In most cases this is wasted energy because nothing comes of it.
But at least I am informed completely and that might make it easier to cast aside the crazy ideas from the good ones.
What am I talking about?
Well our house is small. We need more space and we don't know how to get the most for our money.
At first I had wanted to expand the laundry room out from the back of the house, and include enough space to make it a sufficient mud room and alternate entry with a good size storage closet and also put a bedroom out there as well.
We've also been thinking from the other end of the house to the right of the fireplace would be a good doorway down to a mud room that leads to a garage and then put a loft above with a couple bedrooms. Hell, maybe we need both additions for this house realistically.
But realistically, we don't have the money up front for it, and we also don't have enough equity in the house to borrow from the bank.
Perhaps if we found a way to fund one renovation... we could have the equity to build the other one. It is so damn expensive and we also want to expand our farming endeavors. We need a proper barn especially if we're getting goats and rabbits in the spring like we are planning.
We discussed the option of selling and buying a bigger piece of land and building on it... but it just doesn't feel like the right choice. That would have to be painfully expensive for one thing. And I really like our neighbors here.
Having more property is something that we intend to do in the future. It is an incredible investment to make. It could be property for our children to build houses one day, it could be something that is kept in the family for generations. Who knows.
But that's what has been on my mind.
Here's a general idea of our floor plan. My bathroom is different. There is a fireplace and built in bookshelves/cabinets on the far wall in the Family Room. The dining room has our most used entry door in it.
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