Would you buy a very small house?

[awakenedsoul]

I know what you mean, affordable living is so much easier with a smaller house! I think we may go to see it next week, since there are too many unknowns without seeing it in person. . .

It's fun to look at houses. It really makes a difference to go in person and see how your gut feeling is.

[Tybee]

It's fun to look at houses. It really makes a difference to go in person and see how your gut feeling is.

We are traveling to see my son and then my parents, so if we feel up to it, we will add the destination. But it would be at the end of a long week, so we'll see. I will report back if we go!

[BikingLady]

[Gardnr]

Follow your bliss.....hire your own inspector. Tell him you know it needs work. You want his report in a staged out "must do 5yr workplan". That's what we did. Told us "great bones, solid foundation, needs lots of work and 5 years will be fine and safe". No regrets.

And if you spend the money and decide no? You've saved a fortune.

I think 1130 is fine. (ours is 1250) and we each have the play space we need. We only have 1 bath and no way to add 1/2 bath. It works even when we have 19 for dinner or 4 guests for 4 days. It's amazing what people don't need when it's not available.

Ask for a 2hour walk through. BE in the home. Imagine your stuff there. Spend time on that porch and walk the property.

[ToomuchStuff]

The wetlands would be an issue for me, but may not be for you. Go, look and even if you don't want this one, then it may give you something to tell future realtors to look for.

[Tybee]

Thanks, Toomuchstuff and Gardnr, really good advice and getting an inspector is probably the way to go. There is nothing like walking the property and getting the feel for what might and might not work. This is also a new area for us,and so that's important too, to figure out if we want to be part of that particular community. But it looks promising!

[BikingLady]

For us, we had tried the total downsize thing once as I posted (ctg492) story a few times. The home is small for us, not small for some. Month one WOW, Month two What have we done, Month three we bought a new home. There were so many reasons why, but sticking on the small home topic. The walls closed in on us. The home is for sale again since we sold 6 years ago. The dream has been more fun than the actual event for others also I assume.

[BikingLady]

I get all sentimental when I look at the picture. We owned this home for 8 years on the river. It had just been a cabin and loved it till we officially move there. We bought the lots next to it. Rural living, dirt two track road. My x neighbor there called to give me the news about it being on market again.She would love us there again and for a split second I thought of the "cabin" to stay at in the summer once again, but can't go back so to say.

This lovely home has had a history of repeat type owners, dreamers so to say. 1979 built and the owners retired from Detroit area, tragically husband passed, wife moved back to downstate. Another downstater owned it, then another who then rented it out after they lost interest. Next a couple tried the north thing and got a divorce. Next us. We sold to a fellow who had the dream of the north and river. NEVER been to the area. He told me of that dream. HE lasted 9 month and it was a really long cold snowy winter for him. He sold to a couple that made it up once last year and three times the year before. Market again, we all assume it will be another dreamer.

But it is so cute it really is. Cheap living too.

[Tybee]

I get all sentimental when I look at the picture. We owned this home for 8 years on the river. It had just been a cabin and loved it till we officially move there. We bought the lots next to it. Rural living, dirt two track road. My x neighbor there called to give me the news about it being on market again.She would love us there again and for a split second I thought of the "cabin" to stay at in the summer once again, but can't go back so to say.

This lovely home has had a history of repeat type owners, dreamers so to say. 1979 built and the owners retired from Detroit area, tragically husband passed, wife moved back to downstate. Another downstater owned it, then another who then rented it out after they lost interest. Next a couple tried the north thing and got a divorce. Next us. We sold to a fellow who had the dream of the north and river. NEVER been to the area. He told me of that dream. HE lasted 9 month and it was a really long cold snowy winter for him. He sold to a couple that made it up once last year and three times the year before. Market again, we all assume it will be another dreamer.

But it is so cute it really is. Cheap living too.

We moved up to northern Michigan 4 years ago--yes it is a dream up here. WE absolutely love it here but are considering moving--when we moved here from SC, our kids were in Chicago and this was a great destination. Then they moved away--so now we are thinking of moving out to Maine to be closer. The winters are long but we have gotten used to them and the summers are so glorious!

[BikingLady]

Maine, winters probably even longer out there. Good luck if you do move!