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You're 100% correct, which is the exact reason why we're looking for smaller, not larger. And as you get older, other then medical supplies, the question becomes why you need more "stuff" to accumulate? newsflash, you're going to die and then other people have to deal with your crap, which is...

After looking at that 1,900 sq ft house Sunday and walking it in person, I do think we can get by easily with 1,500 sq ft home for my wife and I and MIL, along with a guest. As others have said and what we noticed Sunday, is that layout of the space is key. The house we looked at also had...

Ken There's more boilers in NC than I would have thought when I first moved to NC, particularly on the commercial side. Oil furnaces are however dying. That said, when I moved to NC, heat pumps were pretty nonexistent up north 20 years ago. When we lived with my grandmother, remember the coal...

Keep in mind, that's Pennsylvania. Window shakers are all you really need for a month or two ;). That said, most houses were oil or even coal for heating. They have these things called boilers to! Heck, when I moved to NC in June over 20 years ago, my car didn't have AC because I thought you...

Well said! I talk about square footage per person living in a home and what is acceptable, and I should never EVER forget about both sets of my grandparents who came over on a boat who didn't speak english and didn't have a pot to piss in and both grandfathers working in coal mines (both died...

The way our land is laid out, subdividing wouldn't accomplish anything due to access IMO. There is 20 acres across the creek side, but you'd have to build on a hill pretty much right along the property line. We've looked at selling only 17 acres, and keeping the other side for ourselves (20...

My wife is on the same page as you, particularly since it's just her and me now.

Well, went to look at a house for the first time in close to 20 years. It was an automatic turn off that pretty much all the walls had chips in the paint everywhere. Just really stupid stuff that wouldn't take much to fix IMO. Not certain if the homeowners care or the realtor didn't put...

Having my father move in with us when he was 86 was a blessing in many ways. One thing we didn't foresee is how much he taught us in what to look for in a home is when you get old, particularly when he hit 90 and he relied on us for a lot of things. Doorways for wheel chairs is up at the...

The only debt is taxes, food and utilities now. We both still work full time and my we're both blessed that my wife works from the office in the home and I get to make my own work schedule. We're blessed that we could perhaps just buy another home and then sell, but now that my wife and I are...

We got married late in our late 30's with no kids. Our current home fulfilled everything we had hoped for with my father living with us for 4 years and raising 2 boys. My father loved living in the furnished basement, but now only his cat lives down there and she doesn't get along with our...

It's going to come down to legwork on end to look. By accident found a for sale this past week driving and fits the bill when I looked at it online. Single level, 1,800 sq feet, built in 1995, but brick. Just irritates me that it more than doubled in price when it sold back in 2021, only 3...

Had 3 realtors come over to give me impressions on our home and what in their professional opinion had to be done with the home. The question I have is if you were going to either build or buy an older home that 1 - Was a single story home 2 - Minimum room enough for you and your wife, with...