chinaco
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Many of us have have done it or are planning to do it... My Dream Home!
I suppose dream home can mean many different things. The most common is some sort of really nice McMansion or Empty Nest high-end home.... translation much more than is needed by a large stretch!
DW and I are planning on down-sizing. My version of a dream home now is reduce the size, simplify, minimize my work at home, etc.
The sad part is no one will believe it until they have done the deed. Once one buys the dream home, they need to spend more money to get it juuuuuust right. Wouldn't do to have a dream home without all new furniture and other expensive adornments. I have not researched it... but I suspect that if the dream home cost is much more than the cost of buying the home. The other expenses to get it just right is typically a lot of money... It is easy to drop $50k - $75k (to get it just right)... maybe more. Then there is the ongoing energy cost, repair, taxes, etc of the dream home.
Anybody need a dream home... I got one for sale!
I suppose dream home can mean many different things. The most common is some sort of really nice McMansion or Empty Nest high-end home.... translation much more than is needed by a large stretch!
DW and I are planning on down-sizing. My version of a dream home now is reduce the size, simplify, minimize my work at home, etc.
The sad part is no one will believe it until they have done the deed. Once one buys the dream home, they need to spend more money to get it juuuuuust right. Wouldn't do to have a dream home without all new furniture and other expensive adornments. I have not researched it... but I suspect that if the dream home cost is much more than the cost of buying the home. The other expenses to get it just right is typically a lot of money... It is easy to drop $50k - $75k (to get it just right)... maybe more. Then there is the ongoing energy cost, repair, taxes, etc of the dream home.
Anybody need a dream home... I got one for sale!