I live in this. I pay 500€ rent, in one of Europe’s most densely populated areas. I commute to work by bicycle, and I can take walks into the forest with my cats till we get too close to the Alpaka Farm, cause they’re afraid of the alpakas.
Unfortunately, we’re getting thrown out this year, and looking at 3x the rent for something worse which is further away.
Anon describes their dream home
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superkret@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
It’s so rare you can have cats who will walk with you. I used to have one like that.
BonoboPower@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Where in Europe’s densest areas can you rent anything for 500€?
superkret@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Nowhere if the stars don’t align.
I live in Heidelberg, Germany.
This house is worth 3-4x more.
But my landlady is a little special. She lives in a hippie commune in another country, is dealing with depression and simply didn’t want to deal with the house at all.
So that was the deal, we could live there for cheap, I fix stuff myself and never bother her with anything.ECB@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Unfortunately you cant, that’s why they are getting thrown out and looking at paying 1500€ soon
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Serves you well for rubbing it in our collective faces.
Sorry for your fate.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Listed at only $4.3M
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Everybody wants that edge of city and country feel. It makes them feel like they don’t live in the city but they still have all the amenities a city offers close by. And thus the Suburban experiment was born and has ultimately destroyed north american cities and created an affordability crisis for housing.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
well you can’t blame it all on “living on the edge of a city”. IMO HOAs have done a substantial part of the harm, creating the sterile and hostile-to-teenage-life experience, and then there’s zoning laws which make it impossible to get communal activity, like a small bar or club right between the houses, and then there’s the lack of public transport …
TheFerrango@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
small bungalow
proceeds to list a 5 rooms house
uienia@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just a small bungalow with its own private gym.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
If you’ve got two bedrooms and only need one then having a gym in the other one isn’t a luxury. Hell, is less of a luxury than using it as a spare bedroom that is useless except for storage and getting visitors a few times a year.
stetech@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Do bungalows typically have basements?
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Usually it’s the other way around.
“This spacious 400sqft condo features scenic fire escapes and running water…”
uis@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
It could be running fire escapes and scenic water.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Which is a small bungalow…
Ours is 850 sq ft and we’ve got 3 bedrooms, so if we removed one we would be at 750 sq ft and rearrange the divisions and it could be smaller.
Post war housing built by the Canadian government was 600 to 800 sq ft bungalows with two or three bedrooms, 70s bungalows around here are 850 to 1150 sq ft with three or four bedrooms…
makyo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s basically a two bedroom bungalow, that’s not that crazy to imagine is it?
TheFerrango@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Maybe it’s just my mental idea of a bungalow that equates it to a slightly larger wooden tent.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
That’s what we used to have before landlords convinced you to live your whole life in somebody else’s spare room.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
My first house was an 800 sq ft cottage - smaller than most apartments. The bedrooms could only fit a Full bed, not a Queen. It had the same number of rooms OP listed and was the perfect size for me. I’m not familiar with a “bungalow” but that’s what I’m imagining.
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I have dreamed of this lifestyle for over 20 years, and just moved here a few months ago.
Septic is installed, we live in an RV. Just got this land leveled and ready to move the RV into place next to the storage containers we have. Right across the driveway will be a large garden area, but right now we only have a compost pile so far.
A neighbor said they will help us with chickens, so we only need some fence and feed. Things move slowly, but we are excited to jump into this lifestyle. Fresh air and beautiful views.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What do you do for water?
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Currently getting water from a purification machine at the store, it’s expensive but we use very little right now. (42 cents per gallon)
We just got a 2,500 gallon tank, after I finish the plumbing I plan to order water delivery, should be about $200 to fill the tank. (Less than 1 cent per gallon)
After that I’m making a roof and collecting rain water. (Free water)
andybytes@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
What do u do for a living
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I run a few online businesses (streaming, YouTube, eBay), but had to put all that on hold as we were moving and getting settled here. Just about out of our savings, but we are very close to starting the business back up. I think maybe 1-2 weeks.
There is always set backs working here off grid, example is yesterday I was cleaning land to move out RV and the track came off the excavator. It looks like a simple fix on YouTube but it’s raining now lol
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Bought 5 acres (with 1.5 of those acres flat on a hill) about ~20 min outside a medium city, ~1 hour equidistant from 2 very large cities. Geotechnical engineers have been to the property, report submitted to the county (took months). Sewage engineers have been out to the property and approved the drain field (took weeks). Well will be drilled once the county approves the build site. It’s slow going but it will be worth it in the end! My only fear is trump cancelling the rural broadband fund as I am slated to get the fiber cable run to my property line within a year. Staying with starlink for longer will not be awesome, but oh well, sacrifice.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
What counts as a big garden, I would like bigger but my bungalow is on a 150m² total property area, 60m² of that is the indoor area. Spent quite a bit to have the concrete paved across the entire garden removed and I did all the labour myself with a sledgehammer. IIRC it was 8m³ of that crap.
Now mine is the only house on the street that you can see real bees at. My “lawn is untidy”? Fuck off, that is a meadow and it is glorious! As I am British there is no HOA for you to cry to. I am free to make the bees happy.
Unless it gets to the point I am blocking out the sun to the houses nearby there is fuck all anyone can do about my garden.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Raising a toast to you and your bee friends
bier@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
I bought bee flower seeds, its a pretty large container (think half a Pringles can). I just sprinkle them around in my neighborhood. 😁. Can’t wait for the day weird flowers are starting to popup everywhere.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I love it! Bonus points if it turns to a big in the winter, so I can collect potion ingredients.
uis@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What counts as a big garden, I would like bigger but my bungalow is on a 150m² total property area
And here I am thinking 600m² is small garden.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Fucking hell that is a massive area. Wish I could even hope to ever afford so much space.
uncurable_utopia@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
One thing is missing. Family… A loving partner, maybe some years pass and some children…
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Anon accidently envisions a solarpunk-esque lifestyle
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
what’s solar punk?
PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Like steampunk, but instead of steam, it’s solar.
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Anon about to find out economies of scale. That garden isn’t enough to feed him year-round.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Anon wasn’t trying to live off the land, just to have a hobby
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Knowing 4chan, this smelled like a trad fantasy.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
So I’m longer in the tooth now nearing 50. Got 3 kids. My intention when my kids finish high school is to go back to the small towns from whence I came. City living is so goddamn expensive now. I can buy 50 acres for slightly more than what I pay for a 30*150 lot with a semi-detached home.
I’m gonna Christopher Robin my life when I nope out of IT and with luck build houses for my kids and build a homestead.
This is the way folks. Protect you and yours the best you can.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Do it now. Land doesn’t go down in price unfortunately.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I would if it were not for the complexity of child support I don’t want to do my ex dirty like that. I’m ready to shift careers but that will mean a major pay cut
keegomatic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Unrelated, but:
from whence
Did you know “whence” means “from where,” so it’s not really necessary to say “from whence?” It’s not a mistake, exactly, because “from whence” has been around forever and is considered acceptable usage. “Whence” without the “from” seems, though, to be more correct in a sense, and has certainly been more common for a long time.
Decent discussion with interesting links: english.stackexchange.com/q/10906
figjam@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
I want a house with a walled courtyard/atrium between the house and garage. I also want an underground space like a hobbit hole crossed with a bomb shelter.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Nah I’ll take the city thanks. I would like a functional bus service and be able to walk places.
uis@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Is Anon dreaming of dacha? Because it sounds same.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
I want either a Swiss Family Robinson style treehouse or a spaceship.
espentan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ll get the house, you the spaceship and we swap every other year or so?
Noobnarski@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Its basically what I have except that I have rented the other room to a friend of mine.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
The problem with living on the edge of the countryside is that eventually somebody else builds on the countryside part and you’re just living in another crappy suburb.
Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
My advice in that case is to immediately plant some trees around the perimeter of your property and turn it into a little isolated grove
gorgeousd@r.nf 5 weeks ago
A man grove, with a man cave.
oce@jlai.lu 5 weeks ago
Exactly, this mindset just creates more suburbs, roads, cars, unwalkable districts, etc.
Comment105@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Houses with gardens are immoral, you should either commit to being a farmer, or live in a flat if you’ve got any sense.