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yotsuya:

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--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 24, 2017, 07:05:21 pm ---Why did you sell?

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Everything, or at least that is how it feels, lol.

Sold my house. Sold my 15" 3hp planer. Sold my scroll saw and 6"/9" belt/disc sander (both big iron machines). Sold my kegerator, extra lawnmowers, and gave away a few truckloads of odds and ends out of my garage and shed. And to the new owner of the house, I sold the theater electronics, the theater furniture, the refrigerator, and of course, the rest of the house with everything I built there, including the deck, gas fire pit, shed, fence, game room, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchen cabinets, and on and on... Too many renovations and improvements to count.

Oh, and the family business too, lol. Sold that. Got a full bank account and haven't been this poor in 20 years... :dizzy:

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Yeah, man, but why?

dkersten:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 24, 2017, 07:24:11 pm ---Yeah, man, but why?

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Good question, lol. And you have a good point too.

I woke up one morning a couple months ago to a wet floor in my computer room. In and of itself, that was nothing big. I needed to replace that carpet anyway and it was a reminder that I shouldn't have waited until after winter to put the rain gutter back up on that side of the house. But it was the last straw. I was tired of fixing a 50 year old house.

Actually I think I was just tired of making things nice only to have something old break down again. Then I realized that no matter how much work I do to the house, it will never really be the house I ultimately want. There are some things I just can't change in it, at least not without spending stupid money that I would never get back. If I was going to spend money like that I would be better off selling the house and building my own.

Sounded perfect in my head and on paper it looked really good. And as I take things off the walls I built, tear apart things I put together, and pack up rooms I will never set foot in again, I am realizing that this old ass house has been a big part of my life.

My new house will be awesome. My new theater room is going to be insane. My new planer will take up less space and the 6 times I use it in the next year it will work just as good as my 15" 3hp planer. I will have more room in my shop without some of those other tools, and I will buy and build better stuff to make the new shop awesome. And in a few years, maybe 5 or 10, I will have put my personal touch on every room in this new house. Then I will sell it and start over again, lol.

JMB:
I get where you are coming from. Just moved out of my home of 18 years last week. It is always bittersweet but the end results will be worthwhile. I loved my finished basement in my old house but didn't love the fact that I was coming up on needing a new roof, furnace, hot water heater, and chimney repairs. A week later we are all settled into the new house and I have been able to frame and sheetrock the new basement. Each step in the journey comes with its own sense of satisfaction. Enjoy the new journey! :cheers:

dkersten:

--- Quote from: JMB on April 25, 2017, 01:39:29 pm ---I get where you are coming from. Just moved out of my home of 18 years last week. It is always bittersweet but the end results will be worthwhile. I loved my finished basement in my old house but didn't love the fact that I was coming up on needing a new roof, furnace, hot water heater, and chimney repairs. A week later we are all settled into the new house and I have been able to frame and sheetrock the new basement. Each step in the journey comes with its own sense of satisfaction. Enjoy the new journey! :cheers:

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Thanks!
It happens that I replaced the roof last Fall with a 50 year roof, replaced the water heater a few months ago with an expensive hybrid unit, and the furnace is only 7 years old. I also just put all new carpet in (expensive stuff with the best pad), replaced the main windows in each bedroom upstairs with high end triple pane double hung windows, and scraped all the ceilings and repainted. It all helped to sell the house fast and I recouped at least some of the money, but I wish I had known I was going to decide to sell it last year so I wouldn't have spent quite so much on the most recent updates. I could have saved about $5k and still gotten my asking price on the house. Oh well, hind sight and all...

markc74:
Crikey. I feel your pain.

My house is 120 years old and I've replaced everything. Walls, electricity, plumbing, kitchen, half the roof. It feels like it never ends. After 5 years of living here I'm only now starting in the garden (man den needed!)

Sounds like you're ready to move. You obviously have your reasons so don't look back and do everything 10% better this time 😄

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