What kind of digs to DUer's have?

[NNadir]

I live in a three bedroom house on a very nice piece of land in a very nice suburb that still has lots of farmland and forests. My house is a short walk from some nice stores and restaurants, and a high school down the street, but my property is wooded and somewhat secluded.

I am very, very fortunate. My digs weren't always this good.

Many of my neighbors have dogs (I don't) and all of my neighbors have drugs (I bet), at least aspirin and tylenol and cold remedies and things like that.

[Wcross]

1. One bedroom shack on 15 acres in rural Tennessee.

Its a 15 mile drive to the nearest town. I have no visible neighbors, the nearest one is 1/2-3/4 miles away. I am planning on building the real house when money allows (I am paying cash and doing most of the work myself).
I live with 6 dogs and two cats. I let them run free as I am surrounded by farms whose owners have stated they do not mind the dogs running.
I can leave my windows open at night without fear of loud noises!

[dajoki]

5. that sounds like paradise

:hi:

[complain jane]

24. I agree, it does sound like paradise. Enjoy!

[complain jane]

26. Front/back bilevel in overdeveloped suburban sprawl.

Reluctantly.

When I can afford it, I'll have a cabin with a fireplace, on a lake, surrounded by woods and deer and nature. That, to me, is heaven.

[Radio_Lady]

41. We built a very nice home at 500 ft with view of hills out the front.

2500 sq. ft, lots of storage, three bedrooms and one "bonus" or media room, three car garage, small backyard bordering a large "wooded area" with 60-80 ft. Douglas fir trees and nice views out the front. Backyard is small but husband likes to putter with flowers and plants (I don't). We live in a new community with 262 other families, about 14 miles from downtown Portland, OR and less than 1/2 mile to the nearest Willamette Valley farmland (planted to hazelnuts, apples, grapes and a variety of other crops).

We got to choose the carpeting, paint, tile and other accoutrements after living in my husband's first wife's home (she was deceased at age 34) for almost 30 years.

We're quite lucky with the sale of our other home, as we were also able to purchase two flexable timeshare properties through Hilton, one at Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii and the other in Las Vegas, Nevada. We keep busy with travel, volunteering with radio pursuits and family.

As long as our health holds out, life is quite good for us. If the political scene in the USA gets better, it would be the best for ALL of us.

In peace, Radio_Lady

(Picture taken on our 18 ft. x 22 ft. back deck, after APRIL 2005 hailstorm which left 1/2 inch ice balls on the surface)

[Radio_Lady]

69. self delete -- tmi

[Wcross]

42. I used to have wildlife until the dogs moved in!

When I first bought this place I went out to my truck to get something. There was a turkey under the window A/C unit and I spooked him. He went straight up, banged into the a/c unit then started running towards the woods. Poor guy.
Now these guys keep me safe from the wildlife.

[Arugula Latte]

50. Paradise?

A 15 mile drive to town? What if you need a LATTE?! Oh, the horror. :scared: I wouldn't last three days. ;)

[dajoki]

68. well, not for everybody

:shrug:

[Wcross]

81. The town with the "latte's" is even further.

Nearest starbucks is about 25 miles.

[nerddem]

157. 25 miles, eh?

i'm sold

[schmuls]

137. I recently become a homeowner - it is a 1953 3 bedroom cape

cod with a nice rec room, 1/2 of the upstairs is a walk in closet and there is a big back yard with gardens. Modest, but I never thought I would own my own home. It is in a quiet part of our large city, and close to a lot of amenities. I bought it at the right time, just before property values started rising.

[Pharlo]

2. Old Farm House in a rural area

Ten rooms on two and a half acres, surrounded by fields. Just myself, three dogs and a cat.

[TK421]

3. A cozy mud hut

[eyesroll]

4. 3 bedroom lower flat in the city.

Walking distance from just about everything.

Probably moving to a three-bedroom flat in a different part of the city (still within walking/biking distance of just about everything) in the spring, only I'll have to share it with my BF and his daughter.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. A 1200 s.f., brick, think 50's tract housing, home on a 60x120 lot.

Tree lined street with sidewalks and houses that look exactly like mine. Only across the street they don't have the bump out in back so they are only 900 s.f. Some neighbors have added a second floor, vinyl sided uglyish, with the exception of one, who made his second floor a gabled affair that is rather attractive...if he wasn't 10 feet next to his neighbor. On the upside, my town has a small town feel, there's a park on Lake St. Clair right up the street and the schools are all pretty much within walking distance.


That said, I can't wait to move the hell out of here. :hi:

[PassingFair]

13. Ditto...

I live around the block from her.
Three bedroom brick ranch with what looks like 2 cheap motel units stuck onto the back! Works for our in-house studio, though...

Our neighborhood would be voted: "The most boring place to take a walk in the known universe", if there was such a contest....

We have a VERY large lake at the end of the street, but it is pretty well concealed from everyone not wealthy or lucky enough to own lakefront property.

I picked up my children at a friend's house once (VERY Beaver Cleavery) and my 8 year old came screaming down the walk shouting about how their house made ours look like "a dumpster"!

And it DID!

[Mutley]

7. One bedroom apartment.

Not too small. The complex is pretty decent, especially compared to some other landlords I've had.

[catmandu57]

8. We have a modest little house

Just big enough for the two of us and the cats. We're in a quiet little town we leave the door unlocked and my key is in the car ignition.

[mongo]

125. I live in a quaint little town too

and we used to keep our doors unlocked until one night when Daisy woke me up -- there was a 15yo kid from 2 doors down in our bedroom trying to hide under our bed.

He had been in the house long enough to go through our CD's and make a pile of the ones he liked at the back door, eat some cookies, take the money out of my wallet on my nightstand, etc.

The cops were really glad I caught him. He had a cubby hole in his room full of stuff from all my neighbor's houses. I think we all lock our doors now.

[LeftyMom]

9. I have a dinky little apartment

but at least I have a little yard and my own office. :D

I can't complain much.

[Scout1071]

54. Me too LM! See post #11.

[LeftyMom]

56. That's much cuter than my place

What a nice yard. :D

[Scout1071]

57. Thank you. I've developed a gardening compulsion in recent years.

And yes, it is another reminder that I'm becoming my mother and grandmothers!

Nevertheless, it's nice to have a little space to garden.

[LeftyMom]

60. I have planter boxes but I don't get good light.

:(

[ThomWV]

10. 99 Acres, Rural of course

4 miles to the closest small town, just a hardware, convienence store, and a Post Office really.

We live on a road half way up the side of a wooded valley. We own all of the land we can see from our home. Its about a half mile each way to equadistant neighbors.

All of the neighbors are grown, several are over 60. Its quiet here. Everyone owns firearms of course. Crime is amazingly low. Children around here tend to get jobs at about 16. Most of them make it through high school. West Virginia University is less than an hour away.

I came here from Miami. I was born in and raised in DC. I like it here just fine. I've been here 30 years now. Guess I should call it home.

Thom
In Preston County, West Virginia.

[Wcross]

17. Are you anywhere near Spencer?

Thats where my sis in law grew up. I drove through your State last Wednesday- got caught up in the snow ! I have always thought of West Virginia as heaven on earth (with no employment opportunities though :)

[GrpCaptMandrake]

71. Paradise, isn't it?

We have an acre in Fayette County, WV. Garden about a third of it. House is old and crowded, but cozy and full of good ju-ju/karma/whatever.

The New River and all its hiking/biking/climbing/rafting is about three miles away as the crow flies, as is the Gauley and its rail trails.

Mighty special place, West Virginia.

[Scout1071]

11. A rare one bedroom apartment with a backyard (and a tiki bar):

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Renting a 4 bedroom house with three other guys...

Looks like a dump on the outside, it's decent inside. Really close to campus, which is what really matters. Nice neighbourhood too, actually.

[ScreamingMeemie]

36. I just realized that you are from the same area of Newfoundland as

my Aunt (by marriage) She is from St. John's as well, but came here to the U.S. in 1959 when she married my Uncle. :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Cool!

I'm always surprised to hear that anyone outside of Canada even knows what newfoundland is, haha.

[Wcross]

45. My Grandmother was from PEI, moved to Maine in the 1920's.

My Mother has her passport the stated she was a "British subject". She was a cool lady, bi-lingual (french and english) and a really pleasant woman. I miss her.

[Err]

14. I'm live in a two-person apartment with four people.

:grr:

I hate campus housing. They cram us all together. Two of the four roommates will be moving out after the semester, though, so I'll get my own room. :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. 2 bedroom trailer, but we have 2 bathrooms so that's a move up for us.

We're in a trailer park but it's a very nice one set up around a nice big field with trees around the perimeter of the park. (Hey, it's Maine. We have trees everywhere you turn.)

We're 2 miles out from town, which is a wee little village with no high school of its own, but we do have a college. I am hoping when my boys are ready for post-secondary education they will consider living with us and commuting because hey, it's 12 years later and we're still struggling with hubby's student loans.

[RebelOne]

51. Nothing wrong with living in a mobile home.

I also have a 2-bedroom mobile home. My 2 children are grown with families and homes of their own. So the smaller bedroom is my computer room. It is a very good living arrangement because I own my mobile home and only pay lot rent of $305 per month, which includes water and garbage pickup. My mobile home community is very nice and the management is very strict about people keeping their homes up and we are fined if our grass is even too high.

[GreenPartyVoter]

59. Mobile homes are fine but we are a family of 4 and tryuing to run a

business out of here. The kids are stacked up on each other in their room and the Office is the former master closet with a wall moved out to make it a bit roomier. (It was the nursery before that)

For that matter, we haven't a single closet in the house now. Tim tore them all out so we would have more living space, but now we have zero storage spage inside.

Still, at least we have a home with heat, lights, and running water. There are plenty of people on the planet who would think we live like kings.

[RebelOne]

92. Tell me about lack of closet space.

I have 2 closets. One in my bedroom and the other in the computer room. And they are both crammed with clothes. I have to clean out the closets out periodially and give clothes to charity to make room for anything new I might buy. I don't have a problem with storage space because I have a garage. I can't park my car in it because I have so much in there that I have no room for in the house.

[nolabels]

80. I like mobile (manufactured) homes

Some of new ones are really keen. Buck for buck you get the most bang that way too. We have a four bedroom long 1986 double-wide that I am renovating and adding rooms and space to. We have plenty of area to work with on two acres and just got a new free standing garage put up for me to work out of. My wifes family and many of my relatives live in one so it all just kind of seems normal to me.

[RebelOne]

94. My son and his wife bought a manufactured home with 4 acres

of land here in North Georgia for only $60,000. The land alone is worth the price. The house could always be replaced cheaply if need be, but it is a large house and should last many year, bar any tornadoes.

[nolabels]

97. Yea we were going to buy a new one or put up a stick built

to improve the property value but found we more content with fixing up what we had. No need to get stuck on a bigger rat race keeping up with the Joneses of the world. Out here in Southern California our house twenty years ago the house cost twice as much as the property but now the property is worth twenty times the house.
I am also more than happy to tell you those speculators and the rest of them won't get either till they pry it from our cold lifeless hands :-)

[DanCa]

16. I am forced to live with my parents

After being dxd with young onset parkinsons the biggest tranission is living at home and not being able to drive. I feel like am sixteen again.Anyhow I do live in a basement (my god am eric from that seventy shows) and I turned the empty laundry room into my bedroom, and there is a half bathroom too. The main space is used for my coach computer and two cats tsonga and kimual. I do pay rent mind you it's just that I hate being at home.
Our house is a three level building and my fundie sis has her own room while she's going to college. We do live off the fox river so it's pretty cool in the summer time.

[gristy]

18. 1-story 50's 2BR +office 1300 ft2 house on a smallish lot, 2 miles to work

It's just the right size for me - everything is within 15 paces of my desk, and no stairs! Don't live in the right part of the country to be able to live in the woods or out of view of the neighbors, though that would be nice... I've got some land like that back east, but not able to live there right now (no jobs).

I also consider myself fortunate.

[NewJeffCT]

19. typical suburban colonial here

on about an acre & a half.

Unfortunately, when we moved from our old ranch, which was 5 minutes from anyplace in Connecticut, we lost out on a lot of the conveniences of being so close to everything. Now, we have a 10-12 minute drive to the grocery store, 20 minutes to the local mall or movie theater and we're 30 minutes from authentic Chinese food.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. We live in a pretty nice subdivision

Our house is your typical suburban colonial, about 3400 square feet, but NOT a McMansion. We added on when we decided not to move. We finished the attic into an office and an additional bedroom, which was a really good idea since my FIL moved in, although now all the stuff that was in that bedroom is now in the garage.

We added a sunroom off the kitchen/family room, and it is a gathering place for the teenagers and friends.

The neighborhood is pretty nice, close to stuff, but we have a lake here and neighborhood schools.

I like it here. Wouldn't move anytime soon.

[Left Is Write]

21. Three bedroom suburban house in a nice enough suburban neighborhood.

My daughter's elementary school is right in this subdivision, so we're close enough to walk to school.

2½ baths, bonus room we use as a playroom/rec room, the great room area, and a formal living room we use as and office/den.

We are fortunate enough to have a large, flat backyard with a huge deck. There's lots of room for the kids to play. We landscaped with an oak tree, two ash trees, and beautiful red-twigged dogwood bushes all along the deck railing.

[Kire]

22. two bedroom townhouse

only I don't sleep in the bedrooms, I prefer the couch and there's nobody here to tell me I can't

it's very boxy here, and drafty

[0007]

35. I know what ya mean jellybean!

[Left_Winger]

23. Townhouse/condo in a suburban neighborhood

[yvr girl]

25. Tiny apartment in a great neighbourhood

My place is maybe 585 sq ft - but it is poorly designed - I have 2 friggin hallways. So much wasted space. But I have great hardwood floors and a view of the mountains.

I love my neighbourhood though. I'm 10 minutes from the beach and surrounded by great shops and restaurants.

[Arugula Latte]

52. self-delete (posted in wrong place)

[complain jane]

27. Sounds like a great place to live.

Love the farmland and forests, wooded lot and short walk to stores & restaurants. Nice combination! Sounds sweet!

[NNadir]

58. It is. It's the nicest place we've ever lived.

The kids love it. My wife loves it. I love it. Good schools. Nice kids. Relatively Liberal. Great Congressman (Rush Holt).

The fact is that my family New Jersey fascists; we think New Jersey is better than everywhere else.

Many in our town live in McMansions though, especially the newer folk, and some of the farm land is being bulldozed. :cry:

But we've slowed development in comparison to some of our neighboring towns.

[Abelman]

28. A dorm

at a residential high school. No kitchen, but my own room and bathroom. I have never paid for rent in my life and I'm almost 24. It's pretty crazy.

I will soon be movinginto a house provided by a camp I'll be working at. It's a nice three bedroom modular home with two bathrooms and full kitchen.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Small, old (1882) house on a small lot in the city.

Needs a lot of work but it's architecturally interesting, and I like the convenience of living in town.

[chknltl]

30. 3 bedroom 2 story rental house...

...in a nice part of town.

[Shine]

31. Single story ranch style home we bought nine years ago.

3 bdrooms, an office/den/guest room, lots of light, a very nice corner lot with a view, a wonderful neighborhood in a great community with lots of kids my kids' age.

Even if we won the lottery, we'd never move. We love it here and I give thanks every day for my many blessings.

Life is good. :)

[bridgit]

32. we live downtown, 1blk from the state capitol, it's cozy, has all...

our toys in here; if only we were here more often we're always out working. which is part of why we both played hooky today = we're stick'n it to 'the man'

:rofl: B-)

oh and tim...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

33. Tiny studio apartment.

Having more than one person in here is a violation of the fire code.

[MarsThe Cat]

34. chicago two-flat.

north park neighborhood. we live in the bottom unit, rent out the top.
we bought it in 1996(closing date was februaury 29th) for $131,000, and we're selling it this spring, and it should fetch upwards of $425,000.
we hope to use the profit to buy at least a few acres with a house & outbuilding(s) somewhere in south/central wisconsin.

[BlueStateGirl]

37. One bedroom 800 square foot condo in suburban Philly.

[Maestro]

39. The Maestro family

lives almost 40 miles south of downtown Dallas in a developing area but still one that has rolling farmland all around it. I live on just one acre with a modest 3 bedroom, two bath.

Here are some pics.

First a satellite view showing all the land behind us. It is still used to raise catttle.



Field around house...





Back pasture with storm coming.



Kids playing in backyard.



Part of the patio with yet another storm coming...

[swimboy]

66. That looks familiar.

My brother is in Killeen and his area looks very similar to yours. :hi:

[Maestro]

99. I'm about an hour and a half northeast

of Killeen, but geologically speaking it is the same type of terrain. :hi:

[RebelOne]

40. I live in a mobile home, which I own, in a mobile home park.

My lot rent is only $306 a month, which includes water and garbage and trash pickup. Of course, some DUers classify those who live in mobile homes as "trailer trash," but where else could you live as cheaply and not have ultra-high home payments?

[ScreamingMeemie]

44. Not this DUer who lived rather happily in a mobile home for 6 years.

They were and will always be some of the best years of my life. :toast:

[Wcross]

49. I lived in a RENTED 1970's vintage mobile home for ten years.

The whole thing cost me 410 a month for everything but the phone when I moved out a couple of years ago (included cable tv).
I lived very humbly but was able to save up enough to buy my house and 15 acres for cash! Would I do it again? Absolutely.
There is no shame in living within your means and not going deep into debt to pretend your something you are not.

[SoCalDem]

55. Our final (next) home will be a mobile

I think the term "Trailer-trash" is used to identify the "old school" type trailers..beat up rusted, up on blocks (unskirted)..with a complement of rusty washing machines & car parts decorating the yard..

The "Modular-manufactured" housing of today bears little resemblance to the "trashy" ones:)


The oNLY drawback to the modular homes is if there a lots of little feet scampering around, it could get pretty noisy..(Our scamperers are all grown and gone)

I am looking forward to getting us a "newish" double wide in a quiet place..

[GOPisEvil]

43. 2 bedroom, 2 bath single family home in a normal subdivision.

They call these garden homes. There are three styles of houses on my street. Mine is the small one. There are two other styles which are 3 bedrooms. Built in the high point of house construction during the 1980s.

[hippywife]

46. One and a half story

modified A-frame built with 50% recycled buidling materials by my hubband. It sits out on 8 acres, is only around 450 square feet and the bedroom is in a loft. Right now I'm praying isn't going to blow away or get burned up in a grass fire. The wind is gusting out of the south at about 70 mph or more and I can smell the fires really strong. Hubband is monitoring the fire departments on his ham radio rig. It's a little scary at the moment.

[trof]

47. 3 br, 3 bth, 1/4 acre on Wolf Bay, AL.

12 years ago we paid about what we got for our house in NH.
Today it is worth close to a mill.
And yes, as soon as we finish hurricane repairs from Ivan, it is going on the market.

[Terran]

48. Three bedroom 1890 Folk Victorian

in "downtown", near the state Capitol complex. It's more crowded and less private than I'm used to, but what can I say, we own this one--no longer renting. I love the fact that it has two kitchens, the original one and a modern one built into the old back porch. We have *tons* of trees, so in spring and summer the house seems to recede into a small forest.

[Arugula Latte]

53. 4 br/3 bath on a cul de sac within Portland limits

We have a woodsy neighborhood, 1/3 of an acre and a quiet street and a big (by our standards, anyway) house, yet we can be downtown or in the forest within minutes. The downstairs and the yard need work, so it's not one of those pristine big-ass new houses. It was built in the 70s, and we haven't had enough $$ to do a really thorough renovation, but most of the upstairs looks pretty darn good because we splurged on hardwoods throughout when we moved in.

[flvegan]

61. 1920's bungalow

2/1.5 w/1 car garage. 1200 square feet. Most of which is taken up by dogs.

Hardwood floors and 12 foot ceilings. Large windows, some of which don't open at all, shitty insulation and fucked up wiring cap off this dream rental.

[JuneInJax]

62. Built in 1930

a 2 BR, 1 BA home in a nice neighborhood, like the first ring outside the main urban area. Or maybe the second ring. It's about 15 minutes from work, and I rent it. There's a fireplace and hardwood floors and a nice yard for the doggies. It has a major-cool built-in china cabinet and pantry, plus a stained-glass pendant light fixture in the dining room. I LOVE this house! Too bad I probably won't live in this town this time next year. :-/
Moni

[youthere]

63. 4 bedroom 3 bath..

on 4 wooded acres in (very)rural Iowa. We like it.

[curse10]

64. 2 br, 2 story apartment in a typical Boston brownstone

It's pretty kickass

[abbeyco]

65. A nice post WWII house

3 bedrooms, 1 bath - biggest lot on my block. 3 or 6 blocks to shopping and only a few blocks away from our soon-to-be-starting light rail service.

Bought it on my own and am re-doing it on my own and am happy to finally be a home owner.

[maveric]

67. A shithole 3 bdrm apartment in a crappy neighborhood.

But soon I'll be moving to either Ocean Beach (my own place, all by myself), or Mission Beach (move in with my girlfriend. Not sure if I'm ready for that though).
Whatever...I'm getting out of this place.

[Broken_Hero]

70. Three bedroom

ranch style home, on five acres of pasture land...some trees, but not a bunch...In SW Missouri. We have a two car, carport and a bunch of armadillos...:) I live out in the rural countryside...and their isn't anything in the nearest town of Goodman, except two restaurants which suck, and Caseys gas station.

[barb162]

72. 2 story, 4 bedroom

[AussieDave]

73. Two bedroom apartment on the top floor of a block of six

large living/dining room/kitchen, combined laundry/bathroom, separate toilet, large garage and a modest balcony. Close to public transport and five minutes form the city center, also a short walk to a shopping/cafe/pub "village".

What I like best about it is the view of downtown and the west/northwest of Brisbane:



Taken yesterday - a large thunderstorm coming in from the northwest - it dumped two inches of rain and some small hail in about twenty minutes. It put on quite a lightning show, too.

[NMMNG]

74. Three-bedroom townhouse

Nice enough place, but the neighborhood sucks. I can't wait to move.

[Lady Effingbroke]

75. an 8' x 30' travel trailer in a trailer park in a very industrial

part of Houston.

I've lived in this thing for 7 (!!!) years, not by choice, but by economic circumstance. I hope to (finally!!!) move out sometime in the next year.

But I have high speed internet! It is the only luxury I afford myself.

[WCGreen]

76. I live in what the Realtor said back in 1992...

One of the four least expensive homes in Westlake... I grew up here, back when it was too far away to be a suburb but close enough to enjoy the city....

Well, the highway came and now we live, surrounded by those kind of home that were on 60 minutes last night...

Our hoe is on a corner lot, very convientent.... We have a lot of wooded area around us, deer, rabbits, feral cats, ground hogs, chipmunks and, the occasional skunk...

Our house is a ranch, california style which means it is poorly insulated but we have a wall of windows looking out over the wooded lots and nice house all around... It is very nice, quiet development...

We have two bedrooms and an office, a great room which is an open floor plan encompassing the LR, DR and entertainment area...

Here is an ariel view of my neighborhood....

[corksean]

77. I live in a 19th Century Coach House, a bit cold and creaky but I love it.

JM Barrie (Peter Pan) lived here for a while apparently.

[Arugula Latte]

88. Wow.

Like something out of a story book ... Well, I guess that's closer to the truth than when people normally say that ... :thumbsup;

[AussieDave]

98. That is one lovely-looking place

I'll bet some of the rooms are small and cosy. I also like the rounded part where the front door is - quaint !!!

:thumbsup:

[AirmensMom]

78. 4-bedroom, 3-bath, 1-story Courtyard-style house.

A little over 2000 Sq.Ft., built in 1994. One of the bedrooms is a separate cabana with its own bathroom. There's a small pool in the courtyard. The courtyard is screened in. We have an over-sized lot at the end of a cul-de-sac with palm gardens and two citrus trees. I love this house ... but we want to live near our daughter in TN, so we'll be leaving it as soon as we can get all our ducks in a row. The next house will hopefully be passive solar.

[Trigger Hippie]

79. Studio apartment in a big college area in Boston

Lots of sleepless nights as my neighbors party....:(

[Wcross]

82. I googled my house- here is a satellite picture.

The house is near the middle of the picture. Geez, I have to do something about my lawn! The hay Fields are nice and green but my lawn is brown!

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.521888,-86.259069&spn=0.005807,0.009408&t=k&hl=en

[Strong Atheist]

83. Small townhouse in one of the

most expensive places to live in the U.S. - Fairfax County, Virginia (right outside D.C.). It was incredibly expensive ($350,000 for a two level 2 1/2 bath) and I would not have been able to afford it on my teacher's salary without help from my mom.

[progmom]

84. 2-story, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath house

In a subdivision on the outskirts of town. I like the house, but really don't dig living out in a subdivision. The neighborhood is apparently wonderfully diverse...but you never see anyone outside...so I can't be certain. We've lived in this house for 18 months.

[warrens]

85. 2 BR apt in the center of Chicago

Kind of a dump, but I like it. It was built in 1892, so there are water pressure issues and so on, but its cheap and comes with free heat and hot water.

[LaraMN]

86. 2-story, 1920's house.

4+ bedrooms, 1+1/2 baths. Small town, residential street, best damn neighbors in the world! I love living here. Love it. We rent, though, and won't likely buy for at least a few years, so I don't know where we'll end up. I'd hate to leave my neighborhood!

[BigMcLargehuge]

87. An old camp build in 1830 (or thereabouts) and renovated in the 70s

on 4 acres.


Note Mrs. McLargehuge to get sense of scale.

[dryan]

89. Duplex.....

2 bedroom, 2 full baths, smallish kitchen but nice, dining room, good size living room, garage with small attic. Washer and dryer hookup, nice size front yard. 1,300 sf.

[LSK]

90. 30 yr old 2 bedroom townhome in the suburbs

Its an end unit and its right across from a school so its kinda quiet. Had it for 2 years now and it suits me just fine.

[noonwitch]

91. 3 bedroom bungalow in suburban Detroit

I'm on one of those blocks where most of the houses are the same, and you tell them apart by the details, like awnings or gables.

But I love my little house (about 900-1000 square ft). It has a red brick exterior, two downstairs' bedrooms and a finished attic bedroom. the basement is also finished, but I don't have anything down there right now except for my dining-room sized table (for family parties) and the cat food and litter box.

My bathroom has ceramic tile. I have a closet in every room, and plenty of windows. I'm glad that I bought it and am no longer renting a flat.

[blindpig]

93. 30 y.o. brick rancher on 10A wooded.

The land has been severely degraded by 150 yrs of maize and cotton. Planted with pulp pines but the pines are dying in droves of beetles and drought. Just as well, they don't belong anyway and the hardwoods are coming back nicely, in 30 years it will look like a Piedmont forest again, though without the biodiversity. Fifteen miles out of town and it better stay that way!

I was a city kid, grew up with the white marble steps. What I've got is more than I ever expected and more than I deserve.

[GumboYaYa]

95. I live in a four bedroom home on a tiny city lot.

Our home is a beautiful birck three-story home in a very urban area. We have virtually no lawn and what we have is occupied by my gardens. My city has no ethnic or religious majority. It is very progressive. We are within walking distance of every amenity that we need to live, hence I am able to survive quite easily with no car. Since we have very little space to garden, I run a community garden at the local elementary school. I am really fortunate to have such a great place to live.

[Horus45]

96. 34 year old Stucco Ranch in the middle of the desert.

[Dave Reynolds]

100. Old farmhouse on a dairy farm,

rented.

Nicely rural, but within 18 miles of work.

[Reverend_Smitty]

101. 2 bedroom apartment

that I share with 3 others...ahhhhh college

[mopinko]

102. 100 y.o. greystone 2 flat, down-converted to single family

good size yard by city standards, in a diverse but gentrifying neighborhood. finished basement, w/ a big kitchen. done a lot of remodeling, lots left to do.

[Telly Savalas]

103. 2 bedroom apt., which is the main floor of a semi-detached.

So we have a small backyard and a garage.

It's kinda small for our family of three, but it's in a phenomenal neighbourhood.

[Zinfandel]

104. 2800 sq. ft., 3 story custom high-end house, redwood heartwood, on

two acres, in a redwood forest, two miles from the ocean. In a very liberal area.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

105. Our home is fairly new....we've been in it for four years now......

We built it...our dream house.....

4200 square feet.....about 3 bedrooms (they either function as BR, or could), several bathrooms, and a LR, DR, FR, and kitchen...all separate......2 garages in front....nice yard, but small.....

Modern design....very Frank Lloyd Wright looking.....it's amazing....

[NMMNG]

106. Oooohhh, I love FLR style architecture

I've always been into his modern styling.

[GalleryGod]

112. Room for GopisEvil, I see !!!!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce:
Make him cook for you,Peg! I hear he's quite the Southwest Chef!:party:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

119. My dear GalleryGod!

I don't believe he'll be staying here with us....

We haven't talked menus just yet...time will tell!

Maybe if he moves out permanently......:evilgrin:

Good to see you!

:loveya: :hug:

[GOPisEvil]

145. Yeah, baby! Lookit GalleryGod having my back!

:bounce::bounce::rofl:

[Xithras]

107. 5 acres on unfenced riverside.

15 year old suburban stucco on what was supposed to be a farmland transition zone...ranchettes between urbania and farmland. Didn't work though...we're getting built around regularly and developers want to plough the whole neighborhood under to replace it with suburban mcmansions (with a hell of a markup for the river view, of course).

The house itself is nothing special. 1600sf 4br.

[Scooter24]

108. I live in a 2-bedroom condo in Dallas.

The Plaza, Turtle Creek...


Wonderful location, lots of privacy, and no lawn to upkeep. :)

[Maestro]

120. That is some expensive digs

Scooter! :)

[roguevalley]

109. three bedroom house on an oversized lot in a good neighborhood

in a small town on a peninsula in alaska. very nice place, my house. I love it so. moose walk across the porch.

[NNadir]

110. You need congress to build you a big bridge to your house.

[roguevalley]

129. SNICKER! Yeah. You have no idea how pissed Alaskans are that

they won't give the money up. We hide our faces in shame.

[nini]

111. We own a 3 BR TriLevel Townhouse in the suburbs

about 1250 sq Feet.

[pdx_prog]

113. 2 bdrm- 2000 sq ft...

close to west hills in Portland. secluded off a main road....used to be only two houses close, but now they are building some apartments close by. Were still surrounded by trees but our privacy is getting less and less each day...:(

[Metta]

114. Lovely. Very comfortable.

My wife and I live at the junction of suburban and rural, functioning farms and all that, in a home owners' development not far from the interstate. There are no fences in the block long common back yard hillside which itself runs to 75' wide. We have a few lovely trees around the house, a town house actually, in a row of 13. We've been here for 10 years now. Good sized rooms. My listening room which doubles as our living room is 23'x13'. Good times.

[VaYallaDawg]

115. 2 BR, 50s brick rancher, inner burbs of Richmond.

[SteppingRazor]

116. 2 Bed/2 bath condo, with kitchen and living room...

I'm in South Florida, close to the beach. No such thing as houses where I live. Just condos and apartments.

[CottonBear]

117. 2 BR, 1.5 Bath Condo townhouse in a liberal Southern college town.

I have a great neighborhood association which is very well run and very active. No renters are allowed in our community due to college town/student renter issues. If you move away you have to sell your home. Thus, our property values are quite high. (There are plenty of houses, apartment complexes and duplexes in the city in which the students may live.) Of course, if their name is on the deed then they can live here and have a roommate as long as they abide by the association rules.

We have all sorts of people here. Old, young, retired, professional, students, single, married, with kids and without, black, white, gay & straight!

I can walk to shopping, movies, restaurants, banks, pharmacies and a neighborhood post office. There are 3 schools and several churches nearby. It's also on a city bus route which takes one tot he university

[ProfessorGAC]

118. Smallish Cape Cod In A Small Town of 5,000

Live on a corner in a small town a bit less than 60 miles from downtown Chicago. Small blue cape cod, 3BR, attached garage, finished basement rec room.

My wife says the kitchen is too small, but we'll live.

We have really nice landscaping though!
The Professor

[Kolesar]

121. Found a house that won't repair itself

"With it's windows cracking
And a roof held together with holes"

That's an XTC song

Ms. Avenger bought a 95 year old project house with no insulation and a dank basement then somehow got the Avenger to move in and make it swell. I cut the first scuttles into the attics and, well, you know the rest.

It has all of 50x250 feet of lot but it adjoins a huge woodlot in a suburb with a few billionaires. The maples were beautiful this year. We get a lot of snow, too, I went xc skiing Friday.

[Taverner]

122. Brand new 5 br tract home in the East Bay Foothills

Aka San Ramon

[Catchawave]

123. Suburban 5 bedroom colonial on

a hundred acre lake. Sweet :)

[unpossibles]

124. 110 year old folk victorian that needs some work

in a neighborhood with potential - on some streets the houses are nice, some are in squalor and have drug problems, and most are in between.

I love my neighborhood though - some decent restaurants, a few cool shops and bars and very mixed. Sure it has a few rough spots, but overall is really cool.

We just bought our first house about a year ago, and I've been fixing it up while looking for full time work and doing side jobs.

[Sugar Smack]

126. Here's my apartment. Come in and sit down!

[SofaKingLiberal]

127. I live in an 24/7 internet cafe.

I think they're beginning to get suspicious.

[sbj405]

128. 3 bed/1 bath brick rambler inside the beltway

Nice yard and garden. Walk to public transit.

[BikeWriter]

130. Three bedrooms, two baths, brick. covered in clutter.

[QuettaKid]

131. My summer digs....

It's a fixer upper to be sure, but the view cannot be beat!!

[BikeWriter]

132. Nice neighborhood.

[NNadir]

133. What is that?

[QuettaKid]

141. It's my house...

this is the thread about where we live ...right?

:P :P :P

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm

[Lannes]

134. 2 bedroom house with a big backyard

Well big to me anyway.My dream is owning a 100+ acres and a nice house somewhere up north or even further north in Canada someday.

[MercutioATC]

135. 4BR/2.5BA 2000sqft on a 1acre partially wooded lot in 'burbs.

Great west suburb of Cleveland (Westlake). Rented in Westlake for three years...bought my house here three years ago.

[sniffa]

136. i Live in a van, down by the river

just kidding. now i Live, er reside, in a box.

[PDittie]

138. 2 BR 2 BA 3rd floor condo/apt inside the Loop, Houston

Nice view of the Texas Medical Center skyline out my kitchen window.

Walking distance to the train station. Down to one auto now. Trying to simplify.

[Debbi801]

139. 35 yr old colonial on 2.5 wooded acres on a tiny dead end street...

We only have 7 houses on our street and all were built at the same time. They're all either colonials or split levels. There is still one original owner on the street and the rest are 2nd or 3rd owner.

It is very quiet, but we're right off a major road and can walk to stores and restaurants if we want to walk about 1.5 miles.

The only downsides are that things are beginning to go up on the house because of its age--all of the appliances have needed to be replaced in the past couple of years, the water heater, the roof, and we're beginning to get pipes leaking. And, because it is a small dead end street, the snow plows tend to skip our road unless we call and complain. Generally, all the guys on the street wind up diggind/snow blowing the street as a team effort.

[Lowell]

140. 1940 vintage 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch with dog run

two miles from the Gulf of Mexico. I share it with two Jack Russells who spend most of their time lounging around the pool

[Merrick]

142. I live in your brain and tell you what to do

Now go click the 'back' button without responding and I'll release a little dopamine.

[NNadir]

144. That's you?

It's all your fault then, the bad parts anyway.

[kwassa]

143. smallish place in the woods

[huskerlaw]

146. 1 bedroom apartment

in the lovely San Fernando Valley. I'm told it's large by Los Angeles standards, but I think it's a bit on the small side. The neighborhood is in the midst of a...well, gentrification, I guess. Lots of loft-style apartments going up. The LA Times says it's the next up-and-coming neighborhood. My apartment complex is really nice and almost freakishly secure. ;)

The complex...

[GOPisEvil]

147. Oooooh...I like that. It's different and interesting.

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

149. It's very

art-deco and oh-so-California. ;)

The inside is a lot more "normal".

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

151. Apartment complexes here are boring for the most part.

They fit one of three basic designs for the most part.

Now my house...it's boring, too. ;) There's one just like it 2 doors down, and across the street, and down the block...

[trackfan]

148. Small house in the hills of Los Angeles

Poorest of zip codes, but a nice street. Beautiful views of city and mountains.

[GalleryGod]

156. Very,Very Cool Looking digs, G !

:applause: :applause: :woohoo:

[WeRQ4U]

150. 1923 one level brick bungalow in small town North Dakota.

Love it to death.

[Jamastiene]

152. 1997 trailer. Yep, you guessed it. I live in the dreaded

low class trailer. I grew up in a brick home that was basically stolen out from under my poor aunt who couldn't afford it after she became disabled. Now, we live in a simple 2 bedroom, 2 bath trailer with barely enough room in one little hallway for a washer and dryer. I basically like living in a trailer except when there is a storm. Of course, bricks don't do much to protect your home from a hurricane or tornado but they do offer up a little more resistance than trailers do. I hide when there is a thunderstorm.

Oh yeah, and I have a garden tub, which I never could have afforded living in the brick house. It's made out of plastic, but looks like it was built in when the trailer was half assed built.

I live in the best neighborhood in this God forsaken county now, imho. The trailer sits on 2/3 of an acre of land that is mostly hills as I live on the side of a hill about 500 feet from the pond. I know the person who owns the land right behind me and we are on good speaking terms.

So my long term plans include cozying up to him at the right moment (when I have enough cash to offer him) and buying that as well so I can build a real house made out of wood and/or vinyl siding with a storm shelter. I'll keep the trailer, much to the chagrin of most half way respectable decent upstanding citizens with taste and class. I plan on turning it into a recording studio for my music stuff and living in the house millions of years later when I am making enough money to build a home.

[mwdem]

153. 3 bedroom, 3 full bath custom home

northeast of Ft. Worth, nice neighborhood, but suburban nonetheless.
Smaller yard, tiled floors, gourmet kitchen. Hey, if I had to move to Texas, I needed some kind of compensation!

[SmileyBoy]

154. I live in a jail cell.

117 square feet (about 7x17) in the path of the biting north wind and livestock manure about 300 yards away.

God I can't wait till next year when I move into that new studio apartment dorm...

[XemaSab]

155. Two bedroom house

in the "Garden Tract" of Redding, which sounds like it's a horrible suburb, but it's actually older (built in the late 40's) and in town.

Two garages (!), one bathroom, small kitchen, modest front yard, and fairly large back yard. We're redoing the yards to reduce the lawn area and GO NATIVE. (But if you go through our part of town, we're not the people with the manzanitas).

It's near Turtle Bay (Sundial Bridge) and some other nice river spots.

It's a nice house in a nice area, except for the damn burglars. :(

[nerddem]

158. a very spacious studio

in what used to be a gorgeous victorian in powelton village philadelphia. back in the day, this neighborhood was what georgetown is to washington. i'm only two blocks from campus so close enough to get pretty drunk and stumble back, but also pretty quiet for being in the middle of the city.