Hey Millcreek, here's your Boise retirement home!

[K Frame]

Holy *expletive deleted*it that is a gorgeous house. Some of the interior treatments really aren't my style, but damn...

https://www.captivatinghouses.com/2018/05/07/1906-queen-anne-for-sale-in-boise-idaho/?fbclid=IwAR1VwV3keHTcus1P5y24BHDRO3QjA_YgGlEmOFCIoRY5M8KuhuJkgTHWYzY

[AmbulanceDriver]

Ho mama....  that's a gorgeous house.

[makattak]

Only $2M? Well, let me snatch that one right up.

(But, yes it is beautiful. Obviously has had lots of updates, too.)

[MillCreek]

My gosh, that is beautiful.  And the stone and woodwork, amazing.

[charby]

meanwhile move to Iowa and it becomes a lot more affordable

https://www.captivatinghouses.com/2019/05/08/1885-victorian-for-sale-in-centerville-iowa/

[BobR]

Just keep them both, when retirement comes I want a single story home. I don't want to be one of those people that either stay downstairs or upstairs the whole time because of the (help I've fallen and I can't get up) stairs.

bob

[Scout26]

Needs a moat.

Picture 7 screams "Reloading Room"

[Scout26]

meanwhile move to Iowa and it becomes a lot more affordable

https://www.captivatinghouses.com/2019/05/08/1885-victorian-for-sale-in-centerville-iowa/

Yes, but then you are in Iowa and not near Ben's Currywurst emporium

[RoadKingLarry]

I'd much prefer a smaller house on bigger land. $2M would buy a nice plot of ground on which to build a modest but comfortable house with a big freaking shop building.

[BobR]

I'd much prefer a smaller house on bigger land. $2M would buy a nice plot of ground on which to build a modest but comfortable house with a big freaking shop building.

If you like desert living this one is a good start for that.

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Unknown/Ohio-Rd-89060/home/147105128

bob

[MillCreek]

Just keep them both, when retirement comes I want a single story home. I don't want to be one of those people that either stay downstairs or upstairs the whole time because of the (help I've fallen and I can't get up) stairs.

bob

Exactly the reason why our retirement house is a 2200 square foot rambler with wide doorways and a roll-in shower that would accommodate a wheelchair or walker.  We sold a 2700 square foot two story family home to get the rambler.

[MillCreek]

meanwhile move to Iowa and it becomes a lot more affordable

https://www.captivatinghouses.com/2019/05/08/1885-victorian-for-sale-in-centerville-iowa/

Ms. MillCreek 2.0 was born and raised in Urbandale, Iowa.  When we used to go back there to visit and I rode in RAGBRAI one year, we were amazed to see the housing prices compared to Seattle.

[MillCreek]

If you like desert living this one is a good start for that.

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Unknown/Ohio-Rd-89060/home/147105128

bob

This would be perfect for your religious cult to await the Apocalypse.

[makattak]

If you like desert living this one is a good start for that.

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Unknown/Ohio-Rd-89060/home/147105128

bob

"Corporate Retreat," huh?

Must have been a pretty crappy company.

[zxcvbob]

Just keep them both, when retirement comes I want a single story home. I don't want to be one of those people that either stay downstairs or upstairs the whole time because of the (help I've fallen and I can't get up) stairs.

bob

I'd like to build something like this floor plan (but not as a log cabin).  Put a basement under it, and move the water heater (and furnace) to the basement but leave the laundry on the main floor so you never really have to go in basement.  I'm not sure where to put the stairs, maybe a trapdoor?  https://www.applog.com/buy_fps/log_cabin/cimmaron.htm

[Hawkmoon]

Needs a moat.

Picture 7 screams "Reloading Room"

Barbarian. That's the butler's pantry. If you don't have a butler, don't even think about buying the house.

Doncha know nuttin'?

[BlueStarLizzard]

*cringe* Oh yee gods, the linoleum. 

I hope whoever buys that place does a real restoration. 

[charby]

Ms. MillCreek 2.0 was born and raised in Urbandale, Iowa.  When we used to go back there to visit and I rode in RAGBRAI one year, we were amazed to see the housing prices compared to Seattle.

I bet salaries for similar skilled jobs are not that different either.

[charby]

Yes, but then you are in Iowa and not near Ben's Currywurst emporium

Iowa was settled by a lot of Germans and Dutch (Irish too), we got German foods every where. If not, we have Amazon.

[BobR]

I'd like to build something like this floor plan (but not as a log cabin).  Put a basement under it, and move the water heater (and furnace) to the basement but leave the laundry on the main floor so you never really have to go in basement.  I'm not sure where to put the stairs, maybe a trapdoor?  https://www.applog.com/buy_fps/log_cabin/cimmaron.htm

I have thought of something with a hidden basement also. I thought of putting a manufactured home on a basement because it isn't common and then have an entrance to the basement go down through a kitchen island that one end slides out of the way and the counter pivots up to reveal the stairs. Very few people would even think about a basement in a manufactured home.

bob

[zahc]

House too big, garage too small. My wife agrees. She doesn't want to clean something that big. I don't want to maintain an exterior like that. That's the kind of house I will buy when I can afford a gardener, maid, and pool contract. And the garage is still too small...

[Angel Eyes]

"Corporate Retreat," huh?

Must have been a pretty crappy company.

Different incentive plan:  meet your performance objectives and you don't have to go.

[Ben]

Needs a moat.

Too bad the Boise castle just (finally) sold...

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1700-E-Warm-Springs-Ave_Boise_ID_83712_M19195-22064

[Calumus]

https://www.captivatinghouses.com

Man, that site’s a time sink...

[Scout26]

Iowa was settled by a lot of Germans and Dutch (Irish too), we got German foods every where. If not, we have Amazon.

While I would only occasionally order from Germandeli.com, I too was saddened by its demise.  Maybe next time I'm in Iowa you can point me to some good currywurst.