We are 99% finished with a kitchen renovation that we did most of ourselves and it took one year. Next is the full basement finishing and adding a bathroom so that our boys can have separate bedrooms and we can have an office. After that will be the two main floor bathrooms. Luckily we bought in 2009 and have enough wiggle room to make our small ranch house work for us for a long time.
That all sounds amazing and wise. It would be fun and illuminating if you could take readers along for the financial and emotional journey of such an undertaking.
I love this willingness to adapt. And, as someone who wants to buy a home in the next couple of years, I want y’all to get moving! 🤣
LOL trust us, we’d love to. At least now our home will be livable for us AND maybe someone new in the future!
Yes for sure excited for all these renovated homes to hit the market once the market eases or we just accept it as the way it is now.
We are 99% finished with a kitchen renovation that we did most of ourselves and it took one year. Next is the full basement finishing and adding a bathroom so that our boys can have separate bedrooms and we can have an office. After that will be the two main floor bathrooms. Luckily we bought in 2009 and have enough wiggle room to make our small ranch house work for us for a long time.
Good for you!!! I want to see photos!!!
That all sounds amazing and wise. It would be fun and illuminating if you could take readers along for the financial and emotional journey of such an undertaking.
We were just talking about that. I think we just might! Appreciate the encouragement.
Good luck! Super fun to dream it up and see what comes out of it.
Ashlyn Rollins Koon found that renovating instead of buying new actually can reduce financial strain (and increase wellbeing). More on that here: https://logon.ebsco.zone/api/dispatcher/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=frv3mrGsjjuOjBRM4eBk8BX5qyViRNzj&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fopenurl.ebsco.com%2Fcallback&state=7910081e-d1bd-4bf4-9f2a-eb27564bde58&scope=openid%20affiliation&prompt=none&acr_values=cookie%20ip
And I wrote about it here too:
https://themoneydate.substack.com/p/should-you-stay-or-should-you-go
Thanks, Billy! It's going to be a journey, for sure.