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We are in the process of buying our retirement home and moving out of state this summer..
I have always lived in smaller homes.. I for once would love to have a home that is 1800 + sq ft and large yard.. My husband said we don't need all that, but this is basicly our last home and would love to have more space ..
Have you ever Upsized your retirement home? Glad you did or regret it?
We are in the process of buying our retirement home and moving out of state this summer..
I have always lived in smaller homes.. I for once would love to have a home that is 1800 + sq ft and large yard.. My husband said we don't need all that, but this is basicly our last home and would love to have more space ..
Have you ever Upsized your retirement home? Glad you did or regret it?
Although I've been retired since Nov 2015, we have not yet downsized. We had initially planned to fix up and sell the house.
Our house is a too big 4600 sq ft but after getting new windows, appliances, roof, doors, deck, and paint we realized that we really like the place. Yes, it's too big and I have rooms that I rarely visit, but it sure is nice to be able to stretch out and use the space for projects.
When you're retired and living in the same space, you can get on each others nerves. You need to adapt to your new living situation.
Another factor is that houses here are getting more and more expensive every month. Way too many people are moving to Colorado.
We went from a 1000 sq ft bungalow with < a quarter acre, to a 1750 sq ft single level on > 1/2 acre. The living areas separate our bedroom from the other two, so we can't hear what the other one is saying from the bedroom on one side of the house to the bedroom/ office on the other side. This can be a good thing or a bad thing sometimes.
It's not a huge step up, but gives us some breathing room from ourselves and neighbors.
we have a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment in queens nyc . we had bought a potential retirement home in the pocono's in pa .
here in nyc none of the kids stay over , they are all local .
we had to get a 3000 sq ft home in pa because everyone stays over . so we had a 2 bedroom apartment with small expenses in to owning ,heating ,cooling and maintaining a full house
We have some older people here who sold their single story ranch style houses and bought 4 level "luxury" townhouses. They're complaining a lot about the stairs. Their HOA tells them there's nothing it can do about it and I tell them the same thing in regards to the Town. They go home unhappy.
I am trying to downsize to a smaller property from a farm. Problem is, smaller, suburban-type properties seem to all have larger houses! So I will no doubt be forced to sell an acreage with a small, but perfect little house, and move to a small lot (around 0.5 ac) with a house much bigger than I need. Yes there are older, small, often brick, houses on larger suburban lots, but unfortunately they tend to have neighbors who don't keep their properties tidy.
We are in the process of buying our retirement home and moving out of state this summer..
I have always lived in smaller homes.. I for once would love to have a home that is 1800 + sq ft and large yard.. My husband said we don't need all that, but this is basicly our last home and would love to have more space ..
Have you ever Upsized your retirement home? Glad you did or regret it?
We did. We moved from a 1200 sq ft home to a 2400 sq ft. We love it!
Like you, both of us had always lived in small homes. My DH and I now can spread out so we aren't on top of each other all the time, I don't have to hear his TV or radio and he doesn't have to hear mine, and we have enough space so that it isn't cluttered all the time.
I am so happy that we did this. We did need to hire a housecleaning service because I wanted it to stay looking nice and I knew I couldn't keep up with it, but it was well worth it to have the space.
I would assume the people doing this are people who lived in condos or small SFHs in major, expensive metro areas, then retired to a low cost area where larger homes are the norm.
We did. Bought a 1900 sq foot (give or take) Jan 16 and are almost done with the renovations.
I love it.
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