I love tiny houses, but I know I'd lose my mind living full-time in one. Having a house of my own and my stuff around me is important to me, even though I'm making a real effort to decrease the amount of stuff I own and buy.
You can check on Zillow and find a house's sale/purchase history. If it was bought less than six months ago and now it's on the market again? Flipped. I would have serious reservations about buying a flipped house, exactly because of all the bad-contractor horror stories I've heard.
Of course, I'm also a fan of Ancient Aliens, so take that as you will.
I like Ancient Aliens too! There's a lot of honestly weird stuff in the world, more than you normally hear about. I don't believe extraterrestrial aliens helped the ancients build Stonehenge yadayada but there is some stuff to ponder. And the guy with the hair is funny. "Could it have been ALIENS? The answer is YES!"
Yay Bon!
I don't care for tiny houses. I've never seen one that could be made decently handicapped accessible. They all seem to assume that no one does anything that involves stuff--like canning, sewing, playing musical instruments, or having people over for dinner. I remember seeing one where the living area, the bathroom, and the bedrooms were all on different levels, and I could just imagine the nightmare that would be on crutches; even as a currently average abled person, I find myself with a sprained ankle every few years. It's like they're designed for people who will never get hurt, never get old, never have a hobby, and never socialize.
I like Ancient Aliens too! There's a lot of honestly weird stuff in the world, more than you normally hear about.
Yeah, 98% of the time I'm poking holes in their arguments, but the other 2% I find myself going "huh". Which doesn't mean aliens, necessarily, but it does give me stuff to think about.
I'm all sentimental about my stuff. And currently have kind of a lot of animals that would probably not like sharing too small of a space. But in the long run, having less stuff and less space would probably be good for me.
OTOH, if I really do manage to turn the attic into usable space and get my yard like I want it, this house would be a paradise that I would never want to leave. So there's that.
Spoke to my doctor about getting back on Adderall or somesuch, so now I have a referral to psych, they will supposedly call me to schedule an appointment. Been putting that off a loooooong time.
At the beginning of this summer, I thought that living in this trailer would cure the SO of his tiny house love. But honestly? If it wasn't for the above comments, we could totally do it. It's been fine. The only problem has been the size of the bed. My 5'3" frame fills it, so you could imagine how the SO at 6'1" is doing. Right now we have too much consumer stuff to pull it off. I share Hecs Marxist tendencies, so I could pretty happily divest myself of a bunch of things, maybe I will over sabbatical.
However, we do not appear to be headed in that direction, as we just acquired an elliptical and are probably going to haul my folks king mattress back across country.
But I do like owning instead of renting.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake early Saturday struck offshore not far from Fukushima, Japan - [link]
A bunch of ~ma that it will not hurt areas recovering.
It sounds like the initial warnings have been pretty much dropped since I first saw it.
Honestly, having stuff is burdensome. Staying in consumerist cycle where you're shopping shopping shopping and for what?
This is what Jack Reacher thinks! Throwing your clothes away when they get ripped or dirty is expensive.... until you compare it to owning a house!
Oh, Jack Reacher.
