(12-13-2018, 07:28 PM)reuben.ahmed Wrote: Good for you! I've been in a house for maybe 11 years now and you might start to see you have secret hobbies you never knew about. Mine were I apparently like to garden and landscape more than the normal person.

My parents have gotten older (70s) and I'm thinking of building a new one/moving that has an in-law suite.

Although they annoy me when I visit, I think I can survive if it's a separated suite basically (locked door, they have their own garage etc). how does your wife feel about it (edit it's her father, so apparently she's fine with it). I feel like I won't be able to get married if people think I'm "living with my parents". Privacy lost....

I also prefer ranch homes. I find I rarely go into my half finished basement and only upstairs to shower/sleep anyway. Put them all on the 1st floor.

My dog isn't allowed to use stairs anymore (spine deterioration although she's only 7) - she had back surgery, so that also leans towards single floor flat level housing, if possible.

My biggest mistake with my first house is only 0.25 acres. You need wide acreage, you really have no idea how shitty neighbors can be until you get "that one" like one side of mine. You name it. Called the cops on me at 2AM (thinking I illegally parallel parked my car on the street, about 1ft off the curb - it wasn't even my car). Seriously, who does that?

Their dog shits in my yard and they don't pick it up (I go out there with a shovel and throw it 20ft back into their lawn, lol).

Opens my backyard gate/fence, walks into my backyard and looks inside my back windows to see if I'm home.

Then the slightly less annoying things, constantly tries to talk to me (initiates 100 out of 100 conversations) even though I have my headphones on and I'm not looking at them.

Sitting on their deck 15 ft away, drinking beer the whole night, burping, and singing. Latter would be OK if they had a singing voice.

Also dumb people can accidentally be racist and you forgive them because they're just stupid.

(12-13-2018, 06:13 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm bucking that Millennial trend and becoming a homeowner!

My wife and I are buying a home with her father, who wanted to move closer to us, and we decided that this is the most economical option. So we are getting a 4 bed, 3 full bath, single level house in my city. We got the signed contract in, today, after much negotiating. So closing is still a ways off, but it's an exciting (and stressful) thing!

(12-13-2018, 08:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The provided picture looks beautiful and it sounds very nice. Just remember; as a home owner you are NEVER done. It's either repairs or upgrades. Learn to do as much as you can on your own. YouTube is your friend.  

(12-13-2018, 08:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The provided picture looks beautiful and it sounds very nice. Just remember; as a home owner you are NEVER done. It's either repairs or upgrades. Learn to do as much as you can on your own. YouTube is your friend.  

(12-13-2018, 09:32 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: This is very true.

HOWEVER, keep in mind two things with each project you undertake.

First, if the project can become costly if it isn't done correctly the first time, leave it to an insured professional.  Often repairing a part of something done poorly costs as much or more than just having a professional do it from the get go.

Second, remember to calculate your the value of your own time and sanity when you consider which projects to undertake yourself.  It is easy to say "I can do that myself and save money", but sometimes the amount of time required to do the job in off work hours can either take up all of your time for a significant period, leave daily life upside down for an extended period, or both.  These things can ultimately bring the stress level for you or family members to a very high level.

(12-13-2018, 09:32 PM)jfkbengals Wrote: This is very true.

HOWEVER, keep in mind two things with each project you undertake.

First, if the project can become costly if it isn't done correctly the first time, leave it to an insured professional.  Often repairing a part of something done poorly costs as much or more than just having a professional do it from the get go.

Second, remember to calculate your the value of your own time and sanity when you consider which projects to undertake yourself.  It is easy to say "I can do that myself and save money", but sometimes the amount of time required to do the job in off work hours can either take up all of your time for a significant period, leave daily life upside down for an extended period, or both.  These things can ultimately bring the stress level for you or family members to a very high level.

(12-13-2018, 06:13 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I'm bucking that Millennial trend and becoming a homeowner!

My wife and I are buying a home with her father, who wanted to move closer to us, and we decided that this is the most economical option. So we are getting a 4 bed, 3 full bath, single level house in my city. We got the signed contract in, today, after much negotiating. So closing is still a ways off, but it's an exciting (and stressful) thing!

(12-13-2018, 06:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No indoor pets.

(12-17-2018, 06:07 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: if your pets cant go indoors you shouldn't have any.

(12-17-2018, 06:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Right, because animals evolved to their current state while living indoors.

(12-18-2018, 11:38 AM)XenoMorph Wrote: fred I don't think you understand the word PET not wild animal...

(03-08-2019, 12:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Congrats.

Hope there is not a lot of work/painting stuff that still needs to be done. I painted the interior of my house before I sold it. I had been there 15 years and raise dkids so the walls had to be painted. Of course I painted them a neutral off-white color. After I sold it I went back to drop off some stuff for the new homowners and they were re-painting everything in their own colors. I was not suprised. I knw a lot of people want their own colors. I wish I had nto gone to the trouble and expense to paint, but I honestly think it would have hurt the price. Even if people are going to re-paint in new colors the interior of a house looks so much better with fresh painted walls.