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Offline powderman

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After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« on: April 09, 2012, 11:21:38 AM »
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 11:10:21 PM »
Good for them---Hurrah!
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2012, 03:43:06 AM »
I've known several couples that started small like that, but haven't met any that downsized like that while their kids were at home. I've known people that lived in old-style travel trailers that were smaller than that, and they were quite nice. One couple added a nice screen porch to theirs and it was one of the nicest places to visit.
 
The ones that started small never had a mortgage. They'd buy small (usually a run-down mobile home), then keep saving for the next one, and eventually end up in a nice house that was paid off and new when they hit middle age.
 
I don't know that it's necessarily better, but it is different and the bank doesn't get as much money from you in the long run.
 
 
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2012, 06:17:14 AM »
Reminds me of Walden.
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2012, 07:51:33 AM »
Good heavens! I'm on the vanguard of a movement! I built something like this for my kids to use as a tree house years ago, and I still use it to camp out in the back yard sometimes. There will probably be a boom of some kind where these things sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2012, 08:26:57 AM »
Sure makes it easy to afford daily essentials when there ain't no large spaces to heat and cool.  I am hoping to get into a small place like that once I get back on my feet.  I, too, am a victim of the recession.  Income went from $40k a year to $19k a year.

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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2012, 08:27:22 AM »
If my wife would, I'd buy a nice garden shed and live in it.  It's all I need.
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2012, 08:42:21 AM »
Quote from: Swampman on April 10, 2012, 08:27:22 AM
If my wife would, I'd buy a nice garden shed and live in it.  It's all I need.

That's funny...I floated this idea to my wife at Home Depot last week-"Lets buy a nice piece of property in the styx and put one of these nice big sheds on it for shelter" To my surprise she was receptive to the idea.
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2012, 09:05:50 AM »
They have some nice sheds with a loft.
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2012, 10:23:22 AM »
The Amish build sheds like that around here and they sell very well. Our Church bought one for storage, I know several folks who live in them year round, Pat has lived in his since the obamination took office. He's not real happy with the Change. POWDERMAN.  :o :o
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2012, 11:35:36 PM »
I've been thinking along the garden shead and a couple of acres paid line for myself. ear
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Re: After TOO MUCH CHANGE, family of 4 leaves big house for 168 sq ft living area.
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2012, 07:21:55 AM »
Wife and I lived for 7 years on a very narrow 40 foot Catamaran, then went into a house just to sell it and move to a 32 foot Power Dory.
 
When you don't have all the extra"crap" you be surprised how little space you actually need. Now with all the exrtra crap we find 800 sqft small.
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