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vanblah · 03-23-2009, 05:49 AM

Our first house was a 1200sq. ft. bungalow built in 1922. After 5 years and the birth of our daughter we decided we needed more space so we sold it and moved to a 2500sq. ft. airplane bungalow built in 1925. After 3 years of paying more in taxes, energy and maintenance on the second house we sold it. It was also a bitch to keep clean ... it was more than we could really do in a weekend. We hardly ever used the upstairs (although we completely remodeled it--down to the studs and completely new windows).

We rented for a while to see if we could live small again: 900 sq. ft apartment. It was fine so we started looking for small houses. We ended up buying a duplex and renting out the other side. Our side is about 850sq ft. Plus, since we live in the duplex we don't pay commercial tax rates.

03-23-2009, 05:49 AM	#28 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Our first house was a 1200sq. ft. bungalow built in 1922. After 5 years and the birth of our daughter we decided we needed more space so we sold it and moved to a 2500sq. ft. airplane bungalow built in 1925. After 3 years of paying more in taxes, energy and maintenance on the second house we sold it. It was also a bitch to keep clean ... it was more than we could really do in a weekend. We hardly ever used the upstairs (although we completely remodeled it--down to the studs and completely new windows). We rented for a while to see if we could live small again: 900 sq. ft apartment. It was fine so we started looking for small houses. We ended up buying a duplex and renting out the other side. Our side is about 850sq ft. Plus, since we live in the duplex we don't pay commercial tax rates.