'Potential'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I'm now adopting the mind set that we won't get because it's too perfect and also it will attract a lot of real estate speculators.
That said, we do have the means for a good overbid and a big down payment, so it's not like daydreaming about a summer home in Scotland. We'd have to make a bid on Feb. 2nd so I think we'll be doing that and see where it goes.
I think with a yard that big we'd definitely do a backyard office/studio/shed: [link]
ETA: This is cute! [link]
You should go with a yurt: [link]
You should go with a yurt: [link]
I don't want a yurt! I want a hobbit house! [link]
ETA: Huh, that's actually affordable. [link]
I was talking to an architect at Alembic recently and he and his company had just designed a livable treehouse. I bet he could make a hobbit house.
I can see the appeal of that house. Worth putting in the effort to pursue, I'd think.
The yard looks pretty steeply sloped, for any sort of ambitious project. I shouldn't think it gets much sunlight. Is xeriscape a thing in San Francisco?
Perhaps consider a gazebo on the roof instead?
Holy crap stuff is expensive these days! But yeah, having a few spaces to rent out or have your kids live close would be amazing in SF!
beth has a yurt, you don't need one as well. Hobbit houses we need more of.
House~ma, Zmahems!
sj, I'm sorry to hear about the severe COVID problems for people in your life.
Thanks for the feedback on the stay-interviews. I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.
I'll probably be a bit guarded, but let some level of honesty through. Not "here are my 12 google alerts for jobs in MI in my fields" level of honest.
Sound strategy!
Calli, would your current job be do-able remotely? Or would it be “you can do it from home but for logistical/admin/tax reasons we can’t have you live in another state” kind of thing?
Just wanted to mention that it's Robert Burns' birthday. I ran across this comment on him:
It’s the birthday of Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). In his short life, Burns sired twelve offspring, some of them legitimate; and he wrote hundreds of poems and song lyrics, some of them suitable for polite company. When Scottish Television polled its viewers in 2009 on the question of who was the greatest Scot of all time, Robert Burns was the winner (William Wallace was the runner-up).