Anyone else “Down Size”

[Tylerls1]

Ideally I’d like a smaller house and a bigger plot of land. That will be my goal once it’s just me and my wife.

 

[WinstonSmith]

We are going to move, the area we live in is exploding and we don’t want to be crowded.
Anyway we put an offer out on a much smaller home (1/3 smaller), more land, not any real chance of encroachment. At least not anytime before we expire.
My question has any of y’all down sized this much and would you do it again?

I'd much rather have less heated and cooled sqft in favor of more shop/storage/garage/barn/land space. My wife on the other hand, disagrees with that statement. So, we end up with both.

Congrats on the move. I hope you love it where you are going.

 

[Ken Ford]

We are going from 3000’ to 1140’ but we have a 30x40 shop and at least 1500’ undeveloped second story.
Wife is Uber stressed about losing her “collections” I’m worried about losing my shop.
Im 62 next month, wife is already disabled. And we will walk away with no debt and extra money to add a few buildings.

 

[DanKATL]

We are going from 3000’ to 1140’ but we have a 30x40 shop and at least 1500’ undeveloped second story.
Wife is Uber stressed about losing her “collections” I’m worried about losing my shop.
Im 62 next month, wife is already disabled. And we will walk away with no debt and extra money to add a few buildings.

Sounds like a win to me.

 

[300_whisper]

We need to down size one M-I-L ...........

Me too…in the process of building a pool house for my in-laws…FML

 

[Ken Ford]

I'd much rather have less heated and cooled sqft in favor of more shop/storage/garage/barn/land space. My wife on the other hand, disagrees with that statement. So, we end up with both.

Congrats on the move. I hope you love it where you are going.

The future heating and A/C is a major concern of mine. I have some health issues that don’t let me get too much insurance. (Diabetic slightly high BP)
Trying to set my wife up so that if something happens to me she will be fine.

 

[Ixraypeople]

I went from 2200 to 1250 Sq ft its not bad but I will likely be going back up to around 1600-2k Sq ft I think that the sweet spot for us.

 

[Ixraypeople]

Also look up the carnivore/ lion diet it reverses type2 diabetes and hypertension. I have come off all of my meds

 

[Ken Ford]

I went from 2200 to 1250 Sq ft its not bad but I will likely be going back up to around 1600-2k Sq ft I think that the sweet spot for us.

We are looking at a 32” building for myself, to go with the 32x24 the property has now. And I’ve promised my with a rear deck, and a “she shed” in the back yard. LOL

 

[earl777]

I sold my last house, 1700 sq ft. Moved in with my son but his wife decided I had stayed long enough. I am in a hotel now looking for a small 3/2 or 2/2 house with a garage. Market and interest rate is not good but I will buy if I find something I like.