Living In The Barn?

[Golfgar4]

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it gives you an incentive to finish the house to get out of the f...ing moble home

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I actually mentioned to my wife the idea of getting a mobile home, and her reaction was just a wee bit more vocal than your comment /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif! Actually, I understand what your saying, and it is a very valid point. But we were planning on finishing the second level anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point.

 

[dmccarty]

Rob,

As BilBoe said if the room has a closet its a bedroom. At least in my
county and I'm pretty sure its a state regulation.

One of my neighbors has a septic field that only supports three bedrooms.
He had to sign a piece of paper with the county saying he would not
turn a study into a bedroom.

What is stupid about all this is it really should be done be the number of
people who can occupy they house. I think the state is assuming a max
of two people per bedroom. My neighbor certainly could put some
furniture and a bed in the study and allow it to be a bedroom. But if it
does not have a closet its not a bedroom so he would be legal. On the
other hand, say he had four kids plus his wife. Thats six people. But
he could only have three bedrooms. So everyone would have to share
a bedroom because of the regulation. If he had the money he could build
a house with five bedrooms maybe six for guests if he wanted and still
have the same occupancy. But he can't because of the bedroom rule. Its
really a dumb rule. Its easy to circumvent and really limits what people can
do with thier property.

Later...
Dan

 

[Egon]

Bedroom closets:

In Europe many bedrooms do not have closets. Instead they have an [Amoire] "misspelled " that is simply a large full height chest with doors for their clothing. To me it makes a lot of sense as more room arrangements are available and probably less junk gets lost and stored forever. Just another piece of furniture.

Egon

 

[dmccarty]

Egon,

I tried to spell Amoire and quite trying! Substituted "furninture" instead!

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Later...
Dan

 

[bmabe]

Here's a plan for garage/workshop that I've considered: www.backroadhomes.com/noff/tc3cargrge.html
Of course, local and state codes, not to memtion lending institutions, should be consulted. On the other hand, I am planning to put up a 16' x 20' 2 story "utility" building or workshop which will serve as quarters until we can build a real house. I'm tired of making shift and need a secure place to store tools, etc., rather than carrying everthing back and forth from home to prop. & back home again.

Barry Mabery

 

[Golfgar4]

Barry,

WOW!/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif Other than being a little smaller than what we're planning, that is EXACTLY what we've been talking about. I'll show the plans to the wife and see if she likes it enough to order the plans. She's so good with designing homes herself, she can probably look at this plan and start designing our own just from what the floorplan shows. Thanks./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[fishman]

My co-worker got a sweet deal on a home/workshop combo from a couple that were divorcing. Seems like they lived in the workshop for two years while finishing their home.

My wife and I also got a great deal on a home that wasn't quite finished because, you guessed it, the couple who built it were divorcing. A few weekends of painting, brush cutting, etc. made all the difference. Anyway, they built the home themselves over the course of a year while living somewhere in a dump.

Now I'm not saying these are typical cases, but it appears that adding the stress of living in a small, enclosed space to the stress of building your own home might have some unintended consequences. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

Something to think about.

 

[Knight9]

Golfgar,

If you like that plan, you may want to look at the whole site

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.backroadhomes.com/>Backroad Homes</A>

Kevin

 

[Golfgar4]

<font color=blue>"...but it appears that adding the stress of living in a small, enclosed space to the stress of building your own home might have some unintended consequences.'</font color=blue>

John,

I hear you. Some people would say that since we both lasted 31+ years together already, there isn't much that would affect us /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif. I guess I wouldn't disagree with that. When we were building our present home, we lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with both of our kids (a girl(15) and a boy(9)) for 1 year/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif! We've always said, if we were able to survive that, we could survive anything /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif. Besides, I always figure if things get tense, I know I'll always be able to go down to the stall and sleep with my tractor /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif.

 

[Golfgar4]

Kevin,

Thanks. That's great. I knew you guys would come through with some great ideas. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

My wife is TRULY becoming a believer too. Last night I came upstairs from working (like being on here is work!) in the office and my wife asks "how are all your tractor buddies doing?" /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I said O.K. Then she says, "Well, what's being discussed tonight?" So I mention a few things, making sure to include some of the complimentary remarks you all have made about her /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif. I said that I didn't think she was really that interested in it. And she says - are you ready? - "I'm kind of enjoying hearing about everything you guys talk about. From what you've told me, they sound like a real good bunch of guys." I was about ready to ask if she trusted those "real good bunch of guys" recommendations on tractors and which one I should buy, but I thought I'd better not push it for now!