Over the past few months, Rich and I have been discussing whether to relocate to a newer house, or to renovate ours. Our house is older and doesn't have the amenities that we (yes, "we") are looking for. We kind of feel like it's not our "dream house", and we want a dream house!
The thing is though, we LOVE our area and we don't really want to leave. I can walk to the beach and there are great hiking and biking trails surrounding us. Also - it's walking distance to the train station which Rich and I use to commute to work on a daily basis. We are steps to restaurants, shopping malls, doctors, dentists, etc. - it's just a perfect spot for us! And.....it's a nice house.....it's just "older" inside.
So we've made the decision to stay and renovate! Our first project is a built-in wall unit. The room we are doing this in currently has our tv sitting on two little side tables and besides a couch and an ottoman - there's really nothing else in there. It's a great room with great potential. So we met with a designer/builder the other night and he's drawing up the plans for us as we speak for the unit. Between Rich and I we have hundreds of books (mostly Rich's) so the majority of the unit will be bookshelves, but of course we've left a big cut-out in the middle for the new 50" Plasma tv we'll be getting! (okay...maybe 47" inch....but who's counting?).
The same fellow who's building this for us also does kitchen reno's, so we'll be discussing pricing with him on new cabinet doors, granite counter tops, knocking a wall down, putting in an island - it'll be gorgeous if we can do all that we want to. And let's not forget new stainless steel appliances! We'll finish off with a second bathroom downstairs - complete with soaker tub; two-person stand-up glass shower (wink wink); ceramic tile; pot lights....and we've even been talking about a sauna if we can pull it off!
Little by little we will get our house just the way we want it, and we know without a doubt - this WILL be our dream home! Now...all we have to do is win the lottery and we're good to go!
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just be prepared to vacuum a lot! dust is going to be a major nuisance, but as in everything to have something you want, you put up with a mess, just for a little while. It does sound like you both have given this so much thought, and we think you are absolutely making the right decision. sounds great. love mom
hope it all works out for you...we are getting our kitchen done in the new year...can't wait
Hey Lisa,
Don't forget about polishing those stainless steel appliances - ours are not as pretty as they could be because neither Terry or myself do it on a regular basis.
Take care and I'm glad that you guys are making you home the way you want it.
Billie
Hey
We're doing the same thing.
We looked at a whole bunch of houses in the area, and realized that we love our house - but it needs some updating.
Honestly, we'd be looking at adding about $200k to our existing mortgage, and we wouldn't gain that much space.
For a fraction we can do the changes we actually want here.
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