Levelling up on real estate

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi) 02/12/2018 at 20:25 • Filed to: None

8

11

A few people here have been bitching recently about the trials and tribulations of house hunting. Well, me too. But after a year of hunting, 3 near misses, and a freaking nightmare dealing with the vendor of the latest place, we finally got across the line!

In a month’s time we move from an apartment in the city to 10 acres with a 90 year old fixer-up house, in the country an hour out from downtown. The house has been a grand old lady in the past, and she will be again, but jeez there’s going to be some work between here and there.

Still, the reward is the opportunity to go toy shopping immediately (we’re going to need a longhaul -commute capable DD, a 4x4 farm hack, and a bunch of motorised implements), and the availability, once the house is done, of 5 bays worth of garage/project space.

Plus the property comes with a (rusty as hell, but working) bulldozer, and it’s hard to complain about that!

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 21:00

5

I’d buy it just for the dozer

Chariotoflove > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 21:07

1

You present a strong case.

AestheticsInMotion > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 21:08

3

That’s a hell of an upgrade. Congrats! Home projects are a lot of fun, especially when a big property and 5 bays are part of the deal

shop-teacher > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 21:12

2

That’s awesome! Congrats!

Very jelly about the bulldozer :)

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/12/2018 at 21:12

2

I pretty much did :-).

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > AestheticsInMotion 02/12/2018 at 21:28

2

Best bit is it’s more or less cost neutral. New house plus cost of renovation will add up to more or less what the apartment’s worth. It’s amazing how much cheaper real estate gets once you’re beyond what most people regard as a reasonable commute.

AestheticsInMotion > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 21:49

0

Oh don’t I know it. I’m in a suburb a few miles outside of Seattle, holding onto my condo while real estate goes batshit crazy around here. So are you dealing with the long commute or working from home?

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > AestheticsInMotion 02/12/2018 at 22:16

4

Bit of both. We’re planning to both work from home a couple of days a week, and AirBnB it in town Tuesday & Wednesday nights most weeks. The plan is to only occasionally have to do it as an actual commute.

You can get a pretty darn good deal if you offer an AirBnB host 100 nights a year, midweek when nobody else wants it - it’s almost cost effective relative to vehicle mileage costs on a 100 mile round trip.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 22:43

0

Shits not over til u walk thru the door, while is actually just opening up abwhole new truckload of shit. Good luck. If u need any advice on renovations just ask.

AestheticsInMotion > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/12/2018 at 23:29

1

That’s a genius way to get around the commute. Yeah I would imagine the right person would be all too willing to cut you a good deal.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/13/2018 at 08:56

0

Congrats! In for updates.