I’ve been living in rented dumplex (a cross between a dump and a duplex) for the last two years since my divorce a few years back. After many years of owning homes, renting has been a tough pill to swallow. With the tax credit available, my daughter graduating from high school, and having all debts paid, I thought now may be a good time to look at buying a house.
My only requirements were inside storage for my boat, room to shoot my bow in my yard, and more than one bathroom. Everything else was just fluff in my opinion. After finding a house that I was strongly considering that didn’t have forced air heat or AC, I just couldn’t pull the trigger and though I should look at a couple more. Not having forced air was a tough one for me to accept. I took a look at three more, and one of them turned out to be one for me.
It has a 25′ X 40′ pole barn, over an acre lot that is partially wooded, and the attached garage is insulated with in-floor radiant heat. Its 10 minutes from my woods, and 10 minutes from Lake Wisconsin, which is much better than 40 minutes to the lake and 30 to the woods that I now drive. Its only 10 minutes further to work as well. I know there is a house attached to the garage, but I was more interested in the pole barn and heated garage.
First picture is the house, second picture is the pole barn, and the third picture is the view from the deck. The pole barn is down the hill through the woods. You can kind of see it in the third picture if you look hard through the trees. It also has a storage shed for the lawn mower and a tree house. My girlfriend was excited about the tree house. I think I’m too fat to trust that.
I’m excited and nervous at the same time. Not sure if I should crack a beer or pop an antacid. Now comes the fun part, packing all my stuff.
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