 kids and 4 pets. I can understand the whole tiny house thing if you aren't married, no career that keeps you in one place, and of course no kids, but anyone thinking it would get them "freedom" when they have obligations is flirting with a paradox and will end up with a rude awakening.

My home is my sanctuary. Most people work hard to be able to take a vacation and "get away" from their life. My vacation is my home, and I get to go there just about every night. And over the past ~30 years of adulthood I have come to realize that there are two things that are important to me in that sanctuary: a shop and a home theater/media room. It took spending a fair chunk of money and a lot of labor to build things like a game room, a killer outdoor space, and a nice kitchen/dining/living room to realize that those things just aren't that important to me. So I am building what I want in a home. It isn't going to be my "forever home", it's the "what I want at this point in my life" home.

I understand that for many people, the place they live is like a prison, a place they have to have to keep warm and be safe at night but otherwise something that forces them to work a job they hate just to make the rent/mortgage. I guess I am fortunate to not see things that way and to have the opportunities I have had to turn my residence into a place of relaxation and luxury (regardless of how tight or loose my budget is).

Tearing down my old shop made me realize just how much work I have ahead of me to turn my new house into that sanctuary, but the upside is I am set for projects for the next few years. Of course, that is odd considering the point of building a house from scratch is so that everything starts out the way you want it and doesn't need to be renovated. The perspective here is that the stuff I will be working on over the next few years will be things that I have the luxury of spending a few years doing. The basics, like the kitchen, bathrooms, and bedroom will be done exactly how I want them and be new enough not to worry about walking into a room and finding a puddle of water or to have to replace appliances or fix cabinet doors. That will free me up to do the stuff I enjoy purely for the sake of enjoying it, not because I have to fix it before it creates an even more expensive mess.

dkersten:

--- Quote from: pbj on April 25, 2017, 10:57:22 pm ---I move all the damn time. ALL the time. Stop being a sissy, you'll live.

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So when was the last time you had to change something after 16 years of not changing it? Not only have I lived in one house for that long, I haven't lived in an apartment for about 23 years, and I haven't lived somewhere I haven't owned for about 22 years. It's going to be a pretty major adjustment for me. I'm not even sure if I can drill a hole in the wall of the new apartment to mount a TV. Oh the humanity! How do you make it from day to day?

Hey, if I were used to moving "All the time", it wouldn't be a big deal to me either.

And I'm just reflecting on how much you get settled into things after so much time, and how much time it will take before I am this settled again. Nobody forced me to sell my house right in the middle of several other major changes in my life. I chose this. To me, this is an adventure, a bit of a risk, a massive jolt to the comfort level of my life, and an opportunity to do something I have wanted to do for a long time. And along with all that comes a lot of excitement, anxiety, and some sleepless nights.

Granted, this stuff isn't as exciting and nerve wracking as opening a free shirt or making a couple bucks a week by pressing a button on a coke machine, but I still wanted to share it here.. :cheers:

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: dkersten on April 26, 2017, 12:25:54 pm ---lol, I watch those tiny house shows and laugh at the idiots trying to go from 1500 sq ft to 200 sq ft. Especially when they have like 2 kids and 4 pets. I can understand the whole tiny house thing if you aren't married, no career that keeps you in one place, and of course no kids, but anyone thinking it would get them "freedom" when they have obligations is flirting with a paradox and will end up with a rude awakening.

My home is my sanctuary. Most people work hard to be able to take a vacation and "get away" from their life. My vacation is my home, and I get to go there just about every night. And over the past ~30 years of adulthood I have come to realize that there are two things that are important to me in that sanctuary: a shop and a home theater/media room. It took spending a fair chunk of money and a lot of labor to build things like a game room, a killer outdoor space, and a nice kitchen/dining/living room to realize that those things just aren't that important to me. So I am building what I want in a home. It isn't going to be my "forever home", it's the "what I want at this point in my life" home.

I understand that for many people, the place they live is like a prison, a place they have to have to keep warm and be safe at night but otherwise something that forces them to work a job they hate just to make the rent/mortgage. I guess I am fortunate to not see things that way and to have the opportunities I have had to turn my residence into a place of relaxation and luxury (regardless of how tight or loose my budget is).

Tearing down my old shop made me realize just how much work I have ahead of me to turn my new house into that sanctuary, but the upside is I am set for projects for the next few years. Of course, that is odd considering the point of building a house from scratch is so that everything starts out the way you want it and doesn't need to be renovated. The perspective here is that the stuff I will be working on over the next few years will be things that I have the luxury of spending a few years doing. The basics, like the kitchen, bathrooms, and bedroom will be done exactly how I want them and be new enough not to worry about walking into a room and finding a puddle of water or to have to replace appliances or fix cabinet doors. That will free me up to do the stuff I enjoy purely for the sake of enjoying it, not because I have to fix it before it creates an even more expensive mess.

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---fudgesicle--- tiny houses. And Kaneda.

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