Purchasing a home

[Flying Scotsman]

OK lads who made the finial descion..the lads with no balls or I just want her to be happy and the testerone inflamed gentleman who can suck it up and say lady where can I put my model boats in that space, your shoes are out of HERE

Douggie

[wirenut67]

I pay for it, so I pick it out. Even made sure to have 2 rooms for the Hobby stuff, and a decent shed! On a nice little fishing/FE lake as well I might add!

[Eyekandyboats]

wow.. just wow.

[pescador]

I'm pretty lucky, my wife was in agreement with our priorities for a 300 gal reef tank, hobby room (leave room for sewing stuff), and a good layout for a home theater.

[wirenut67]

I dont have the wife thing lol, but I do have a long time Girlfriend, and did have to make a few concessions lol. Was worth it!

[Doug Smock]

Her house, my basment. We live in marital bliss!!!

[Ub Hauled]

Her house, my garage... almost finished BTW.

[Simon.O.]

Big house I rent from the family, We (Me, Wife and 8.5yo girl) all live upstairs, except I must shower downstairs. Down there I have the big workshop/brewery and we all get to use the lower lounge and spare room. (boat storage and drying)

My workshop will get a lot bigger when Dad retires and moves a load of his craap out to his place.

[wirenut67]

Brewery???? PERK

[Simon.O.]

Brewery???? PERK

PM sent so that this thread does not go too far off topic.

[AndyKunz]

My wife found our house in the spring. 1300+ sq ft of living space (of which > 50% is even split between kitchen and living room). 1200+ sq ft of shop space.

The house used to belong to a machinist.

The shop is in two sections, 360+ sq ft of actual machine shop with power every 4' along the wall at workbench height, 8 ceiling outlets, and dedicated own distribution panel. Also includes two welder outlets.

The 800+ sq ft portion of the shop is a 4-car garage, but right now it holds my boat, my car, and some boxes that she hasn't unpacked yet. Her car sits outside, waiting for the boxes to be emptied. It also has 12' ceiling that I hang models from, with 4 different lighting zones (each zone has 4 outlets).

Between the two sections are doors that open 12' wide and 7' high, so I can drive in to load stuff up for a day of playing. The flying field is a 5-minute drive. The access road to the pond is directly across from my one driveway.

All my airplane models except those I'm actually working on live in the larger shop (and a friend's too, since he doesn't have enough room for his toys). The smaller shop holds current projects and my boats.

It's perfect for me. It's perfect for her.

Andy

[pescador]

My wife found our house in the spring. 1300+ sq ft of living space (of which > 50% is even split between kitchen and living room). 1200+ sq ft of shop space.

The house used to belong to a machinist.

The shop is in two sections, 360+ sq ft of actual machine shop with power every 4' along the wall at workbench height, 8 ceiling outlets, and dedicated own distribution panel. Also includes two welder outlets.

The 800+ sq ft portion of the shop is a 4-car garage, but right now it holds my boat, my car, and some boxes that she hasn't unpacked yet. Her car sits outside, waiting for the boxes to be emptied. It also has 12' ceiling that I hang models from, with 4 different lighting zones (each zone has 4 outlets).

Between the two sections are doors that open 12' wide and 7' high, so I can drive in to load stuff up for a day of playing. The flying field is a 5-minute drive. The access road to the pond is directly across from my one driveway.

All my airplane models except those I'm actually working on live in the larger shop (and a friend's too, since he doesn't have enough room for his toys). The smaller shop holds current projects and my boats.

It's perfect for me. It's perfect for her.

Andy

Sounds like an awesome setup, good score!
Anybody else like me have new cars sitting in the driveway and the garage is full of junk.

[kookie_guy]

Looked at a few houses, some I liked she didn't, lots she liked I didn't, then we saw one we both loved, and that was that.

One thing I loved about her when we were house shopping was that she was able to see past stupid stuff like paint. The house we bought has an awesome layout, and is a good size (for a starter home). The previous owners must have been on crack when picking colours tho, lol. Needless to say, after $1400 CAD in paint, home is perfect.

[kookie_guy]

Sounds like an awesome setup, good score!
Anybody else like me have new cars sitting in the driveway and the garage is full of junk.

I have a single car garage right now (again, starter home), and there will never be a car parked inside it. Between all my tools, shelving, workshop area, and motorcycle, there's just no room. Luckily it's all very neat and tidy. Can't stand a dirty shop/garage.

[Flying Scotsman]

Her house, my basment. We live in marital bliss!!!

Doug, I am also a basement guy, but some odours creep upstairs.....WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE

Douggie