Detroit Moves to the Woods?

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This is pretty fucking epic!

I will miss Balls Deep and watching the updating you've been doing to it . That's a fantastic house. But this place super quirky in a cool way.

[coogles]

[coogles]

This is pretty fucking epic!

I will miss Balls Deep and watching the updating you've been doing to it . That's a fantastic house. But this place super quirky in a cool way.

Also . Such a cool .

[coogles]

Oh no, nothing quality related. It's just that inventory is a disaster right now, and deals will vary widely from region to region just like you're seeing. It's just not a great time for solid s TBH.

Ah, got it. I’d figured the was too good to be true, and it was.

[wap]

That 1980 build should be pretty good. Our house was built in 1977 and it is pretty great, old enough to be built in a very sturdy way for longevity, new enough not have inconvenient shit like boilers and above ground power lines.

All modern grounded wiring, has forced air with AC, but little insulation because the concrete and earth act as that, and rather effectively as I understand. We barely run the AC.

Wife HATES above ground power lines. I'm but that's a big selling point for her up here, all buried.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

All modern grounded wiring, has forced air with AC, but little insulation because the concrete and earth act as that, and rather effectively as I understand. We barely run the AC.

Wife HATES above ground power lines. I'm but that's a big selling point for her up here, all buried.

Yeah, I will miss radiant heat.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

This is pretty fucking epic!

I will miss Balls Deep and watching the updating you've been doing to it . That's a fantastic house. But this place super quirky in a cool way.

I love our old house, but man am I tired of undoing half-assed shit from owners over 110 years. We'd only be the third owners of this house, and it's mostly untouched, which just means restoring things, but not undoing half assed shit.

There's these custom landscape lights all over the front yard, driveway and walkway. found switches for the back yard lights, but not the front/driveway/walkway lights. I dug around this afternoon and found a timer in a cabinet next to the electrical panel, flipped it on and the lights turned on! set the timer to the correct time and on/off times and now the driveway lights work! At our current house, some probably would have cut out the timer and either disabled the lights entirely or did something it's so nice being in a house that hasn't been completely fucked with. Will be easier to restore.

Also discovered this when I found the timer. no idea what it is, but will be interesting to research. I don't think it's connected to anything anymore

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I won't quote all the pics, but man, those are

The upper Great Lakes region is really 5/7. MeatChicken, Wisconsin, Minnesota, all of it.

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Yeah, I will miss radiant heat.

Life is full of trade offs.

[troyguitar]

That new is fucking awesome, or at least it will be when you replace the hot tub time machine. 5/7 would alternate between the hot tub and the Ivory Tower.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Man I wish we were DINKS, ing off to a town and living the easy life sounds fun! I like the place Dplac, and vote

I have lightly tried to convince we should move to the beach... she can't work remotely though, would need a new gig.

Our move wouldn't be possible if the wife wasn't out of work and I couldn't WFH.

That said, I can easily afford the move on my salary alone, you might be able to as well?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

That new is fucking awesome, or at least it will be when you replace the hot tub time machine. 5/7 would alternate between the hot tub and the Ivory Tower.

Between the hot tub time machine and the sauna, this is a winter paradise.

The tower is even heated, so will be rad to come up after a soak in the hot tub during a snow storm. Should make winter far more tolerable.

[wap]

This is pretty fucking epic!

I will miss Balls Deep and watching the updating you've been doing to it . That's a fantastic house. But this place super quirky in a cool way.

I love our old house, but man am I tired of undoing half-assed shit from owners over 110 years. We'd only be the third owners of this house, and it's mostly untouched, which just means restoring things, but not undoing half assed shit.

There's these custom landscape lights all over the front yard, driveway and walkway. found switches for the back yard lights, but not the front/driveway/walkway lights. I dug around this afternoon and found a timer in a cabinet next to the electrical panel, flipped it on and the lights turned on! set the timer to the correct time and on/off times and now the driveway lights work! At our current house, some probably would have cut out the timer and either disabled the lights entirely or did something it's so nice being in a house that hasn't been completely fucked with. Will be easier to restore.

Also discovered this when I found the timer. no idea what it is, but will be interesting to research. I don't think it's connected to anything anymore

Old shit can be quite A LOT of the foundation project I'm currently over 60 HOURS into is undoing old shitty painting and patch jobs.

[wap]

This is pretty fucking epic!

I will miss Balls Deep and watching the updating you've been doing to it . That's a fantastic house. But this place super quirky in a cool way.

Also discovered this when I found the timer. no idea what it is, but will be interesting to research. I don't think it's connected to anything anymore

No idea that could be. Does the house have solar panels or maybe a heat pump or something?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Also discovered this when I found the timer. no idea what it is, but will be interesting to research. I don't think it's connected to anything anymore

No idea that could be. Does the house have solar panels or maybe a heat pump or something?

Buddy claims it had a solar water heater at some point...

[troyguitar]

That new is fucking awesome, or at least it will be when you replace the hot tub time machine. 5/7 would alternate between the hot tub and the Ivory Tower.

Between the hot tub time machine and the sauna, this is a winter paradise.

The tower is even heated, so will be rad to come up after a soak in the hot tub during a snow storm. Should make winter far more tolerable.

I've wanted a hot tub forever, it's one of the few things that makes me feel good. I'd be in there every day.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Between the hot tub time machine and the sauna, this is a winter paradise.

The tower is even heated, so will be rad to come up after a soak in the hot tub during a snow storm. Should make winter far more tolerable.

I've wanted a hot tub forever, it's one of the few things that makes me feel good. I'd be in there every day.

That's how the wife feels, and while I'm not that passionate about it, I can't deny that we'd use it. would be great in the cold. Daily use for sure, especially since it's indoors.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

From the treehouse just now...

[Tar]

Man I wish we were DINKS, ing off to a town and living the easy life sounds fun! I like the place Dplac, and vote

I have lightly tried to convince we should move to the beach... she can't work remotely though, would need a new gig.

I could do beach life permanently too, especially in a climate that has a longer summer then mine. I guess you guys have awesome shorelines, what are prices for real estate like near them?

[Apex]

From the treehouse just now...

[wap]

From the treehouse just now...

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Lort have mercy. Minas Tirith > everything else up to this point.

Pull the cord and make it happen.

Talked to the wife last night while she's down state, we're 99% committed, just a matter of lining up logistics now.

She broke the news to some of our closest friends last night and the wife went full YOU'LL REGRET IT THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE ZOMG WINTER

Husband was all can't wait to visit!

Most of the people we tell usually respond with "when can we visit?" It's less than 4 hours drive.

[Apex]

Lort have mercy. Minas Tirith > everything else up to this point.

Pull the cord and make it happen.

Talked to the wife last night while she's down state, we're 99% committed, just a matter of lining up logistics now.

She broke the news to some of our closest friends last night and the wife went full YOU'LL REGRET IT THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE ZOMG WINTER

Husband was all can't wait to visit!

Most of the people we tell usually respond with "when can we visit?" It's less than 4 hours drive.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

The other debate is if we should go full and start a youtube channel documenting the move and the rennovation/restoration since we'll be doing majority of the work ourselves...

[razr390]

The other debate is if we should go full and start a youtube channel documenting the move and the rennovation/restoration since we'll be doing majority of the work ourselves...

Why not? It would be interesting. Usually the niche stuff is. Plus, you get views and likes from DFD to help the algorithm