I've lived in an apartment, house, townhouse...condo...
I actually liked the setup of my townhouse best. Just a small outdoor area-- mostly concrete-- but most of the grounds were taken care of by the HOA. Easier to maintain, but less noisy than the apartment I lived in.
What kind of home do you prefer?
Well Silver... I want to live in the mountains like my wife wants. BUT, We are going to have to settle for where we live now... I don't like all the new businesses but it adds property value. It's paid for and I pay $160.00 a month for property taxes and water, sewage and trash pick up. Ive lived all over and theres nothing like owning your own place.
yeah, have to agree, I like where I am, but the big issue is it doesn't cost me a lot to be here.
@Rugglesby. It wouldnt cost so much if i lived outside the city limits. Maybe $50.00 in taxes and burn my trash and have a well for drinking water.
A giant mansion that someone else pays for and cleans
Hahaha!
Who would say no to that?! lol
I've only lived in apartments and houses. Both of the apartments I've lived in I had loud butthead neighbors.
The first house I liked. It was on a slab, but it had a very nice layout.
The second house was old 1928 I hated it, I was always fixing something in that money pit.
I live in what they used to call a 'patio home' back in the day. It's a small three bedroom, cozy living space, and a small private backyard. Perfect for my kids and me, easy to keep clean, and only two miles from work. Plus, I live next door to my brother and his family. It's the home I've always wanted.
Ultimately I would like a house, but the place I'm in now is the most comfortable home I've had to date. I have one side of a sizeable duplex. It's in a quiet neighborhood, and the occupants of the other side of the duplex are friendly, quiet, and peaceful. Lawn maintenance and snow removal are handled for me.
There are three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a basement (one of the bedrooms is down here, I use it for my office,) a work room (also in the basement,) an attached two-stall garage, a large deck, a fireplace, central A/C, a sizeable yard, and lots of closet space. The only thing I really don't like is that there are exactly zero trees on the property. There is a line of "cemetery trees" on the property line to the west, but that's it. I figure if that's the only thing I have to complain about, then I shouldn't complain.
It's close to any services I need, and I work from home. It's a good thing I like where I live or working from home would be a drag. As I said, I would like a house, but it would have to be a pretty decent house to compare to what I have now.
A cottage in the wilderness, on the coast with a surf break, waterfall and such
Now your talking Ocean front -- nice
I hate having neighbors, so a house in the country (or the woods, to get really remote) is my preference. I'd like to eventually build an earth-sheltered home into the hill on a woodlot I own (for a well-insulated, quiet, secluded space).
@NerdyOkieDude That would be kind of awesome but, no, a bit more modern than that. This is more along the lines of what I'd like: [earthshelteredtechnology.com]
@evestrat Well, in the model I like it's more like one-and-a-half sides: the full southern side and halfway along the kitchen. The idea is to let lots of light in along the south side and the design of the interior is supposed to help the light disperse toward the other parts of the house. I think sometimes the ceilings are domed somewhat to allow light to reflect better.
I live in a townhouse right now. Beautiful place, but they are a bit old. I had a huge water leak. When I say huge, I mean HUGE. it started from the upstairs washing machine to different parts of the ceiling of the first floor in different areas (e.g., living room, storage area, kitchen). WTF. They fixed it with no charge to us though
I have a cottage, behind my nephew's house. My main requirements are indoor plumbing, a roof that doesn't leak, windows that work properly, pest control, and central heat and air. I have far more than that, for which I am truly grateful, but I don't need much at all. It's easy to keep clean, doesn't take long to do a full cleaning, including mopping floors, everything works the way it's supposed to (knock wood), and I have numerous perks that I don't have to pay for. Plus, there's a pool. I'm livin' the life of Riley here.
A minimalist style is something I admire. I have to much stuff.
@Leutrelle I've lost everything I owned a few times. While it sucked at the time(s), it's a great way to learn that stuff is just 'stuff'. I absolutely have learned to travel light, and keep the accumulation of 'stuff' to a minimum. It also really emphasizes that you can live without most of what people think they "need".It helps to get you over being sentimental about material things.
@KKGator Hats off to ya for real. I just moved, I sold many things, and literally just gave things away just so I wouldn't have to move them. I still have more stuff than I can fit in this house. I was a mechanic and I still have so much stuff. I given much of it to my son who has shop. There is just no hope for me. Maybe my house will burn down
My house out here where I live now 2.3 acres 2100 sq ft. solid like a cave made of 8 inches of concrete all around sound proof quiet at night. Wood stove I installed to keep us warm. I get the occasional deer on my security cameras. Big fenced in yard for my dogs to guard. Old barn/shed converted in to a chicken/duck enclosure. Huge 2 car garage. Huge driveway for kids to play and be safe. There Is an attached apartment. Might make it into an art studio or somethin for solitude in the future.
Current digs is hard to beat: 3bd house on 1/2 acre on the edge of town; 5 min each from downtown and shopping; outside city limits; neighbors have big plots, one of them has horses; we get deer, pheasant, rabbits all the time... Like a little nature preserve. Dog has plenty of neighbor-dog friends and they can chill outside pretty much unsupervised. Snow and grass can be a pain but it's a worthy price to pay for privacy, peace and quiet, and nature.
Downside to living in the county is fireworks. 'Cause 'Murica.
The house I have with an acre of land all paid for. We burn wood and no AC. My wife drives a mile to work and groceries are a mile and a half. Eight minutes gets you anyplace in town. The only drawback is how red it is but there are a few lefties to talk to. Once a month we drive 50 miles to the next larger town where we catch a movie and do what shopping we can't do at home.
I prefer living on a boat. Seriously. I don't need to mow the lawn or trim the hedges. My back yard is as large as whatever body of water I happen to be on at the time and whenever I lie down I get rocked gently (usually) to sleep. I have the advantage of full sun when I want it and the sky is clear. I can get away from light, noise, and concentrated air pollution if I want. I have all the conveniences of any small home, and full control over who comes visiting because of locked gates at the end of the dock. What's not to like?
Now the reality. My wife hates the ocean -- or any body of water for that matter. That means I live in a three bedroom home in the desert. Oh well....
With no pool. That's a body of water too.
I like the idea of someone else dealing with maintenance (or at least some of it) but I play several musical instruments, one of which is loud enough to preclude a shared wall, so it's a house or a detached condo (which seems uncommon and expensive if you can find) for me.
I like tiny house living now, as I don't need to care for a lot of space that is just sitting there doing nothing. And, i love having everything i need at arms length! I do need outside space, though...lots of it! I don't need to own it! Every stage of life kinda dictates our needs...I don't know where I would put 5 kids in tiny house?
Earth ship. Self sufficient. The entire southern face is a greenhouse. You can grow your own food 365 days a year.
I have lived in a multitude of dwellings. Once I built my own apartment and learned regional codes and do craftsman stuff. From apartments to a single home and spent 20 years renovating and re-renovating and learning new skills. Now a single floor smallish 2 bed/2 bath home on 1 acre land is perfect. Lots of ways to be self sufficient in a very, very active community in a location close to 2 mega-cities (Seattle & Vancouver BC and several small and one medium city) with a great view. It is the perfect dwelling type/place for me.