Many people dream of making a move to the 国家, but 不 many people realize just how possible it is! In this post I outline how we did just that!
My 朋友们, it may 不 always feel like it but I’m definitely 利文’梦想。我自己的梦想以及很多其他人也梦想过的梦想。大约三年半前,我们设法摆脱了压力重重,薪水不足,工作过度,收费过高的生活,并在大型物业上购买了大房子。它’是我长大后思考浪漫的想法,希望我有一天(也许是退休时)能够经历的事情。我抓住了“恢复和老房子”一生中的错误,我知道’是很多其他人也遭受的痛苦。我以为我今天’d只是为了好玩而分享我们的故事和技巧,因此您可能会发现如果这样做也可以做到’也是你的梦想。
In the 计划ning stages, it’关于金钱的一切
噢,天哪,过着喧嚣的城市生活很昂贵!庞大的抵押贷款,庞大的托儿费用以支付您必须长时间工作的时间以及昂贵的燃料成本,因此您可以上班长时间工作。这一切加起来,您真的会觉得成功的唯一方法就是呆在自己的小排屋里,把预算放在其他一切之上,然后工作,直到希望您爬上公司阶梯,也许会有所收获加薪。那对于我们来说确实是令人兴奋和培养角色的岁月,但是当我27岁那年,而我们的女儿肯尼迪大约5岁时,我就完成了。我记得我们意识到可能存在漏洞的确切时刻“the system”并且我们也许能够在那所希望拥有的大财产上获得那所大房子,让我们的孩子们记得在这里长大,并实际上降低了我们的生活成本。这个想法一经提出,我们就开始了!在几个月内,我们’d改变了我们的一生,并且从未回头。让’看看这是如何成功发生的,对吧?
与往常一样:位置,位置,位置
除非你’我刚中了彩票,你 ’必须进入低价市场。在我们以前的市场中,仅在城市范围之外的同一物业将是数百万美元。不过,沿着这条路走了几个小时,这个物业比那座几乎没有院子的小排屋要少得多’d。居住在更农村的环境中通常会带来很多其他的经济利益,例如交通减少,通勤时间减少,消费品和服务成本降低。仅这些方面的节省就意味着如果您’在一对夫妇中,你们中的一个可能不再需要增加收入。
节省一些
Moving into a lower priced market often allows you to create an instant savings account for yourself through the sale of your old house. This savings is absolutely necessary. 如果你’在做旧农舍的事情时,当您’最不期待它。如果家庭中至少有一个人没有 ’t already have a job lined up in the new town, a savings account can save your sanity. We were able to find work right away when we moved to our new town, so that was nice to be able to keep us from getting nervous about our risky new 冒险. Having the savings allowed us to quickly feel comfortable transitioning into having me stay home and putting my 时间 into building my business (this blog!). With that savings we were able to make the transition from working crazy full-time hours in a stressful corporate job to taking a risk and eventually being able to work from home (amazing!!). All this while still enjoying DIY projects around the house, putting 上 a new metal roof and buying fun new appliances. So if you’如果您不打算从出售旧房中获得可观的资金来储蓄,现在就开始花点钱吧!
选择合适的农舍
如果你’ve decided you want to live the old farmhouse dream, just be aware that 不 all old farmhouses are created equally. Our house is 114 years old and houses this age have gone through a lot of owners and a lot of different renovations. Typically, some good renovations, and some 不 -so-good. Be 上 the look out for a farmhouse that you can live comfortably in NOW and work 上 little 通过 little over 时间. When I say over 时间, I mean LOTS of 时间. Plan to 不 have anything change to be exactly what you want for at least 10 years. Buy the house that fits with that 计划. First 上 your list should be a kitchen and at least 上 e bathroom that feel clean and comfortable to you. They should be updated enough that you can just move right in and use them, even if they’re ugly. You’我们还需要一间洗衣房,您可以立即使用它,在干净干燥的地方可以存放所有东西。查看房屋的基础,结构和屋顶。如果这些东西是“move in ready” then the rest of the ugliness can be taken care of over 时间. We had to walk away from a huuuuge beautiful house with 6 bedrooms, amazing fireplaces and original woodwork because the kitchens and bathrooms were really nasty and a new roof was needed right away. We realistically would 不 have been able to get it up and running any 时间 soon. Plus there were some weird cat/rat things running around all over the place and that was kind of concerning. Walking away from that 上 e allowed us to find this house though: Not quite as well-preserved in all of the rooms, but with a 10 year old kitchen and bathroom, and in the perfect location for us. We also have an amazing creek behind our house where all the wildlife is decidedly 不 令人毛骨悚然,这很好。
牺牲
会有很多。您当然知道这一点,但是会有很多您赢得了’没想到。您确实希望做出一些牺牲,例如辛苦工作,不得不等待负担您真正想做的项目,也许更多地驱车购物,减少使用所有城市设施的机会。我每天都会真正感觉到自己的事情,例如永远无法拥有在避风港的房间里感觉非常干净的房屋’还没有完全装修过’其中大多数。我也真的很想念城市公园中的步道。我们可以绕着我们的住所的小溪走一圈,这听起来好多了,但实际上我确实怀念我的旧路。但是我会适应这些事情,当我开始一个新的DIY项目时,或者看到我的孩子们在麦田旁边踢足球的时候,我就忘记了那些小事情。
透视
请记住,这不是’t just a house it’是一次冒险,只有极少数的人有机会冒险。我经常发现自己将自己的房屋与我参观过的其他新建房屋进行了比较,感觉就像我们’完全失败,因为无法立即获得我们旧房子里发生的那种新鲜,新的感觉。它 ’是的。我必须提醒自己,我们’不只是装修房子,我们’重新生活,冒险’这种东西可以建立令人难忘的回忆,也可以为我们的家庭营造强烈的认同感。为此,我可以处理一些丑陋的墙!
So if leaving your stressful 市 life and moving to the 国家 is something you’我一直想做,在过去的三年中,我坚持下去!只要对您的钱精明一点,并尽量不要像我一样强调所有小事情。 -我们在这里的头几年’仍然真的很容易安定下来并开始工作,这绝对是艰难的一年。我们赢了’曾经不想回到他们身边’结束了,但我知道我们’我们住了会很高兴。如果这些是“hard years”:
那我们真的可以’t complain.
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