Another Leg of our Journey; Life in Town...in a rented Bungalow

Not a big place (hate big)
But enough for us at 750 sf
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and two garages
one will be my shop
the other to house the Jeep

the garage walls aren't listing as bad as I remember

Very doable to fix

The weird thing is the one on the right has both walls canting inward
I'll need to tear off the roofing anyway
Easier than I had imagined

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Big lot, some fruit trees
Much garden space

fun fun fun
 
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Pepper said:
Is that much closer than you used to be? I'd like for you to have the best of both worlds!
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It's in the outer burbs
Neighbors are tidy...and quiet
When we lived at the cabin, we were 25 miles from any store of which was pretty lacking in anything not date code expired, and 50 miles from the city of 20K population

I'm now fond of comfort

very fond

The only difference in enjoying a life of ease now as opposed to before we spent four years roughing it, is knowing the difference...in each and every thing

We're reveling in it

Still, I know now I gotta have projects
I can't lay around watching TV
Just can't
Won't

The garages will take up a good portion of time, maybe 3-4 months

Then decks, French doors
garden
grape arbore
other fun stuff
 
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Inspector Gary'O!🔎
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Our house is so odd, because its big and doesn't require a lot of cleaning. I credit our location and the way my hub built it - based on the Budweiser "cold room" construction system. He was a project engineer for AB breweries. Watering all the indoor plants takes up the most time. Its funny how some houses get very dirty and need lots of dusting while others are so much more easily maintained.
 
Meander, Mike 4 and Gary O Post must see material (also, two ladies, not as
prolific but always interesting -names:________&_____________?)
If we bronzed them, they couldn't post anymore, just a 'Hat's Off!' will have to suffice.
Post require time and skill, (time I got, the other, well)

Have you'll see those 'Tiny House' that groups of downsizing folk are buying?
Interesting, but you cannot have any clutter, as that would deny access to
needed parts of the house.
You buy the lot, get your 'Tiny House' hauled to the site, hook up your utilities-
your home.
You don't like your site, call semi truck and trailer, load house...
They are not cheap.
 
Read that is mostly millennials that are buying tiny homes, hoping to save money to build or upgrade to a normal house. Can't imagine living in one unless you absolutely had to. Friend of mine says the way its going, in a few years most everyone will be living in a 500 sq ft "box".
 
Liberty:
That was kinda my take.
They did have the convince of moving around (semi-trailer, utilities would cost
appear prohibitive to me), but if you have the funds, pack up and leave?
I would think of them as a travel trailer, unsure how many sq ft in those, but no
utilities, hauling... There are travel trailer camp sites around me, not sure what they charge for pad site...
So of the people are downsizing due to economics, betcha you could buy a used trailer, in good shape... these tiny house or running from 25K to whatever you can afford.
 
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Liberty said:
Can't imagine living in one unless you absolutely had to
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It's nothing but a fad.
The attraction is it's financially doable.
But.....ya gotta live in it.
It's a joke
a bad joke

Then.....you're stuck
Seriously doubt the value holds any better than a new vehicle driven off the lot.

Sure, some folks are nomads
That may work
but
Ya gotta have a rig and a half to tow those 'tiny home' beasts down the road...and up the hill


and
the not so incidental cost of;
jerry r. garner said:
There are travel trailer camp sites around me, not sure what they charge for pad site...
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jerry r. garner said:
Liberty:
That was kinda my take.
They did have the convince of moving around (semi-trailer, utilities would cost
appear prohibitive to me), but if you have the funds, pack up and leave?
I would think of them as a travel trailer, unsure how many sq ft in those, but no
utilities, hauling... There are travel trailer camp sites around me, not sure what they charge for pad site...
So of the people are downsizing due to economics, betcha you could buy a used trailer, in good shape... these tiny house or running from 25K to whatever you can afford.
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Yes, think its kinda like having one of those huge bump out RV's...we were dumbfounded to find out how much it cost to park one of those big rigs on the beach in SW Florida every night...as much or more than a beachfront condo rental charged!

Freaky thing, saw an ad in the local Ft. Myer's Beach paper for someone to pick up a big 35' motor home at the rental agency, drive it to the beachfront RV location, park it and then pick it up in a month. It was like the renter didn't want to drive it - just live in it on the beach for the month. We figured it would cost at least 5 grand do do that!

The thought sound like "born free" but how much does it cost to "live free"!
 

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